netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] qede: support XDP head adjustments

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Date:   Fri, 07 Apr 2017 06:28:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, ast@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] qede: support XDP head adjustments

From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 11:04:56 +0300

> Daniel has brought to my attention the fact that qede is the only driver
> that currently supports XDP but still fails any program where
> xdp_adjust_head is set on the bpf_prog. This series is meant to remedy
> this and align qede with the rest of the driver, making it possible to
> remove said field.
> 
> Patch #1 contains a minor cache-saving optimization for latter patches.
> 
> Patches #2 & #3 address existing issues with the qede implementation
> [#2 should have been a part of this as it addresses something that's
> affected by the additional headroom; #3 is simply here for the ride].
> 
> Patches #4 & #5 add the necessary logic in driver for ingress headroom,
> the first adding the infrastrucutre needed for supporting the headroon
> [as currently qede doesn't support such], and the second removing the
> existing XDP limitation.

Series applied, thanks for fleshing out the full XDP support matrix in
this driver.  I think it is very important for all devices supporting
XDP to support the entire suite of XDP facilities.