netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v9 2/3] net sched actions: dump more than TCA_ACT_MAX

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Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:48:48 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v9 2/3] net sched actions: dump more than
 TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO actions per batch

Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 03:19:54PM CEST, jhs@...atatu.com wrote:
>On 17-04-26 09:17 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
>> On 17-04-26 09:08 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> > Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 02:42:17PM CEST, jhs@...atatu.com wrote:
>> 
>> > > +#define VALID_TCA_ROOT_FLAGS TCA_FLAG_LARGE_DUMP_ON
>> > > +static inline bool tca_flags_valid(u32 act_flags)
>> > > +{
>> > > +    u32 invalid_flags_mask  = ~VALID_TCA_ROOT_FLAGS;
>> > > +
>> > > +    if (act_flags & invalid_flags_mask)
>> > > +        return false;
>> > > +
>> > > +    return true;
>> > 
>> > This dance should either not be here (flag-per-attr) or should be in
>> > netlink generic place. This is not TC specific at all.
>> > 
>> 
>> So where do you think it should be?
>
>It would also be helpful for you to make comments when these things
>show up. This change was in version 6. I have had to do this back and
>forth a few times.

I still think that this whole thing is wrong, so that is why. Version 6
it is just because you are pushing versions too fast without actually
reaching consensus (I know why you are doing this, you really want to
push this through. I think it is not good).