netdev - RE: [patch net-next RFC 1/9] net_sch: red: Add offload ability to RED qdisc

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:54:31 +0000
From:   Nogah Frankel <nogahf@...lanox.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: RE: [patch net-next RFC 1/9] net_sch: red: Add offload ability to RED
 qdisc



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
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> Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 1/9] net_sch: red: Add offload ability to RED qdisc
> 
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:56:05 +0100
> 
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h
> > index 0e88cc2..743c42a 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h
> > @@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ struct tc_red_qopt {
> >  #define TC_RED_ECN		1
> >  #define TC_RED_HARDDROP		2
> >  #define TC_RED_ADAPTATIVE	4
> > +#define TC_RED_OFFLOADED	8
> >  };
> >
> >  struct tc_red_xstats {
> 
> What keeps a user from setting this flag in the tc_red_qopt it
> passes into the a change operation?

Nothing keeps the user from doing it, but it has no effect.
The decision to offload is the driver's only.
It is basically a read-only flag.