netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] tc: police: fix control action parsing

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:02:02 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        jiri@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] tc: police: fix control action parsing

Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 09:32:59PM CET, stephen@...workplumber.org wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:00:14 +0100
>Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> parse_action_control helper does advancing of the arg inside. So don't
>> do it outside.
>> 
>> Fixes: e67aba559581 ("tc: actions: add helpers to parse and print control actions")
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@...hat.com>
>
>The helpers are not helping here.
>Adding another layer of indirection on moving argc/argv then causing caller
>to have to keep track is bad design.
>
>Also since pars_action_control_slash is only used by police, why was it
>moved into tc_util in the first place? I would prefer just to rip out that
>bit and put it back in policer.

I tried to make all the x-specific parsing to go away and make all done
in core. That should have been done from the very beginning, we would
lot of mess.