netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2] net:sched: add action inheritdsfield to skbedit

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Date:   Sat, 7 Jul 2018 09:55:09 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Qiaobin Fu <qiaobinf@...edu>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com,
        michel@...irati.com.br, marcelo.leitner@...il.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, dcaratti@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2] net:sched: add action inheritdsfield to
 skbedit

On Sat,  7 Jul 2018 12:40:01 -0400
Qiaobin Fu <qiaobinf@...edu> wrote:

> The new action inheritdsfield copies the field DS of
> IPv4 and IPv6 packets into skb->priority. This enables
> later classification of packets based on the DS field.
> 
> v2:
> *Use optional flags, so that it won't break old versions of tc.
> 
> Original idea by Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiaobin Fu <qiaobinf@...edu>
> Reviewed-by: Michel Machado <michel@...irati.com.br>

This needs to be targeted at iproute2-next since it depends on a net-next flag.