netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/4] net/tc: introduce TC_ACT

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Date:   Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:29:04 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/4] net/tc: introduce TC_ACT_REINSERT.

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 7:35 AM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> This is similar TC_ACT_REDIRECT, but with a slightly different
> semantic:
> - on ingress the mirred skbs are passed to the target device
> network stack without any additional check not scrubbing.
> - the rcu-protected stats provided via the tcf_result struct
>   are updated on error conditions.
>
> This new tcfa_action value is not exposed to the user-space
> and can be used only internally by clsact.
>
> v1 -> v2: do not touch TC_ACT_REDIRECT code path, introduce
>  a new action type instead
>
> v2 -> v3:
>  - rename the new action value TC_ACT_REINJECT, update the
>    helper accordingly
>  - take care of uncloned reinjected packets in XDP generic
>    hook
>
> v3 -> v4:
>  - renamed again the new action value (JiriP)
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>


Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>


> ---
> Note: this patch still touch only overlimits, even there is some
> agreement to touch (also) drops on reinsert/mirred failure, but
> such change is independent to this series

Totally agree.

Thanks!