netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: flow_offload: simplify hw stats check handling

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 19:19:23 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: flow_offload: simplify hw stats check
 handling

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 06:02:02PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
> Make FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DONT_CARE be all bits, rather than none, so that
>  drivers and __flow_action_hw_stats_check can use simple bitwise checks.
> 
> Only the kernel's internal API semantics change; the TC uAPI is unaffected.

This is breaking netfilter again.