linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] ICMP flow improvements

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Date:   Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mcroce@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com,
        andy@...yhouse.net, sdf@...gle.com, daniel@...earbox.net,
        songliubraving@...com, ast@...nel.org, paulb@...lanox.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] ICMP flow improvements

From: Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:50:49 +0100

> This series improves the flow inspector handling of ICMP packets:
> The first two patches just add some comments in the code which would have saved
> me a few minutes of time, and refactor a piece of code.
> The third one adds to the flow inspector the capability to extract the
> Identifier field, if present, so echo requests and replies are classified
> as part of the same flow.
> The fourth patch uses the function introduced earlier to the bonding driver,
> so echo replies can be balanced across bonding slaves.
> 
> v1 -> v2:
>  - remove unused struct members
>  - add an helper to check for the Id field
>  - use a local flow_dissector_key in the bonding to avoid
>    changing behaviour of the flow dissector

Series applied to net-next, thanks.