netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3][XFRM]: Support packet processing error statistics.

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:06:07 +0900
From:	Masahide NAKAMURA <nakam@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	hadi@...erus.ca
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3][XFRM]: Support packet processing error statistics.

Wednesday 24 October 2007 21:18, jamal wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-24-10 at 12:30 +0900, Masahide NAKAMURA wrote:
> 
> > At IPsec point of view, actually "SPI mismatch" caused by user configuration
> > cannot be identified easily since identify of SAD is consist of SPI, address and
> > protocol(ESP/AH...) and linux SAD uses hash database. It is database identify
> > mismatch. Then, SPI mismatch goes "NoStates" at my patch.
> > OTOH Key mismatch goes "ProtoError" since esp[46]_input returns error.
> 
> Would be useful to just document what you said above so that user doesnt
> have to intepret it.

OK, I write it to commit-log then. If anybody have another place
where such information should be written, tell me.

[snip]
> > > In any case, it seems to me to be more accurate to not call them MIB
> > > stats if they are not. This doesnt qualify using the macros, utilities
> > > etc used for MIBs.
> > 
> 
> BTW, I meant "doesnt disqualify them" above;-> 

OK ;-)

Jamal, thanks for many comments.

-- 
Masahide NAKAMURA
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