netdev - Re: [PATCH] Re: iproute2 action/policer question

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:07:28 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	Paweł Staszewski <pstaszewski@...are.pl>,
	Linux Network Development list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: iproute2 action/policer question

On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 23:47 +0200, Jarek Poplawski wrote:

> 
> Jamal, after looking into act_gact or act_nat I guess we should update
> drops here likewise, unless I miss something?

It is ok for consistency. 
Nota bene: The drop is not really done by the policer; the policer
mainly suggests that the packet be dropped; so the original idea (which
is still valid) was some other action may decide to "undo" the drop. 

So feel free to add Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>

cheers,
jamal

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