netdev - Re: [Devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] cls_cgroup: unify classid syntax to tc

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Message-ID: <6599ad830906180821q2c357112s39c0da4e157b555c@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:21:12 -0700
From:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
To:	Minoru Usui <usui@....nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...radead.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	hadi@...erus.ca, tgraf@...g.ch, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	jarkao2@...il.com
Subject: Re: [Devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] cls_cgroup: unify classid syntax to tc

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Minoru Usui<usui@....nes.nec.co.jp> wrote:
>
> net_cls.classid's core purpose is to read/write classid.
> If we add net_cls.tc_classid, its core purpose is same.
> Their difference is only read/write value of expression.

I still feel that it's unnecessary bloat to put that parsing/printing
logic in the kernel when userspace can do it just as easily. But
having it as a separate file would at least remove the compatibility
concerns.

Paul
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