netdev - Re: [RFC] SPD basic actions per netdev

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Message-ID: <20100401063956.GA21422@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:39:57 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Cc:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] SPD basic actions per netdev

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 09:32:06AM +0300, Timo Teräs wrote:
>
> On inbound it's always loopback interface. Does the same hold
> true on forward? I was under the impression that it would
> reflect the actual destination interface.

That's a good point.  I suppose there might just be some crazy
people out there using it this way.

So Jamal, I think this is a good reason why we do need a new
field instead of just overloading the current one.  Otherwise
inbound selectors and forward selectors will have different
semantics which is needlessly confusing.

Thanks,
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