netdev - Re: [PATCH] Disable rp_filter for IPsec packets

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Message-Id: <20110315.163552.183047357.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:35:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	msmith@...co.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable rp_filter for IPsec packets

From: Michael Smith <msmith@...co.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:21:29 -0400 (EDT)

> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> > David Miller wrote:
>> > 
>> >> Existing arguments might be large enough to carry more than one piece
>> >> of information :-)
>> > 
>> > If it's encoded into another argument, would there be more overhead
>> > from bit-shifting it out than you'd save by losing an argument?
>> 
>> It sure will if it's the different between the argument being passed
>> in a register vs. on the stack.
> 
> I have a patch to replace u32 mark with an sk_buff. The mark is in the 
> sk_buff already, and so is the secpath field I need. Would that be 
> acceptable? I can hold off until the merge window is over.

Sounds good, and yes please wait until after the merge window.
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