netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] xfrm: fix handling of XFRM policies mark and mask.

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Message-ID: <51127BCA.7070900@mojatatu.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:50:34 -0500
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Emmanuel Thierry <emmanuel.thierry@...ecom-bretagne.eu>
CC:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	Romain KUNTZ <r.kuntz@...lavors.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] xfrm: fix handling of XFRM policies mark and mask.

On 13-02-06 09:39 AM, Emmanuel Thierry wrote:
>

> I think you misread the example !

I did ;->

> Marks are both 1, masks are different.
>
> This case is more complex than a policy
> with no mark (so mark=0 and mask=0) versus
> a policy with an exact mark (so mark=1 and mask=0xffffffff),
> and i wanted to know if the algorithm would take these kind of cases into account.
>

Aha. I think this is pushing the envelope a little - are there good use 
cases for this?
certainly you could insert with most exact mask first. No such check is 
made at the moment.

cheers,
jamal
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