netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4 v3] net: Add rxhash utility hash functions

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Message-Id: <20131217.163653.2105961427411132477.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:36:53 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	therbert@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 v3] net: Add rxhash utility hash functions

From: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:11:50 -0800 (PST)

> v3:
> 
> There's really nothing specific about rxhash that constrains
> it to be a value just for these receive path. Drop the 'rx'
> part in utility functions, including skb_get_rxhash. In subsequent
> patches, we can change the rxhash and l4_rxhash names also, as
> well as abstracting out the interface to the hash.
> 
> Added comments about hash types per feedback.
> 
> In this version I'm omitting the changes to drivers to make the
> patch set manageable. Will add those changes in followup pathes.
> 
> -----
> This patch series introduce skb_set_rxhash and skb_clear_rxhash
> which are called to set the rxhash (from network drivers) and
> to clear the rxhash. This API should be used instead of updating
> fields in the skbuff directly.

Looks great, series applied, thanks Tom.
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