netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Allow raw buffers to be passed into the flow dissector.

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:14:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	cwang@...pensource.com
Cc:	amirv@...lanox.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
	yevgenyp@...lanox.com, idos@...lanox.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Allow raw buffers to be passed into the flow
 dissector.

From: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:13:01 -0700

> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 12:18 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>> index 5f362c1..660c649 100644
>> --- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>> +++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>> @@ -34,29 +34,40 @@ static void iph_to_flow_copy_addrs(struct flow_keys *flow, const struct iphdr *i
>>   * The function will try to retrieve the ports at offset thoff + poff where poff
>>   * is the protocol port offset returned from proto_ports_offset
>>   */
>> -__be32 skb_flow_get_ports(const struct sk_buff *skb, int thoff, u8 ip_proto)
>> +__be32 __skb_flow_get_ports(const struct sk_buff *skb, int thoff, u8 ip_proto,
>> +                           void *data, int hlen)
> 
> 
> You forgot to update the comments above __skb_flow_get_ports(),
> not a big deal, I will send a patch if you don't. ;-)

Please do, thanks.

> Not sure if I read your patch correctly, I think our goal is to make
> skb parameter
> optional so that callers can pass NULL if they don't have a skb struct?
> __skb_flow_dissect() still refers skb->protocol at least.

The idea is that explicit *data and hlen can be provided in absense of
an SKB.

I see the skb->protocol reference, I guess we'll need to provide an
explicit protocol argument as well, good catch!
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