netdev - Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 01/10] openvswitch: Serialize acts with original netlink len

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Message-ID: <20150825182304.GH3707@pox.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:23:04 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pshelar@...ira.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pablo@...filter.org,
	fwestpha@...hat.com, hannes@...hat.com, jpettit@...ira.com,
	jesse@...ira.com, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 01/10] openvswitch: Serialize acts with
 original netlink len

On 08/24/15 at 05:32pm, Joe Stringer wrote:
> Previously, we used the kernel-internal netlink actions length to
> calculate the size of messages to serialize back to userspace.
> However,the sw_flow_actions may not be formatted exactly the same as the
> actions on the wire, so store the original actions length when
> de-serializing and re-use the original length when serializing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
> Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
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