netdev - Re: Increasing skb->mark size

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Message-ID: <20151124203602.GB23215@breakpoint.cc>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:36:02 +0100
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Matt Bennett <Matt.Bennett@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Luuk Paulussen <Luuk.Paulussen@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Increasing skb->mark size

Matt Bennett <Matt.Bennett@...iedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> I'm emailing this list for feedback on the feasibility of increasing
> skb->mark or adding a new field for marking. Perhaps this extension
> could be done under a new CONFIG option. Perhaps there are other ways we
> could achieve the desired behaviour?

Well I pointed you towards connlabels which provide 128 bit of space
in the conntrack extension area but you did not tell me why you cannot
use it.
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