netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 2/4] net: cls_u32: move TC offload feature bit into cls

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 08:21:57 -0500
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, jiri@...nulli.us,
	daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 2/4] net: cls_u32: move TC offload feature bit
 into cls_u32 offload logic

On 16-02-23 02:02 PM, John Fastabend wrote:
> In the original series drivers would get offload requests for cls_u32
> rules even if the feature bit is disabled. This meant the driver had
> to do a boiler plate check on the feature bit before adding/deleting
> the rule.
>
> This patch lifts the check into the core code and removes it from the
> driver specific case.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>


cheers,
jamal