netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/sched: Introduce act

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Message-ID: <20160823181538.3ca7f700@griffin>
Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:15:38 +0200
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>
Cc:     Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Hadar Har-Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/sched: Introduce act_iptunnel

On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:05:37 +0300, Amir Vadai wrote:
> It is already there - user can use act_mirred and redirect skb's with
> metadata since shared tunnel devices introduced.

You're right, I haven't thought of that.

> The only thing that was added here, is to enable the user to drop the
> metadata, which I think we agree is the ok.

Absolutely. It would be even better if the metadata could be dropped
automatically but I don't see any good place to do it.

> But I agree with you, that I must understand the life cycle of the metadata and dst
> better. I will try to understand it better and explain/fix accordingly.

Thanks!

 Jiri