netdev - Re: [RFCv2 02/16] net: cls_bpf: add hardware offload

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Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:51:04 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:     ast@...nel.org, dinan.gunawardena@...ronome.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, kubakici@...pl
Subject: Re: [RFCv2 02/16] net: cls_bpf: add hardware offload

On 08/26/2016 08:06 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> This patch adds hardware offload capability to cls_bpf classifier,
> similar to what have been done with U32 and flower.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>

[...]
> diff --git a/include/net/pkt_cls.h b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
> index a459be5fe1c2..a86262f0d93a 100644
> --- a/include/net/pkt_cls.h
> +++ b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
> @@ -486,4 +486,18 @@ struct tc_cls_matchall_offload {
>   	unsigned long cookie;
>   };
>
> +enum tc_clsbpf_command {
> +	TC_CLSBPF_ADD,
> +	TC_CLSBPF_REPLACE,
> +	TC_CLSBPF_DESTROY,
> +};
> +
> +struct tc_cls_bpf_offload {
> +	enum tc_clsbpf_command command;
> +	struct tcf_exts *exts;
> +	struct bpf_prog *filter;

Small nit: s/filter/prog/, I think prog is a more appropriate name since
it's about more than just filtering. (I will rename it at some point for
cls_bpf as well.)

Rest looks good to me.