netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net/sched: act_mirred: Implement ingress actions

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Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     shmulik.ladkani@...ellosystems.com
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, shmulik.ladkani@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net/sched: act_mirred: Implement ingress
 actions

From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...ellosystems.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:21:52 +0300

> From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
> 
> Up until now, 'action mirred' supported only egress actions (either
> TCA_EGRESS_REDIR or TCA_EGRESS_MIRROR).
> 
> This patch implements the corresponding ingress actions
> TCA_INGRESS_REDIR and TCA_INGRESS_MIRROR.
> 
> This allows attaching filters whose target is to hand matching skbs into
> the rx processing of a specified device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> ---
>  Was wondering, whether netif_receive_skb or dev_forward_skb should be
>  used for the rx bouncing. Used netif_receive_skb as in ifb device.

The discussion on this patch has ventured off into what to do about
recursion.

But it unclear to me where this specific patch, and this series,
stands right now.  Someone please clear this up for me.

Thanks.