netdev - Re: [PATCH v4] skbedit: allow the user to specify bitmask for mark

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Message-Id: <20161027.160900.97747790865479168.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:09:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     a@...table.cc
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, cwang@...pensource.com,
        antonio@...n-mesh.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] skbedit: allow the user to specify bitmask for mark

From: Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:32:57 +0800

> The user may want to use only some bits of the skb mark in
> his skbedit rules because the remaining part might be used by
> something else.
> 
> Introduce the "mask" parameter to the skbedit actor in order
> to implement such functionality.
> 
> When the mask is specified, only those bits selected by the
> latter are altered really changed by the actor, while the
> rest is left untouched.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...n-mesh.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>

Applied, thanks.