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Message-ID: <CAF=yD-KJDmiFt8c+xpEd=WfAN5A=sB9AGo6hjoUwJg4WQ6=-DQ@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:02:04 -0500 From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, dborkman@...earbox.net, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next rfc 0/6] convert tc_verd to integer bitfields On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 10:21 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote: > From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com> > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:13:24 -0500 > >> The skb tc_verd field takes up two bytes but uses far fewer bits. >> Convert the remaining use cases to bitfields that fit in existing >> holes (depending on config options) and potentially save the two >> bytes in struct sk_buff. > > I like the looks of this, for sure :-) Great, thanks. I sent it as RFC initially, because there were some unresolved issues with TC_FROM semantics last time around. bpf_redirect has been merged in the meantime, so I suspect that that has been resolved. But there is no rush. I will run a few more tests, such as the new mirred ingress path, and will hold off resubmitting until people now on holiday have a chance to chime in next week.
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