netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/3] net/sched: act_pedit: Use offset relative to conventional network headers

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Message-ID: <20170105134439.5b31678f@griffin>
Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2017 13:44:39 +0100
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Hadar Har-Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/3] net/sched: act_pedit: Use offset
 relative to conventional network headers

On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 14:34:58 +0200, Amir Vadai wrote:
> This is a simple action. It is not fool proof - it prevents the user
> from getting out of packet bounds, but it is the user responsibility to
> provide valid rules.

I think I can live with that. Just wanted to point that out. Especially
with combination with hardware offload (e.g. the hardware should not
hang or reset on that).

 Jiri