netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/12] bnxt

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 17:32:16 -0800
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/12] bnxt_en: Add XDP support.

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl> wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2017 16:50:54 -0500 (EST), David Miller wrote:
>> We don't set precedence by one driver saying "hey it's better to do
>> things this way, forget what all the other drivers are doing."  Rather
>> we have a "discussion" about what the appropriate thing is to do and
>> convert all the drivers only after a decision has been made.
>
> Would making sure that if xdp_adjust_head() changes the starting offset
> (and length) of frame and the program returns XDP_PASS - the stack will
> see the changes made by xdp_adjust_head() fall under the same follow
> the precedent rule?  That is what Martin did for mlx4 and mlx5, and what
> John did in virtio, but not what this patch set does (see my comment on
> patch 11).
>
> I should have double checked mlx4/mlx5 and made it clearer that there is
> a precedent here in my review comment...

Yes, I plan to also include this change (make modified offset and
length visible to the stack) in the next version of the patch set.