netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 05/10] openvswitch: Simplify labels length logic.

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Message-ID: <CAPWQB7EkJf47-qFHpA23dQEMC9QrWTdkioTw9vozOKqUh9D1Pw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 13:38:37 -0800
From:   Joe Stringer <joe@....org>
To:     Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        pravin shelar <pshelar@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 05/10] openvswitch: Simplify labels length logic.

On 9 February 2017 at 11:21, Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org> wrote:
> Since 23014011ba42 ("netfilter: conntrack: support a fixed size of 128
> distinct labels"), the size of conntrack labels extension has fixed to
> 128 bits, so we do not need to check for labels sizes shorter than 128
> at run-time.  This patch simplifies labels length logic accordingly,
> but allows the conntrack labels size to be increased in the future
> without breaking the build.  In the event of conntrack labels
> increasing in size OVS would still be able to deal with the 128 first
> label bits.
>
> Suggested-by: Joe Stringer <joe@....org>
> Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>
> Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>

Acked-by: Joe Stringer <joe@....org>