netdev - Re: [RFC net-next sample action optimization 1/3] openvswitch: deferred fifo api change

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Message-ID: <CAPWQB7GyKezwgjkGs3bm3W_cXMkGyy=5bW_xMpcB8Wb7kZh0nQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 11:08:34 -0800
From:   Joe Stringer <joe@....org>
To:     Andy Zhou <azhou@....org>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, pravin shelar <pshelar@....org>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next sample action optimization 1/3] openvswitch:
 deferred fifo api change

On 7 March 2017 at 16:15, Andy Zhou <azhou@....org> wrote:
> add_deferred_actions() API currently requires actions to be passed in
> as a fully encoded netlink message. So far both 'sample' and 'recirc'
> actions happens to carry actions as fully encoded netlink messages.
> However, this requirement is more restrictive than necessary, future
> patch will need to pass in action lists that are not fully encoded
> by themselves.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Zhou <azhou@....org>

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