netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] net sched actions: dump more than TCA_ACT_MAX

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Message-ID: <1492448905.10587.109.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:08:25 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] net sched actions: dump more than
 TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO actions per batch

On Mon, 2017-04-17 at 12:46 -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:

> Of course it is trivial to add this as attributes and 32 bits
> for this case is not a big deal because it is done once. I want to talk
> about the pads instead ;-> What do you suggest we do with pads?

We do nothing with pads. Just leave them.

Or, you need something to make sure to not break old user applications.

Something like a version.