netdev - Re: [patch net-next 2/2] net/sched: fix filter flushing

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 13:54:07 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>, mlxsw@...lanox.com,
        Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 2/2] net/sched: fix filter flushing

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>>You can't claim you really delete it as long as actions can still
>>see it and dump it.
>
> No, user just wants to delete all the filters. That is done. User does
> not care if the actual chain structure is there or not.
>

Hmm, so users see a chain with no filters... Fair enough.