netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: only create filter chains for new filters/actions

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 12:14:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, jiri@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: only create filter chains for new
 filters/actions

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 09:42:37 -0700

> tcf_chain_get() always creates a new filter chain if not found
> in existing ones. This is totally unnecessary when we get or
> delete filters, new chain should be only created for new filters
> (or new actions).
> 
> Fixes: 5bc1701881e3 ("net: sched: introduce multichain support for filters")
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Indeed, get and delete requests should not create new objects, ever.

I have pretty much no idea why Jiri is making such a big fuss about
this change, to be quite honest. :-)

Applied, thanks Cong.