netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 2/8] xdp: add HW offload mode flag for installing programs

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Message-ID: <594860A6.1010301@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:39:18 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:     davem@...emloft.net, kafai@...com, netoptimizer@...uer.com,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 2/8] xdp: add HW offload mode flag for installing
 programs

On 06/17/2017 01:57 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Add an installation-time flag for requesting that the program
> be installed only if it can be offloaded to HW.
>
> Internally new command for ndo_xdp is added, this way we avoid
> putting checks into drivers since they all return -EINVAL on
> an unknown command.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>