netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v12 0/4] net sched actions: improve dump performance

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Message-ID: <f1a1d2ee-fbd6-5b2b-8bf1-b39638483db1@mojatatu.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2017 07:05:36 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        jiri@...nulli.us, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        horms@...ge.net.au, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v12 0/4] net sched actions: improve dump
 performance

On 17-07-31 11:54 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:06:42 -0400
> Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com> wrote:
> 

[..]
> Please cleanup and resubmit for net-next.
>

Will do.

> The header files have been updated in iproute2 net-next branch.
> 

When does net-next show up? I noticed some changes - example Jiri's
multi-table changes are not in the tree (I believe they were submitted
as part of net-next).

> It is not clear to me that the new code is backward compatiable
> Will new versions of tc work on old kernels and vice/versa?
> 

AFAIK and tested it is.

> 
> Also, no #ifdef's

Those will go away. The intention was to test things which will be
rejected (in case some other app in the future uses this feature).

cheers,
jamal