netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] BPF metadata for direct access

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Message-Id: <20170926.133732.1980264928194037130.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:37:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:     alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, john.fastabend@...il.com,
        peter.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] BPF metadata for direct access

From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:25:49 +0200

> This work enables generic transfer of metadata from XDP into skb,
> meaning the packet has a flexible and programmable room for meta
> data, which can later be used by BPF to set various skb members
> when passing up the stack. For details, please see second patch.
> Support has been implemented and tested with two drivers, and
> should be straight forward to add to other drivers as well which
> properly support head adjustment already.

Series applied, thanks.

We're accumulating features again and leaving some drivers behind,
let's not allow this to get out of hand for XDP_REDIRECT and this
stuff.

Thanks.