netdev - Re: [net PATCH 0/2] sockmap fixes

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Date:   Sun, 29 Oct 2017 11:19:06 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     john.fastabend@...il.com
Cc:     alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        edumazet@...gle.com, daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [net PATCH 0/2] sockmap fixes

From: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:45:16 -0700

> Last two fixes (as far as I know) for sockmap code this round.
> 
> First, we are using the qdisc cb structure when making the data end
> calculation. This is really just wrong so, store it with the other
> metadata in the correct tcp_skb_cb sturct to avoid breaking things.
> 
> Next, with recent work to attach multiple programs to a cgroup a
> specific enumeration of return codes was agreed upon. However,
> I wrote the sk_skb program types before seeing this work and used
> a different convention. Patch 2 in the series aligns the return
> codes to avoid breaking with this infrastructure and also aligns
> with other programming conventions to avoid being the odd duck out
> forcing programs to remember SK_SKB programs are different. Pusing
> to net because its a user visible change. With this SK_SKB program
> return codes are the same as other cgroup program types.

Series applied, thanks a lot John.