netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

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Message-ID: <CAJ3xEMhjBNz7tYr1qaw0oOC_fPLiXMO3NKsKK7i7CqKLy4bLLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 00:45:21 +0200
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection
 using hash of 5-tuple

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com> wrote:

> [...] note we have two ends to deal with here (1) generation (2) usage
>
> E.g if the kernel generates flow label but uses source port we have inconsistent
> environment. Problem is that the generation and usage typically don't happen
> on the same network point.

David, what's your thinking here? e.g for overly networks environments