netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 06/10] net/ipv6: Pass skb to route lookup

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Message-ID: <20180302134909.GF23979@splinter>
Date:   Fri, 2 Mar 2018 15:49:09 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
        tom@...bertland.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 06/10] net/ipv6: Pass skb to route lookup

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 07:29:46PM -0800, David Ahern wrote:
> IPv6 does path selection for multipath routes deep in the lookup
> functions. The next patch adds L4 hash option and needs the skb
> for the forward path. To get the skb to the relevant FIB lookup
> functions it needs to go through the fib rules layer, so add a
> lookup_data argument to the fib_lookup_arg struct.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>