netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] mlxsw: Support VLAN devices in mirroring offloads

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Date:   Thu, 10 May 2018 17:51:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        jiri@...lanox.com, petrm@...lanox.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] mlxsw: Support VLAN devices in mirroring
 offloads

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 13:13:02 +0300

> Petr says:
> 
> When offloading "tc action mirred mirror", there are several scenarios
> where VLAN devices can show up, that mlxsw can offload on Spectrum
> machines.
> 
> I) A direct mirror to a VLAN device on top of a front-panel port device
>    (commonly referred to as "RSPAN")
> 
> II) VLAN device in egress path of a packet when resolving a mirror to
>     gretap or ip6gretap netdevice.
> 
> Specifically in the latter case, the following are the cases that can be
> offloaded:
> 
> IIa) VLAN device directly above a physical device.
> IIb) A VLAN-unaware bridge where the egress device is as in IIa.
> IIc) VLAN device on top of a VLAN-aware bridge where the egress device
>      is a physical device.
> 
> This patch set implements all the above cases.
 ...

Series applied, thanks.