netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2] ip-xfrm: Add support for OUTPUT

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:29:11 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2] ip-xfrm: Add support for OUTPUT_MARK

On 6/13/18 11:09 PM, Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan wrote:
> The output mark differs from the existing xfrm mark in two ways:
> 
> 1. The xfrm mark is used to match xfrm policies and states, while
>    the xfrm output mark is used to set the mark (and influence
>    the routing) of the packets emitted by those states.
> 2. The existing mark is constrained to be a subset of the bits of
>    the originating socket or transformed packet, but the output
>    mark is arbitrary and depends only on the state.

make sure the man page update contains the description of the 2 marks
and why they are used.

Thanks,