netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] nfp: MPLS and shared blocks TC offload fixes

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:47:34 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     jiri@...nulli.us, oss-drivers@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] nfp: MPLS and shared blocks TC offload fixes

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:36:26 -0700

> This series brings two fixes to TC filter/action offload code.
> Pieter fixes matching MPLS packets when the match is purely on
> the MPLS ethertype and none of the MPLS fields are used.
> John provides a fix for offload of shared blocks.  Unfortunately,
> with shared blocks there is currently no guarantee that filters
> which were added by the core will be removed before block unbind.
> Our simple fix is to not support offload of rules on shared blocks
> at all, a revert of this fix will be send for -next once the
> reoffload infrastructure lands.  The shared blocks became important
> as we are trying to use them for bonding offload (managed from user
> space) and lack of remove calls leads to resource leaks.
> 
> v2:
>  - fix build error reported by kbuild bot due to missing
>    tcf_block_shared() helper.

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.