netdev - Re: [RFC net-next v2 2/8] net: add netif_is

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Date:   Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:06:45 +0000
From:   John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>
To:     sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com
Cc:     Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>, ozsh@...lanox.com,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>, avivh@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next v2 2/8] net: add netif_is_geneve()

On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 9:52 AM Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> On 25.10.2018 15:26, John Hurley wrote:
>
> > Add a helper function to determine if the type of a netdev is geneve based
> > on its rtnl_link_ops. This allows drivers that may wish to ofload tunnels
>
>     Offload?
>

offload encap/decap to a hardware device such as a smartNIC.
Sorry, should have made this clearer

> > to check the underlying type of the device.
> >
> > A recent patch added a similar helper to vxlan.h
> >
> > Signed-off-by: John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> [...]
>
> MBR, Sergei
>
>