netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/12 net-next,v2] add flow

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Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:19:25 +0200
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        thomas.lendacky@....com, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...ium.com>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>, santosh@...lsio.com,
        madalin.bucur@....com,
        "Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen)" <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
        Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        peppe.cavallaro@...com, grygorii.strashko@...com,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
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        alexandre.torgue@...com, joabreu@...opsys.com,
        linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
        Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>,
        Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12 net-next,v2] add flow_rule infrastructure

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:14 PM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:15:07 +0100
>
> > This patchset introduces a kernel intermediate representation (IR) to
> > express ACL hardware offloads, as already described in previous RFC and
> > v1 patchset [1] [2]. The idea is to normalize the frontend U/APIs to use
> > the flow dissectors and the flow actions so drivers can reuse the
> > existing TC offload driver codebase - that has been converted to use the
> > flow_rule infrastructure.
>
> I'm go to bring up the elephant in the room.

> I think the real motivation here is to offload netfilter rules to HW,
> and you should be completely honest about that.

Thanks Dave for clarifying.

So.. (A) why the TC path isn't enough for CT offloading? if we could have
just do it, that would have sound really cool. (B) why do we have to deal
with EIRs (Elephants In Rooms)? (C) who can address A && B?

Or.