netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next,v6 01/12] flow_offload: add flow_rule and flow

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Message-ID: <20181214183511.GB30755@nanopsycho>
Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:35:11 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next,v6 01/12] flow_offload: add flow_rule and
 flow_match structures and use them

Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 07:11:54PM CET, pablo@...filter.org wrote:
>This patch wraps the dissector key and mask - that flower uses to
>represent the matching side - around the flow_match structure.
>
>To avoid a follow up patch that would edit the same LoCs in the drivers,
>this patch also wraps this new flow match structure around the flow rule
>object. This new structure will also contain the flow actions in follow
>up patches.
>
>This introduces two new interfaces:
>
>	bool flow_rule_match_key(rule, dissector_id)
>
>that returns true if a given matching key is set on, and:
>
>	flow_rule_match_XYZ(rule, &match);
>
>To fetch the matching side XYZ into the match container structure, to
>retrieve the key and the mask with one single call.
>
>Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>