netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] iplink: document XDP subcommand to force the XDP mode.

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Date:   Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:29:13 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] iplink: document XDP subcommand to force the
 XDP mode.

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:01:26 +0100
Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:04 PM Stephen Hemminger
> <stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:40:30 +0100
> > Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > When attaching an eBPF program to a device, ip link can force the XDP mode
> > > by using the xdp{generic,drv,offload} keyword instead of just 'xdp'.
> > > Document this behaviour also in the help output.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
> > > Fixes: 14683814 ("bpf: add xdpdrv for requesting XDP driver mode")
> > > Fixes: 1b5e8094 ("bpf: allow requesting XDP HW offload")  
> >
> > Applied, thanks.
> > The man page already has this as well.
> >  
> 
> Yes, I found it just after I made the patch. However, it could be nice
> to have the generic "xdp" and a command like "type" or "mode" to
> specify the XDP mode, eg.
> ip link set dev eth0 xdp mode [ auto | generic | drv | offload ]
> I was trying to add it, but unfortunately it seems that the arguments
> aren't parsed in a loop, and are required to be in the exact order.
> Would this change make sense?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Matteo Croce
> per aspera ad upstream

It would have made sense to start with, but the syntax is more or less fixed
by now.