netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: mvpp2: cls: Add classification

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Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 10:54:07 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, gregory.clement@...tlin.com,
        miquel.raynal@...tlin.com, nadavh@...vell.com, stefanc@...vell.com,
        mw@...ihalf.com, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: mvpp2: cls: Add classification

On Mon, 6 May 2019 10:00:26 +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Hello Jakub,
> 
> On Sat, 4 May 2019 02:53:53 -0400
> Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com> wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:14:25 +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:  
> >> Compared to the first submissions, the NETIF_F_NTUPLE flag was also
> >> removed, following Saeed's comment.    
> >
> >You should probably add it back, even though the stack only uses
> >NETIF_F_NTUPLE for aRFS the ethtool APIs historically depend on the
> >drivers doing a lot of the validation.  
> 
> OK my bad, reading your previous comments again, I should indeed have
> left it.
> 
> I'll re-add the flag, do you think this should go through -net or wait
> until net-next reopens ?

I think the patch should be relatively simple and clean?  So I'd try for
net, with a Fixes tag, it's a slight ABI correction and we are still
in the merge window period.  So I'd go for net :)