netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 2/7] etf: Add skip_sock

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Message-ID: <16905BC8-A604-4A74-A9BA-4FCA6F40FE55@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:13:05 +0000
From:   "Patel, Vedang" <vedang.patel@...el.com>
To:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Jamal Hadi Salim" <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        "xiyou.wangcong@...il.com" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "jiri@...nulli.us" <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "Gomes, Vinicius" <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>,
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        "m-karicheri2@...com" <m-karicheri2@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 2/7] etf: Add skip_sock_check



> On Jun 20, 2019, at 1:16 AM, Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:
> 
> On 19.06.2019 20:40, Vedang Patel wrote:
> 
>> Currently, etf expects a socket with SO_TXTIME option set for each packet
>> it encounters. So, it will drop all other packets. But, in the future
>> commits we are planning to add functionality which where tstamp value will
> 
>   One of "which" and "where", not both. :-)
> 
Yeah. It’s a typo. Will fix it in next version.

Thanks,
Vedang
>> be set by another qdisc. Also, some packets which are generated from within
>> the kernel (e.g. ICMP packets) do not have any socket associated with them.
>> So, this commit adds support for skip_sock_check. When this option is set,
>> etf will skip checking for a socket and other associated options for all
>> skbs.
>> Signed-off-by: Vedang Patel <vedang.patel@...el.com>
> [...]
> 
> MBR, Sergei