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

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:16:43 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Vedang Patel <vedang.patel@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, davem@...emloft.net, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, vinicius.gomes@...el.com,
        l@...ileo.org, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, m-karicheri2@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 2/7] etf: Add skip_sock_check

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. :-)

> 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