netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethtool: Allow parsing ETHER_FLOW types when using flow

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Message-ID: <20190627110216.fney5pj2low7vwdw@salvia>
Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:02:16 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethtool: Allow parsing ETHER_FLOW types
 when using flow_rule

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:52:26AM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> When parsing an ethtool_rx_flow_spec, users can specify an ethernet flow
> which could contain matches based on the ethernet header, such as the
> MAC address, the VLAN tag or the ethertype.
> 
> ETHER_FLOW uses the src and dst ethernet addresses, along with the
> ethertype as keys. Matches based on the vlan tag are also possible, but
> they are specified using the special FLOW_EXT flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>

Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...monks.org>

Thanks Maxime.