netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] flow_offload hardware priority fixes

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Date:   Fri, 2 Aug 2019 15:25:49 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, marcelo.leitner@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, wenxu@...oud.cn, saeedm@...lanox.com,
        paulb@...lanox.com, gerlitz.or@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] flow_offload hardware priority fixes

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 00:04:09 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> That patch removed the reference to tcf_auto_prio() already, please
> let me know if you have any more specific update you would like to see
> on that patch.

Please explain why the artificial priorities are needed at all.
Hardware should order tables based on table type - ethtool, TC, nft.
As I mentioned in the first email, and unless you can make a strong 
case against that.
Within those tables we should follow the same ordering rules as we 
do in software (modulo ethtool but ordering is pretty clear there).