netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2 net,v4] flow_offload hardware priority fixes

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Message-ID: <20190806114127.54d9d029@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 11:41:27 -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 0/2 net,v4] flow_offload hardware priority fixes

On Tue,  6 Aug 2019 18:03:08 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patchset contains two updates for the flow_offload users:
> 
> 1) Pass the major tc priority to drivers so they do not have to
>    lshift it. This is a preparation patch for the fix coming in
>    patch #2.
> 
> 2) Set the hardware priority from the netfilter basechain priority,
>    some drivers break when using the existing hardware priority
>    number that is set to zero.

Seems reasonable, thanks.