netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: check DST_NOPOLICY as well as DST

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Date:   Wed, 4 Dec 2019 17:57:16 +0100
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     Mark Gillott <mgillott@...tta.att-mail.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     steffen.klassert@...unet.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: check DST_NOPOLICY as well as DST_NOXFRM

Le 04/12/2019 à 16:17, Mark Gillott a écrit :
> Before performing a policy bundle lookup, check the DST_NOPOLICY
> option, as well as DST_NOXFRM. That is, skip further processing if
> either of the disable_policy or disable_xfrm sysctl attributes are
> set.
Can you elaborate why this change is needed?