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Message-ID: <c7f288b2-dd07-f43a-48c9-ce6086137322@6wind.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:38:55 +0100
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>, Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        ovs dev <dev@...nvswitch.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Bindiya Kurle <bindiyakurle@...il.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>,
        Ben Pfaff <blp@....org>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] openvswitch: add TTL decrement action

Le 16/01/2020 à 08:21, Pravin Shelar a écrit :
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 8:40 AM Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com> wrote:
[snip]
>> @@ -1050,4 +1051,5 @@ struct ovs_zone_limit {
>>         __u32 count;
>>  };
>>
>> +#define OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_EXEC      0
> 
> I am not sure if we need this, But if you want the nested attribute
> then lets define enum with this single attribute and have actions as
> part of its data. This would be optional argument, so userspace can
> skip it, and in that case datapath can drop the packet.
And note that 0 is a reserved value and should not be used. Look at other
attributes.

Regards,
Nicolas