netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 00/16] Handle multi chain hardware misses

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Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 02:13:07 +0000
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>, Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>,
        Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...lanox.com>,
        Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Blakey <paulb@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 00/16] Handle multi chain hardware misses

On Wed, 2020-02-19 at 16:12 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:43:08 +0000
> 
> > On Sun, 2020-02-16 at 12:01 +0200, Paul Blakey wrote:
> >> Hi David/Jakub/Saeed,
> >> 
> >> TC multi chain configuration can cause offloaded tc chains to miss
> in
> >> hardware after jumping to some chain. In such cases the software
> >> should
> >> continue from the chain that was missed in hardware, as the
> hardware
> >> may have
> >> manipulated the packet and updated some counters.
> >> 
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >> Note that miss path handling of multi-chain rules is a required
> >> infrastructure
> >> for connection tracking hardware offload. The connection tracking
> >> offload
> >> series will follow this one.
> >> 
> > 
> > Hi Dave, 
> > 
> > As was agreed, i will apply this series and the two to follow to a
> side
> > branch until all the connection tracking offloads patchsets are
> posted
> > by Paul and reviewed/acked.
> > 
> > in case of no objection i will apply this patchset to allow Paul to
> > move forward with the other two connection tracking patchsets.
> 
> I have no objection to this series, can you setup a pull request with
> this
> series in it that I can pull from into net-next?
> 

Great, Yes i will setup the pull request. 

Series applied to ct-offload branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux.git/log/?h=ct-offload

I will send the pull request once all connection tracking offload
patches are posted and reviewed in net-next.

Thanks.