netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 03/12] flow_offload: check for basic action hw stats type

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Date:   Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:40:56 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 03/12] flow_offload: check for basic action
 hw stats type

On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:24:56 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> @@ -299,6 +300,9 @@ static int bnxt_tc_parse_actions(struct bnxt *bp,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!flow_action_basic_hw_stats_types_check(flow_action, extack))
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

Could we have this helper take one stat type? To let drivers pass the
stat type they support? 

At some point we should come up with a way to express the limitations
at callback registration time so we don't need to add checks like this
to all the drivers. On the TODO list it goes :)

>  	flow_action_for_each(i, act, flow_action) {
>  		switch (act->id) {
>  		case FLOW_ACTION_DROP: