netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next ct-offload v3 04/15] net/sched: act

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Date:   Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:27:57 +0200
From:   Paul Blakey <paulb@...lanox.com>
To:     Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...lanox.com>,
        Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next ct-offload v3 04/15] net/sched: act_ct:
 Instantiate flow table entry actions


On 11/03/2020 19:41, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 11/03/2020 14:33, Paul Blakey wrote:
>> NF flow table API associate 5-tuple rule with an action list by calling
>> the flow table type action() CB to fill the rule's actions.
>>
>> In action CB of act_ct, populate the ct offload entry actions with a new
>> ct_metadata action. Initialize the ct_metadata with the ct mark, label and
>> zone information. If ct nat was performed, then also append the relevant
>> packet mangle actions (e.g. ipv4/ipv6/tcp/udp header rewrites).
>>
>> Drivers that offload the ft entries may match on the 5-tuple and perform
>> the action list.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Blakey <paulb@...lanox.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
thanks!