netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: sched: introduce terse dump flag

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Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 13:51:17 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, dcaratti@...hat.com,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: sched: introduce terse dump flag

Fri, May 15, 2020 at 01:40:11PM CEST, vladbu@...lanox.com wrote:
>Add new TCA_DUMP_FLAGS attribute and use it in cls API to request terse
>filter output from classifiers with TCA_DUMP_FLAGS_TERSE flag. This option
>is intended to be used to improve performance of TC filter dump when
>userland only needs to obtain stats and not the whole classifier/action
>data. Extend struct tcf_proto_ops with new terse_dump() callback that must
>be defined by supporting classifier implementations.
>
>Support of the options in specific classifiers and actions is
>implemented in following patches in the series.
>
>Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>