netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net/sched: act_gate: fix configuration of the periodic timer

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:58:11 +0200
From:   Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Po Liu <Po.Liu@....com>, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net/sched: act_gate: fix configuration of
 the periodic timer

On Tue, 2020-06-16 at 17:23 +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > (but again, this would be a fix for 'entries' - not for 'hitimer', so I
> > plan to work on it as a separate patch, that fits better 'net-next' rather
> > than 'net').
> 
> Targeting net-next would mean that the net tree would still keep
> appending to p->entries upon action replacement, instead of just
> replacing p->entries?

well, this is the original act_gate behavior (and the bug is discovered
today, in this thread). But if users can't wait for the proper fix (and
equally important, for the tdc test file), I can think of sending the
patch directly for 'net'.

-- 
davide