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 18:21:00 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.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, 16 Jun 2020 at 17:58, Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>

Well, it's up to you. Considering that your fixes here are for the 'tc
action replace' case, I guess you might as well go all the way and
make it work properly :)

Cheers,
-Vladimir