netdev - Re: [v2,net-next] net: qos offload add flow status with dropped count

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:00:23 +0300
From:   Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
To:     Po Liu <po.liu@....com>
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Subject: Re: [v2,net-next] net: qos offload add flow status with dropped count

On Fri 19 Jun 2020 at 09:01, Po Liu <po.liu@....com> wrote:
> From: Po Liu <Po.Liu@....com>
>
> This patch adds a drop frames counter to tc flower offloading.
> Reporting h/w dropped frames is necessary for some actions.
> Some actions like police action and the coming introduced stream gate
> action would produce dropped frames which is necessary for user. Status
> update shows how many filtered packets increasing and how many dropped
> in those packets.
>
> v2: Changes
>  - Update commit comments suggest by Jiri Pirko.
>
> Signed-off-by: Po Liu <Po.Liu@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>