netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 09/22] rtnetlink: Add RTNH_F

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Message-ID: <5a371baa-f16f-16c6-e0f2-da2307e578ce@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:54:04 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        roopa@...dia.com, mlxsw@...dia.com,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 09/22] rtnetlink: Add RTNH_F_TRAP flag

On 9/11/20 9:26 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Reworded to:
> 
> "
> rtnetlink: Add RTNH_F_TRAP flag
> 
> The flag indicates to user space that the nexthop is not programmed to
> forward packets in hardware, but rather to trap them to the CPU. This is
> needed, for example, when the MAC of the nexthop neighbour is not
> resolved and packets should reach the CPU to trigger neighbour
> resolution.
> 
> The flag will be used in subsequent patches by netdevsim to test nexthop
> objects programming to device drivers and in the future by mlxsw as
> well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> "

works for me. thanks