netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v9 4/7] net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2023 18:29:50 -0800
From:   Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:     Paul Blakey <paulb@...dia.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        Roi Dayan <roid@...dia.com>, Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v9 4/7] net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload
 depend on tc skb extension

On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 07:44:00PM +0200, Paul Blakey wrote:
> Tc skb extension is a basic requirement for using tc
> offload to support correct restoration on action miss.

Btw, this is great. There was at least 1 report on ovn upstream
because the person didn't know skb extensions had to be manually
enabled.