netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net/sched: act_pedit: fix action bind logic

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Message-ID: <20230227113641.574dd3bf@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:36:41 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
Cc:     Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        amir@...ai.me, dcaratti@...hat.com, willemb@...gle.com,
        ozsh@...dia.com, paulb@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net/sched: act_pedit: fix action bind logic

On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:15:00 +0100 Simon Horman wrote:
> > > OTOH, perhaps it's a regression wrt the oldest of
> > > the two patches references below.  
> > 
> > ...because filters and actions are completely separate TC objects.
> > There shouldn't be actions that can be created independently but can't be
> > really used.  
> 
> I agree that shouldn't be the case.
> For me that doesn't make it a bug, but I don't feel strongly about it.

I'm with Simon - this is a long standing problem, and we weren't getting
any user complaints about this. So I also prefer to route this via
net-next, without the Fixes tags.