netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] sfc: some plumbing towards TC encap action offload

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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 11:35:53 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: edward.cree@....com
Cc: linux-net-drivers@....com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	habetsm.xilinx@...il.com,
	Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/6] sfc: some plumbing towards TC encap
 action offload

On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 05:42:31PM +0100, edward.cree@....com wrote:
> From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
> 
> Create software objects to manage the metadata for encap actions that
>  can be attached to TC rules.  However, since we don't yet have the
>  neighbouring information (needed to generate the Ethernet header),
>  all rules with encap actions are marked as "unready" and thus insert
>  the fallback action into hardware rather than actually offloading the
>  encapsulation action.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>