netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/4] ip_tunnels: Add nexthop ID field to ip_tunnel

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Message-ID: <d003b6e7-6db1-f5e3-d356-237e4bf3a34c@blackwall.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:29:22 +0300
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 edumazet@...gle.com, roopa@...dia.com, dsahern@...il.com, petrm@...dia.com,
 taspelund@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/4] ip_tunnels: Add nexthop ID field to
 ip_tunnel_key

On 13/07/2023 10:09, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Extend the ip_tunnel_key structure with a field indicating the ID of the
> nexthop object via which the skb should be routed.
> 
> The field is going to be populated in subsequent patches by the bridge
> driver in order to indicate to the VXLAN driver which FDB nexthop object
> to use in order to reach the target host.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> ---
>   include/net/ip_tunnels.h | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> index ed4b6ad3fcac..e8750b4ef7e1 100644
> --- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> +++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel_key {
>   	u8			tos;		/* TOS for IPv4, TC for IPv6 */
>   	u8			ttl;		/* TTL for IPv4, HL for IPv6 */
>   	__be32			label;		/* Flow Label for IPv6 */
> +	u32			nhid;
>   	__be16			tp_src;
>   	__be16			tp_dst;
>   	__u8			flow_flags;

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>