netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/3] net: sched: Make tc-related drop reason more flexible for remaining qdiscs

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:38:12 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Victor Nogueira <victor@...atatu.com>
Cc: jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, daniel@...earbox.net, dcaratti@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/3] net: sched: Make tc-related drop reason
 more flexible for remaining qdiscs

On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 05:50:29PM -0300, Victor Nogueira wrote:
> Incrementing on Daniel's patch[1], make tc-related drop reason more
> flexible for remaining qdiscs - that is, all qdiscs aside from clsact.
> In essence, the drop reason will be set by cls_api and act_api in case
> any error occurred in the data path. With that, we can give the user more
> detailed information so that they can distinguish between a policy drop
> or an error drop.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231009092655.22025-1-daniel@iogearbox.net
> 
> Signed-off-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@...atatu.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>