netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] ipv4: Convert __fib_validate_source() and its callers to dscp

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Message-ID: <ZwTvRR9_OX-Nq_Pj@shredder.mtl.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 11:37:25 +0300
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] ipv4: Convert __fib_validate_source() and
 its callers to dscp_t.

On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 08:24:23PM +0200, Guillaume Nault wrote:
> This patch series continues to prepare users of ->flowi4_tos to a
> future conversion of this field (__u8 to dscp_t). This time, we convert
> __fib_validate_source() and its call chain.
> 
> The objective is to eventually make all users of ->flowi4_tos use a
> dscp_t value. Making ->flowi4_tos a dscp_t field will help avoiding
> regressions where ECN bits are erroneously interpreted as DSCP bits.

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>