netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] ipv4: Convert ->flowi4_tos to dscp

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] ipv4: Convert ->flowi4_tos to dscp_t.

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:37:43 +0200 you wrote:
> Convert the ->flowic_tos field of struct flowi_common from __u8 to
> dscp_t, rename it ->flowic_dscp and propagate these changes to struct
> flowi and struct flowi4.
> 
> We've had several bugs in the past where ECN bits could interfere with
> IPv4 routing, because these bits were not properly cleared when setting
> ->flowi4_tos. These bugs should be fixed now and the dscp_t type has
> been introduced to ensure that variables carrying DSCP values don't
> accidentally have any ECN bits set. Several variables and structure
> fields have been converted to dscp_t already, but the main IPv4 routing
> structure, struct flowi4, is still using a __u8. To avoid any future
> regression, this patch converts it to dscp_t.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2,net-next] ipv4: Convert ->flowi4_tos to dscp_t.
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/1bec9d0c0046

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