From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roman Mashak Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] net sched actions: dump more than TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO actions per batch Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:51:32 -0400 Message-ID: <851ssqq5wb.fsf@mojatatu.com> References: <1492346070-6002-1-git-send-email-jhs@emojatatu.com> <20170417081936.GA1892@nanopsycho.orion> <1492434659.10587.90.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com> <20170417153133.GA1895@nanopsycho.orion> <0bd1e885-cdf3-60fc-783b-a075b777560b@mojatatu.com> <1492448905.10587.109.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim , Jiri Pirko , davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com To: Eric Dumazet Return-path: Received: from mail-io0-f194.google.com ([209.85.223.194]:33454 "EHLO mail-io0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754658AbdDQRvf (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:51:35 -0400 Received: by mail-io0-f194.google.com with SMTP id k87so28012377ioi.0 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:51:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1492448905.10587.109.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com> (Eric Dumazet's message of "Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:08:25 -0700") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Eric Dumazet writes: > On Mon, 2017-04-17 at 12:46 -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote: > >> Of course it is trivial to add this as attributes and 32 bits >> for this case is not a big deal because it is done once. I want to talk >> about the pads instead ;-> What do you suggest we do with pads? > > We do nothing with pads. Just leave them. > > Or, you need something to make sure to not break old user applications. > > Something like a version. Would be a new NLM_F_* modifier for GET request an option for large dumps implementation? Looks like there are extract bits and Johannes' patches for extended ACK do not use it.