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From: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>
To: mtahhan@redhat.com, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jbrouer@redhat.com, thoiland@redhat.com, donhunte@redhat.com,
	yhs@meta.com, Maryam Tahhan <mtahhan@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v7 1/1] doc: DEVMAPs and XDP_REDIRECT
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:38:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fseryof5.fsf@toke.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221110102950.2633685-2-mtahhan@redhat.com>

mtahhan@redhat.com writes:

> From: Maryam Tahhan <mtahhan@redhat.com>
>
> Add documentation for BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP and
> BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP_HASH including kernel version
> introduced, usage and examples.
>
> Add documentation that describes XDP_REDIRECT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <mtahhan@redhat.com>

Just re-read this, and I think it's much improved over previous versions
- nice work!

With just one nit below, feel free to re-add my:

Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>

[...]

> +With ``BPF_F_BROADCAST`` the packet will be broadcast to all the interfaces
> +in the map, with ``BPF_F_EXCLUDE_INGRESS`` the ingress interface will be excluded
> +from the broadcast.
> +
> +.. note::
> +    - The key is ignored if BPF_F_BROADCAST is set.
> +    - Multicast can also be achieved using multiple DEVMAPs.

That last bullet was a bit confusing on a first read. Maybe change it
to:

- The broadcast feature can also be used to implement multicast
  forwarding: simply create multiple DEVMAPs, each one corresponding to
  a single multicast group.



-Toke


      reply	other threads:[~2022-11-10 12:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-10 10:29 [PATCH bpf-next v7 0/1] doc: DEVMAPs and XDP_REDIRECT mtahhan
2022-11-10 10:29 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 1/1] " mtahhan
2022-11-10 12:38   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen [this message]

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