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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Cc: tgraf@suug.ch, simon.horman@netronome.com, sfeldma@gmail.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, jhs@mojatatu.com, davem@davemloft.net,
	gerlitz.or@gmail.com, andy@greyhouse.net, ast@plumgrid.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 00/12] Flow API
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:52:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150122125246.GA4486@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150120202404.1741.8658.stgit@nitbit.x32>

Hi John,

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:26:13PM -0800, John Fastabend wrote:
> I believe I addressed all the comments so far except for the integrate
> with 'tc'. I plan to work on the integration pieces next.

I think that postponing the integration with 'tc' means that we're
renouncing to provide some abstraction to represent the actions that
the device provides. After this patch we'll have a standard API that
exposes the vendor specific semantics, *so user configurations will
not be portable anymore*.

At least, we should come up with some abstraction / mapping as
interface, so the vendors can use them to represent their operations.
That interface will provide a trade-off: If the vendor offers an
operation that doesn't map to our abstraction, then sorry that
operation has to remain behind the curtain.

netdev is just two weeks ahead and this is an important change IMO.
I'd rather have the chance to meet you and other fellows there and
discuss if we can come up with some glue abstraction.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-22 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-20 20:26 [net-next PATCH v3 00/12] Flow API John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:26 ` [net-next PATCH v3 01/12] net: flow_table: create interface for hw match/action tables John Fastabend
2015-01-22  4:37   ` Simon Horman
2015-01-20 20:27 ` [net-next PATCH v3 02/12] net: flow_table: add rule, delete rule John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:27 ` [net-next PATCH v3 03/12] net: flow: implement flow cache for get routines John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:27 ` [net-next PATCH v3 04/12] net: flow_table: create a set of common headers and actions John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:59   ` John W. Linville
2015-01-20 22:10     ` John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:28 ` [net-next PATCH v3 05/12] net: flow_table: add validation functions for rules John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:28 ` [net-next PATCH v3 06/12] net: rocker: add pipeline model for rocker switch John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:29 ` [net-next PATCH v3 07/12] net: rocker: add set rule ops John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:29 ` [net-next PATCH v3 08/12] net: rocker: add group_id slices and drop explicit goto John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:30 ` [net-next PATCH v3 09/12] net: rocker: add multicast path to bridging John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:30 ` [net-next PATCH v3 10/12] net: rocker: add cookie to group acls and use flow_id to set cookie John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:31 ` [net-next PATCH v3 11/12] net: rocker: have flow api calls set cookie value John Fastabend
2015-01-20 20:31 ` [net-next PATCH v3 12/12] net: rocker: implement delete flow routine John Fastabend
2015-01-22 12:52 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2015-01-22 13:37   ` [net-next PATCH v3 00/12] Flow API Thomas Graf
2015-01-22 14:00     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2015-01-22 15:00       ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-22 15:13         ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-22 15:28           ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-22 15:37             ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-22 15:44               ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-23 10:10                 ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 10:24                   ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-23 11:08                     ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 11:39                       ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-23 12:28                         ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 13:43                           ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-23 14:07                             ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 15:25                               ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-23 15:43                                 ` John Fastabend
2015-01-23 15:56                                   ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-23 15:49                                 ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 16:00                                   ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-23 15:34                               ` John Fastabend
2015-01-23 15:53                                 ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-23 16:00                                   ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 16:08                                     ` John Fastabend
2015-01-23 16:16                                     ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-24 13:04                                       ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-23 17:46                                 ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 19:59                                   ` John Fastabend
2015-01-23 23:16                                     ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-24 13:22                                   ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-24 13:34                                     ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-24 13:01                                 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-26  8:26                                   ` Simon Horman
2015-01-26 12:26                                     ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-27  4:28                                       ` David Ahern
2015-01-27  4:58                                         ` Andy Gospodarek
2015-01-27 15:54                                           ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-24 12:36                         ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-22 15:48               ` Jiri Pirko
2015-01-22 17:58                 ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-22 16:49               ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2015-01-22 17:10                 ` John Fastabend
2015-01-22 17:44                 ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-24 12:34                   ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2015-01-24 13:48                     ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23  9:00                 ` David Miller
2015-01-22 16:58           ` John Fastabend
2015-01-23 10:49             ` Thomas Graf
2015-01-23 16:42               ` John Fastabend
2015-01-24 12:29             ` Jamal Hadi Salim

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