Re: [net-next PATCH v3 0/3] tc software only

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 07:53:26 -0800

> This adds a software only flag to tc but incorporates a bunch of comments
> from the original attempt at this.
> 
> First instead of having the offload decision logic be embedded in cls_u32
> I lifted into cls_pkt.h so it can be used anywhere and named the flag
> TCA_CLS_FLAGS_SKIP_HW (Thanks Jiri ;)
> 
> In order to do this I put the flag defines in pkt_cls.h as well. However
> it was suggested that perhaps these flags could be lifted into the
> upper layer of TCA_ as well but I'm afraid this can not be done with
> existing tc design as far as I can tell. The problem is the filters are
> packed and unpacked in the classifier specific code and pushing the flags
> through the high level doesn't seem easily doable. And we already have
> this design where classifiers handle generic options such as actions and
> policers. So I think adding one more thing here is OK as 'tc', et. al.
> already know how to handle this type of thing.

Series applied, thanks John.