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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:18:42 -0400

> With the posted patch: unknow bits set will result in a kernel
> rejection unless the user space explicitly ask the kernel to ignore
> flags it doesnt understand and just handles what it knows. This
> reduces the amount of work in tc.
...
> [1]
> This is because i worry about making large changes to
> the behavior of user space apps like tc. If I reject I will need to
> change tc to detect this rejection and retry (and I dont think
> extended ACKs in their current shape are ready to provide any
> meaningful detail).

I think we should eat the pain now and use the strict checks
for all new features like this.

I'm sorry if this makes more work for you, but this is really
how we have to proceed moving forward.

Thanks.