From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
saeedm@mellanox.com, leon@kernel.org, michael.chan@broadcom.com,
vishal@chelsio.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com,
idosch@mellanox.com, aelior@marvell.com, peppe.cavallaro@st.com,
alexandre.torgue@st.com, jhs@mojatatu.com,
xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com, mlxsw@mellanox.com,
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 01/12] flow_offload: Introduce offload of HW stats type
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 20:24:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200302192437.wtge3ze775thigzp@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1da092c0-3018-7107-78d3-4496098825a3@solarflare.com>
On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 04:29:32PM +0000, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 02/03/2020 13:20, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > 2) explicit counter action, in this case the user specifies explicitly
> > that it needs a counter in a given position of the rule. This
> > counter might come before or after the actual action.
>
> But the existing API can already do this, with a gact pipe. Plus, Jiri's
> new API will allow specifying a counter on any action (rather than only,
> implicitly, those which have .stats_update()) should that prove to be
> necessary.
>
> I really think the 'explicit counter action' is a solution in search of a
> problem, let's not add random orthogonality violations. (Equally if the
> counter action had been there first, I'd be against adding counters to
> the other actions.)
It looks to me that you want to restrict the API to tc for no good
_technical_ reason.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-02 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-28 17:24 [patch net-next v2 00/12] net: allow user specify TC action HW stats type Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:24 ` [patch net-next v2 01/12] flow_offload: Introduce offload of " Jiri Pirko
2020-02-29 19:29 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-01 8:44 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-03-02 13:20 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-02 13:58 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-03-02 16:29 ` Edward Cree
2020-03-02 19:24 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2020-03-02 20:18 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-02 21:46 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-02 22:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-03 17:25 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-03 19:34 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-03 18:55 ` Edward Cree
2020-03-03 19:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-03 20:27 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-03 21:06 ` Edward Cree
2020-03-03 21:25 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-03 19:13 ` Edward Cree
2020-03-04 14:18 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:24 ` [patch net-next v2 02/12] ocelot_flower: use flow_offload_has_one_action() helper Jiri Pirko
2020-02-29 0:50 ` Vladimir Oltean
2020-02-28 17:24 ` [patch net-next v2 03/12] flow_offload: check for basic action hw stats type Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 19:40 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-29 7:40 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-02-29 19:18 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-01 9:00 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-03-02 19:33 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-03 11:46 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:24 ` [patch net-next v2 04/12] mlx5: en_tc: Do not allow mixing HW stats types for actions Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:24 ` [patch net-next v2 05/12] mlxsw: spectrum_flower: " Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:24 ` [patch net-next v2 06/12] mlx5: restrict supported HW stats type to "any" Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:25 ` [patch net-next v2 07/12] mlxsw: " Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:25 ` [patch net-next v2 08/12] flow_offload: introduce "immediate" HW stats type and allow it in mlxsw Jiri Pirko
2020-02-29 19:32 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-01 8:47 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-03-02 13:23 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-03-02 13:59 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:25 ` [patch net-next v2 09/12] flow_offload: introduce "delayed" HW stats type and allow it in mlx5 Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:25 ` [patch net-next v2 10/12] mlxsw: spectrum_acl: Ask device for rule stats only if counter was created Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:25 ` [patch net-next v2 11/12] flow_offload: introduce "disabled" HW stats type and allow it in mlxsw Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 17:25 ` [patch net-next v2 12/12] sched: act: allow user to specify type of HW stats for a filter Jiri Pirko
2020-02-28 19:59 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-29 7:52 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-02-29 20:14 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-01 8:57 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-03-02 19:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-03 13:20 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-03-03 19:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-03-04 8:15 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-03-03 19:44 ` Jakub Kicinski
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