Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 05:55:16AM CET, [email protected] wrote:
>With TC shared block changes we can't depend on correct netdev
>pointer being available in cls_bpf.  Move the device validation
>to the driver.  Core will only make sure that offloaded programs
>are always attached in the driver (or in HW by the driver).  We
>trust that drivers which implement offload callbacks will perform
>necessary checks.
>
>Moving the checks to the driver is generally a useful thing,
>in practice the check should be against a switchdev instance,
>not a netdev, given that most ASICs will probably allow using
>the same program on many ports.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
>Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <[email protected]>
>Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
>Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>

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