From: John Fastabend <john.fastab...@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.
