Re: [PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: Allow Output Mark to be Updated Using UPDSA

2018-05-10 Thread Nathan Harold
That makes sense to me; the restriction about which you inquire is a practical one rather than a philosophical one, which I will be happy to see lifted. With the new set_mark, a non-zero mask will indicate that the caller has a set an "explicit" zero mark, which sidesteps the currently-ambiguous s

Re: [PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: Allow Output Mark to be Updated Using UPDSA

2018-05-09 Thread Eyal Birger
Hi Nathan, On Wed, 9 May 2018 13:46:26 -0700 Nathan Harold wrote: > Allow UPDSA to change output_mark to permit > policy separation of packet routing decisions from > SA keying in systems that use mark-based routing. > > In the output_mark, used as a routing and firewall > mark for outbound pa

[PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: Allow Output Mark to be Updated Using UPDSA

2018-05-09 Thread Nathan Harold
Allow UPDSA to change output_mark to permit policy separation of packet routing decisions from SA keying in systems that use mark-based routing. In the output_mark, used as a routing and firewall mark for outbound packets, is made update-able which allows routing decisions to be handled independen