On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 11:14:12AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote: > Jack Ma <jack...@alliedtelesis.co.nz> wrote: > > With the additiona of bit-shift operations, we are able > > to shift ct/skbmark based on user requirements. However, > > this change might also cause the most left/right hand- > > side mark to be accidentially lost during shift operations. > > > > This patch adds the ability to 'grep' ceratin bits based > > on ctmask or nfmask out of the original mark. Then apply > > shift operations to achieve a new mapping between ctmark > > and skb->mark. > > > > For example. > > > > If someone would like save the fourth F bits of ctmark 0xFFF(F)000F > > into the seventh hexadecimal (0) skb->mark 0xABC000(0)E. > > > > new_targetmark = (ctmark & ctmask) >> 12; > > (new) skb->mark = (skb->mark &~nfmask) ^ > > new_targetmark; > > > > This will preserve the other bits that are not related to > > this operation. > > > > Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <f...@strlen.de> > > I don't recall having seen this patch before. > > That being said, it looks ok to me. > > You might have mentioned that this patch is for 'nf' tree, after > having merged -next, as this patch changes user-visible behaviour > (which should be fine in this case as the original change isn't part > of 4.16).
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