Hi Greg, Thanks a lot for sharing the info. Ben clarified that it should be ok if this new stuff is used only in the DPDK datapath and it’s not used in the kernel datapath.
Thanks Rohith On 24/05/18, 9:05 PM, "Gregory Rose" <[email protected]> wrote: On 5/23/2018 7:19 PM, Rohith Basavaraja wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Only changes in > datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h > are related to OvS Kernel module. > > The changes in openvswitch.h are not upstreamed yet. > Can you please let me know the procedure for submitting the > Changes for OvS Kernel Module?. > > In the meanwhile can I get code review feedback for the changes, while I > Figure out how to commit changes in datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h. > > Thanks > Rohith You need to submit changes to openvswitch.h to the Linux network mail list. https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt After acceptance upstream we can then pull in the change. And this might help as well. https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.16/process/submitting-patches.html Thanks, - Greg > > > On 24/05/18, 2:03 AM, "Ben Pfaff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see that this adds code to the OVS kernel module. Are these changes > upstream already in Linux? Usually we use an "upstream first" > philosophy regarding the kernel module. > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
