On 12/3/21 17:37, Mike Pattrick wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 9:29 AM Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/12/21 18:49, Mike Pattrick wrote:
>>> Currently ingress policing uses the basic classifier to apply traffic
>>> control filters if hardware offload is not enabled, else it uses
>>> matchall. This change enables fallback onto the matchall classifier for
>>> cases when the kernel is not built with basic support and hardware
>>> offload is not in use. Basic is still selected first.
>>
>> Hello, Mike.  I'm not sure I understand the reason behind the logic here.
>>
>> If 'matchall' is better (as you stated in previous versions of a patch),
>> why not try it first and fall back to 'basic' if not available?
> 
> I think I was going for maintaining the current behaviour as much as
> possible. The matchall classifier is technically more efficient than
> basic, but I wasn't able to find a noticeable difference in my
> testing.
> 
> If you prefer, I can flip that logic?

'matchall' seems to be more accurate.  At least from the configuration
point of view, so it's probably better to use it if possible.

> 
> Cheers,
> Michael
> 
>> Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
>>
> 

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