[PATCH net-next 12/22] dst: Metadata destinations

2015-07-21 Thread Thomas Graf
Introduces a new dst_metadata which enables to carry per packet metadata between forwarding and processing elements via the skb-dst pointer. The structure is set up to be a union. Thus, each separate type of metadata requires its own dst instance. If demand arises to carry multiple types of

[PATCH net-next 12/22] dst: Metadata destinations

2015-07-17 Thread Thomas Graf
Introduces a new dst_metadata which enables to carry per packet metadata between forwarding and processing elements via the skb-dst pointer. The structure is set up to be a union. Thus, each separate type of metadata requires its own dst instance. If demand arises to carry multiple types of