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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 5/5] flow_dissector: Parse batman-adv unicast headers
Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:17:42AM CET, sven.eckelmann@openmesh.com wrote:
>The batman-adv unicast packets contain a full layer 2 frame in encapsulated
>form. The flow dissector must therefore be able to parse the batman-adv
>unicast header to reach the layer 2+3 information.
>
> +--------------------+
> | ip(v6)hdr |
> +--------------------+
> | inner ethhdr |
> +--------------------+
> | batadv unicast hdr |
> +--------------------+
> | outer ethhdr |
> +--------------------+
>
>The obtained information from the upper layer can then be used by RPS to
>schedule the processing on separate cores. This allows better distribution
>of multiple flows from the same neighbor to different cores.
>
>Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@openmesh.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>

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