Re: [PATCH RFC net-next v2 1/1] net: sched: Disambiguate verdict from return code

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On Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:09:21 -0300 Victor Nogueira wrote:
> Currently there is no way to distinguish between an error and a
> classification verdict. Which has caused us a lot of pain with buggy qdiscs
> and syzkaller. This patch does 2 things - one is it disambiguates between
> an error and policy decisions. The reasons are added under the auspices of
> skb drop reason. We add the drop reason as a part of struct tcf_result.
> That way, tcf_classify can set a proper drop reason when it fails,
> and we keep the classification result as the tcf_classify's return value.
> 
> This patch also adds a variety of drop reasons which are more fine grained
> on why a packet was dropped by the TC classification action subsystem.

Looks like this mostly builds on top of Daniel's patches with some
not-described additions like zeroing out res and cleaning up ifdefs.
Let me apply Daniel's patches and you can refine the return codes
on top.




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