Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] flow_dissector: Parse batman-adv unicast headers

[Jiri Pirko]

Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:17:42AM CET, sven.eckelmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>