Re: [PATCH net v8 1/1] net/sched: act_gate: snapshot parameters with RCU on replace

[Jamal Hadi Salim]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 7:07 AM Paul Moses <p@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The ocelot/felix driver doesn't offload standalone actions (TC_SETUP_ACT) so it
> > doesn't notice changes made to the action using the "tc action" command.
> >
> > If I make changes to the "tc gate" action parameters using "tc filter replace ...",
> > then I trigger the "The stream is added on this port" extack error in the offload
> > driver, which seems to not have been written to handle parameter changes very well.
>
> Thanks for testing. Just to confirm: unpatched kernel returns the same error?
>

Yes, it just means that Vladmir's hardware doesnt like replacement of
an existing rule, therefore it gets rejected with that message (error
code -EEXIST). Yes, the message is not the best it can be but could be
fixed later.
Thanks Vladmir for spending the time.

And for this patch....

Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

cheers,
jamal