Re: [PATCH nf-next 2/3] netfilter: flowtable: update upper device stats in the fast path
From: Julius Bairaktaris
Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 05:53:59 EST
Am Mi., 21. Okt. 2026 um 08:08 Uhr schrieb Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Conceptually, with flowtable, offloaded packets bypass that device entirely
> and therefore should not touch stats of the virtual device. At least
> thats how I'd expect it to behave.
Fair point. Users could just as well report that as a bug.
Pablo, I have a v2 ready if you still want it. Otherwise I'm fine with
dropping the series until the expected behaviour is clear.
And thanks for giving your thoughts, Pablo and Florian!
Julius