> This hook is based on a hook of the same name provided by UDP.  It
> provides
> a way for to receive packets that have a TCP header and treat them in
> some
> alternate way.
> 
> It is intended to be used by an implementation of the STT tunneling
> protocol within Open vSwtich's datapath. A prototype of such an
> implementation has been made.
> 
> The STT draft is available at
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-davie-stt-01
> 
> My prototype STT implementation has been posted to the
> d...@openvswtich.org.
> The second version can be found at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openvswitch.org/msg09001.html
> It needs to be updated to call tcp_encap_enable()
> 
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <ho...@verge.net.au>
> 
>
> +static struct static_key tcp_encap_needed __read_mostly;
> +void tcp_encap_enable(void)
> +{
> +     if (!static_key_enabled(&tcp_encap_needed))
> +             static_key_slow_inc(&tcp_encap_needed);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_encap_enable);

I have reservations about adding such a hook. but if we
must, then the hook must be GPL only.

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