On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Ansis Atteka <aatt...@nicira.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 04:20:33PM -0800, Jesse Gross wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
>>>> > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 04:07:29PM -0800, Ansis Atteka wrote:
>>>> >> This patch adds logging support for skb_mark and skb_priority.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Signed-off-by: Ansis Atteka
>>>> >
>>>> > skb_priority has two 16-bit subfields, at least with the qdiscs that
>>>> > I'm familiar with, so it's easier to read when it's printed in
>>>> > hexadecimal.  This means that I'd change "%"PRIu32 to "%#"PRIx32 and
>>>> > MFS_DECIMAL to MFS_HEXADECIMAL for this field.
>>>>
>>>> If we do that (which sounds fine), we probably should also update
>>>> odp-util.c to print priority in hex.
>>>
>>> Good idea.
>>>
>>>> It might not be a bad idea to make mark hex as well.
>>>
>>> I don't know anything about the semantics of skb_mark.  I'll take your
>>> word for it.
>>
>> I think it's pretty much user-defined unstructured data.  I don't
>> think there is a strong reason to chose one or the other but I find
>> binary blobs easier to read in hex.
>
> Ok, I will change skb_mark to hex format too. Mainly because later on
> we might want to partially mask out skb_mark. For example, as of now
> it is possible to install single IPSEC policy that does not match just
> a specific mark, but rather a masked out range.
>
> Also, it seems that it would make more sense to change "priority" to
> "skb_priority" in odp-util.c for the sake of consistency.

That sounds like a good idea to me.
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