On 10/4/19 8:43 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote: >> Sounds like there are 2 cases for prefixes that should be flagged to the >> user -- "offloaded" (as in traffic is offloaded) and "in_hw" (prefix is >> in hardware but forwarding is not offloaded). > Sounds good. Are you and Roopa OK with the below? > > RTM_F_IN_HW - route is in hardware > RTM_F_OFFLOAD - route is offloaded > > For example, host routes will have the first flag set, whereas prefix > routes will have both flags set.
if "offload" always includes "in_hw", then are both needed? ie., why not document that offload means in hardware with offloaded traffic, and then "in_hw" is a lesser meaning - only in hardware with a trap to CPU? > > Together with the existing offload flags for nexthops and neighbours > this provides great visibility into the entire offload process.
