On 10/4/19 11:43 AM, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:38 AM David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
> 
> I was wondering if we can just call these RTM_F_OFFLOAD_TRAP or
> RTM_F_OFFLOAD_ASSIT or something along those lines.
> 
> My only concern with the proposed names is, both mean HW offload but
> only one uses HW in the name which can be confusing down the lane :).

sounds good to me.

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