Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] fib_rules: goto rule action

2007-03-26 Thread David Miller
From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:13:07 -0700 > Do we have to worry about self inflicted infinite loops? > Shouldn't there be some way to some basic validation? We do, and there is. You obviously didn't read Thomas's patch. He prevents loops by only allowing

Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] fib_rules: goto rule action

2007-03-26 Thread Stephen Hemminger
David Miller wrote: From: Thomas Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:54:51 +0200 This patch adds a new rule action FR_ACT_GOTO which allows to skip a set of rules by jumping to another rule. The rule to jump to is specified via the FRA_GOTO attribute which carries a rule prefe

Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] fib_rules: goto rule action

2007-03-26 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:54:51 +0200 > This patch adds a new rule action FR_ACT_GOTO which allows > to skip a set of rules by jumping to another rule. The rule > to jump to is specified via the FRA_GOTO attribute which > carries a rule preference. > > Referr

[PATCH 1/3] [NET] fib_rules: goto rule action

2007-03-26 Thread Thomas Graf
This patch adds a new rule action FR_ACT_GOTO which allows to skip a set of rules by jumping to another rule. The rule to jump to is specified via the FRA_GOTO attribute which carries a rule preference. Referring to a rule which doesn't exists is explicitely allowed. Such goto rules are marked wit