[ovs-dev] [PATCH] Improved Packet Drop Statistics in OVS.

Gregory Rose gvrose8192 at gmail.com
Thu May 24 15:35:13 UTC 2018


On 5/23/2018 7:19 PM, Rohith Basavaraja wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> Only  changes in
> datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h
> are related to OvS Kernel module.
>
> The changes in openvswitch.h are not upstreamed yet.
> Can you please let me know the procedure for submitting the
> Changes for OvS Kernel Module?.
>
> In the meanwhile can I get code review feedback for the changes, while I
> Figure out how to commit changes in datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/openvswitch.h.
>
> Thanks
> Rohith

You need to submit changes to openvswitch.h to the Linux network mail list.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

After acceptance upstream we can then pull in the change.

And this might help as well.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.16/process/submitting-patches.html

Thanks,

- Greg

>
>
> On 24/05/18, 2:03 AM, "Ben Pfaff" <blp at ovn.org> wrote:
>
>      I see that this adds code to the OVS kernel module.  Are these changes
>      upstream already in Linux?  Usually we use an "upstream first"
>      philosophy regarding the kernel module.
>      
>
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