[Devel] Re: [PATCH 1/1] cls_cgroup: unify classid syntax to tc

[Thomas Graf]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:00:35PM +0900, Minoru Usui wrote:
> Actually, In tc <-> kernel I/F (which uses netlink), tc sets classid to hexadecimal style not X:Y style.
> X:Y style is result of translating by tc command.
> 
> I thought this patch was very useful at first, but it's not necessary to implementing to the kernel.
> This function can be implemented on user space if we need.
> And we can also keep compatibility of net_cls.classid I/F. :-)
> 
> I drop this patch. I'm sorry for confusing a lot of people.

I found this patch to be extremely useful if it wasn't to break
compatibility but that issue can be resolved by accepting both
formats easly.

A classid is in a fact a set of two 16 bit integers and everyone
is used to the X:Y notation. procfs and sysfs ought to be userfriendly
to a certain degree and adding such a small parser to cls_cgroup
doesn't harm anyone.