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Expose and refactor the match compilation functions so that they can be invoked externally. Also update the functions so they can be called multiple times with the results OR'd together. This is applicable for the flows-merging scenario, in which there could be overlapped and non-conflicting match fields. This will be used in upcoming conntrack patches. This is safe to do in the in the single call case as well since both unmasked_data and mask_data gets initialised to 0. Signed-off-by: Yinjun Zhang <yinjun.zhang@corigine.com> Signed-off-by: Louis Peens <louis.peens@corigine.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.