netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] mlx4 fixes

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Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:25:16 +0200
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] mlx4 fixes

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:14 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:16:29 +0200
>
>> These short series fixes two bugs related to the vxlan support and a
>> missing req module call for the IB driver which is needed to support
>> IB/RDMA over Ethernet.
>>
>> Pathes done over the net tree, commit dd38743 "vlan: Set correct
>> source MAC address with TX VLAN offload enabled"
>
> Series applied, thanks Or.
>
> I wonder though, if a MAC address change results in a VLAN steering
> rule insertion failure, won't we be left in an inconsistent state?

in that case non-VXLAN traffic will fly in OK, but not VXLAN traffic.
I don't think we want to close the shop when this happens but probably
print some warning or a like, will send a patch...
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