netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/5 net-next v4] VXLAN Group Policy Extension

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Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:57:46 +0000
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jesse@...ira.com, stephen@...workplumber.org, pshelar@...ira.com,
	therbert@...gle.com, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dev@...nvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5 net-next v4] VXLAN Group Policy Extension

On 01/14/15 at 03:37pm, David Miller wrote:
> From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:20:41 +0100
> 
> > Implements supports for the Group Policy VXLAN extension [0] to provide
> > a lightweight and simple security label mechanism across network peers
> > based on VXLAN. The security context and associated metadata is mapped
> > to/from skb->mark. This allows further mapping to a SELinux context
> > using SECMARK, to implement ACLs directly with nftables, iptables, OVS,
> > tc, etc.
> > 
> > The extension is disabled by default and should be run on a distinct
> > port in mixed Linux VXLAN VTEP environments. Liberal VXLAN VTEPs
> > which ignore unknown reserved bits will be able to receive VXLAN-GBP
> > frames.
> 
> Thomas, unfortunately Tom's vxlan RCO patches were ready before your's
> in my queue so I applied his work first.  You'll have to therefore
> respin this series on top of it.

Sure, no problem.
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