netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] geneve: Make dst-port configurable.

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:13:31 -0700
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To:	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] geneve: Make dst-port configurable.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com> wrote:
>> Not specific to this patch but I think that it will make things
>> significantly easier in the future if changelink was implemented.
>> VXLAN has the same issue as well.
>
> Do you mean allow dst-port configuration only through changelink()?

This would be in addition to the ability to change it at setup, as
done by this patch.

I think we should ideally allow all netlink configuration to be
changed at runtime. Otherwise the only other choice is to delete and
recreate the device, which is more disruptive.
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