netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] geneve: implement support for IPv6-based tunnels

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:38:16 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] geneve: implement support for IPv6-based tunnels

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 01:48:49PM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> John W. Linville wrote:
> > NOTE: Link-local IPv6 addresses for remote endpoints are not supported,
> > since the driver currently has no capacity for binding a geneve
> > interface to a specific link.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
> > ---
> > v5:
> > - wrap declaration of sock6 in geneve_dev with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
> > - remove superfluous '!!' when assigning geneve->collect_md to bool
> > - use skb_scrub_packet in IPv4 tx path as well 
> > - check for NULL ip_tunnel_info pointer in geneve[6]_xmit_skb
> > - use ipv6_addr_equal for comparing IPv6 addresses
> > - more use of IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) for preserving build integrity
> > - reject link-local ipv6 address for remote tunnel endpoint
> :
> 
> > @@ -870,15 +1147,35 @@ static int geneve_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
> :
> > +
> > +		if (ipv6_addr_type(&remote.sin6.sin6_addr) &
> > +		    IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)
> > +			netdev_dbg(dev, "link-local remote is unsupported\n");
> > +			return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> > +
> 
> This always returns -EINVAL; {} is missing.

Yikes!  I posted the wrong patch...good eyes!

I will repost...

John
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