netdev - Re: [PATCH/RFC net] gre: set inner

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:07:00 -0700
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:	Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC net] gre: set inner_protocol on xmit

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:46 AM, Simon Horman
<simon.horman@...ronome.com> wrote:
> Ensure that the inner_protocol is set on transmit so that GSO segmentation,
> which relies on that field, works correctly.
>
> I have observed this is not the case when OvS transmits GRE using
> lwtunnel metadata (which it always does).
>
> Fixes: 38720352412a ("gre: Use inner_proto to obtain inner header protocol")
> Cc: Alexander Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dinan Gunawardena <dinan.gunawardena@...ronome.com>
> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>

Looks good.  I'm surprised we had such a difference in how this was
handled between the flow based and device based paths.

Acked-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>