netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: correctly fragment packet with mpls headers

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Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2016 19:03:46 -0700
From:   Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
To:     Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: correctly fragment packet with mpls headers

On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2016 09:53:25 -0700, Pravin Shelar wrote:
>> This code can be executed on encapsulated geneve or vxlan packets.
>
> How? The encapsulation header is in the form of metadata_dst at this
> point and not present in the packet itself. Am I missing something?
>

We could have encapsulated packet defragmented in physical bridge.
that mean the packet is entering OVS after egressing tunnel device.
That use case would break due to this patch.

> If this patch is wrong, then the current push_mpls is wrong, too, it
> does the same assumption.
>
I am not sure what you mean, can you explain?