netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] openvswitch: make vlan handling consistent

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Date:   Fri, 7 Oct 2016 12:59:08 -0700
From:   Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
To:     Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Garver <e@...g.me>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] openvswitch: make vlan handling consistent

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:
> Always keep the first vlan tag "accelerated", i.e. in skb->vlan_tci.
>
> Unfortunately, with all the changes since v2, this patchset no longer has
> the nice deletions > insertions diffstat. I still think it's worth it, as it
> makes things more consistent overall.
>
After looking at the changes, I am not sure about the value. These
patches are making code bit complicated by processing vlan header
twice rather than once in current code.

> Patch 3 is valid on its own. Patch 6 is needed in one form or other; with
> the changes in this set, it's a simple deletion. Otherwise we'd need more
> elaborate checks.
>
As far as patch 6 is concerned I think we could do MTU checks similar
to the rest of networking stack (for example is_skb_forwardable()).
That would simplify things here.


> Jiri Benc (6):
>   openvswitch: make skb modifiable in ovs_flow_key_extract*
>   openvswitch: normalize vlan rx path
>   openvswitch: add NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX to internal dev
>   openvswitch: keep vlan tag accelerated on internal device
>   openvswitch: remove unreachable code in vlan parsing
>   openvswitch: fix vlan subtraction from packet length
>
>  net/openvswitch/datapath.c           |  9 ++--
>  net/openvswitch/flow.c               | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  net/openvswitch/flow.h               | 14 +++---
>  net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c |  9 +++-
>  net/openvswitch/vport.c              | 18 +++-----
>  5 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>