netdev - Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: upcall: Fix vlan handling.

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Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2016 12:29:51 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pshelar@....org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jarno@....org, jbenc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: upcall: Fix vlan handling.

From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 08:31:27 -0800

> Networking stack accelerate vlan tag handling by
> keeping topmost vlan header in skb. This works as
> long as packet remains in OVS datapath. But during
> OVS upcall vlan header is pushed on to the packet.
> When such packet is sent back to OVS datapath, core
> networking stack might not handle it correctly. Following
> patch avoids this issue by accelerating the vlan tag
> during flow key extract. This simplifies datapath by
> bringing uniform packet processing for packets from
> all code paths.
> 
> Fixes: 5108bbaddc ("openvswitch: add processing of L3 packets").
> CC: Jarno Rajahalme <jarno@....org>
> CC: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>

Applied.