netdev - Re: [PATCH net] benet: stricter vxlan offloading check in be_features

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Date:   Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:59:08 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sd@...asysnail.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sathya.perla@...adcom.com,
        ajit.khaparde@...adcom.com, sriharsha.basavapatna@...adcom.com,
        somnath.kotur@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] benet: stricter vxlan offloading check in
 be_features_check

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Date: Tue,  3 Jan 2017 16:26:04 +0100

> When VXLAN offloading is enabled, be_features_check() tries to check if
> an encapsulated packet is indeed a VXLAN packet. The check is not strict
> enough, and considers any UDP-encapsulated ethernet frame with a 8-byte
> tunnel header as being VXLAN. Unfortunately, both GENEVE and VXLAN-GPE
> have a 8-byte header, so they get through this check.
> 
> Force the UDP destination port to be the one that has been offloaded to
> hardware.
> 
> Without this, GENEVE-encapsulated packets can end up having an incorrect
> checksum when both a GENEVE and a VXLAN (offloaded) tunnel are
> configured.
> 
> This is similar to commit a547224dceed ("mlx4e: Do not attempt to
> offload VXLAN ports that are unrecognized").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>

Applied, thanks.