netdev - Re: [PATCH net] geneve: maximum value of VNI cannot be used

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Date:   Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:41:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     girish.moodalbail@...cle.com
Cc:     pshelar@....org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] geneve: maximum value of VNI cannot be used

From: Girish Moodalbail <girish.moodalbail@...cle.com>
Date: Tue,  8 Aug 2017 17:26:24 -0700

> Geneve's Virtual Network Identifier (VNI) is 24 bit long, so the range
> of values for it would be from 0 to 16777215 (2^24 -1).  However, one
> cannot create a geneve device with VNI set to 16777215. This patch fixes
> this issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Girish Moodalbail <girish.moodalbail@...cle.com>

I always worry that someone, somewhere, might be using this in some
way and this will break things.

But I'll apply this for now.