netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] ipv4: Support multipath hashing on inner IP pkts for GRE tunnel

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:55:09 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Stephen Suryaputra <ssuryaextr@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] ipv4: Support multipath hashing on inner IP
 pkts for GRE tunnel

On 13/06/2019 21:38, Stephen Suryaputra wrote:
> Multipath hash policy value of 0 isn't distributing since the outer IP
> dest and src aren't varied eventhough the inner ones are. Since the flow
> is on the inner ones in the case of tunneled traffic, hashing on them is
> desired.
> 
> This is done mainly for IP over GRE, hence only tested for that. But
> anything else supported by flow dissection should work.
> 
> v2: Use skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys() directly so that other tunneling
>     can be supported through flow dissection (per Nikolay Aleksandrov).
> v3: Remove accidental inclusion of ports in the hash keys and clarify
>     the documentation (Nikolay Alexandrov).
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Suryaputra <ssuryaextr@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt |  1 +
>  net/ipv4/route.c                       | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c             |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Looks good to me,
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>