linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v2] openvswitch: Fix ovs_flow_key

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Message-ID: <20170330220614.7079d316@griffin>
Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:06:14 +0200
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Yi-Hung Wei <yihung.wei@...il.com>
Cc:     joe@....org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] openvswitch: Fix ovs_flow_key_update()

On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:36:03 -0700, Yi-Hung Wei wrote:
> ovs_flow_key_update() is called when the flow key is invalid, and it is
> used to update and revalidate the flow key. Commit 329f45bc4f19
> ("openvswitch: add mac_proto field to the flow key") introduces mac_proto
> field to flow key and use it to determine whether the flow key is valid.
> However, the commit does not update the code path in ovs_flow_key_update()
> to revalidate the flow key which may cause BUG_ON() on execute_recirc().
> This patch addresses the aforementioned issue.
> 
> Fixes: 329f45bc4f19 ("openvswitch: add mac_proto field to the flow key")
> Signed-off-by: Yi-Hung Wei <yihung.wei@...il.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>

Thanks!

 Jiri