linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix parsing of nw

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Message-Id: <165597841271.22799.14586391448638568362.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:00:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Rosemarie O'Riorden <roriorden@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, pshelar@....org, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        yihung.wei@...il.com, dev@...nvswitch.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, i.maximets@....org,
        aconole@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix parsing of nw_proto for IPv6
 fragments

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:48:45 -0400 you wrote:
> When a packet enters the OVS datapath and does not match any existing
> flows installed in the kernel flow cache, the packet will be sent to
> userspace to be parsed, and a new flow will be created. The kernel and
> OVS rely on each other to parse packet fields in the same way so that
> packets will be handled properly.
> 
> As per the design document linked below, OVS expects all later IPv6
> fragments to have nw_proto=44 in the flow key, so they can be correctly
> matched on OpenFlow rules. OpenFlow controllers create pipelines based
> on this design.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: openvswitch: fix parsing of nw_proto for IPv6 fragments
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/12378a5a75e3

You are awesome, thank you!
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