linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: geneve: enable local address bind for geneve sockets

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 11:06:22 +0100
From: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To: Richard Gobert <richardbgobert@...il.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: geneve: enable local address bind for
 geneve sockets

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:53:50 +0100, Richard Gobert wrote:
>  static const struct nla_policy geneve_policy[IFLA_GENEVE_MAX + 1] = {
> -	[IFLA_GENEVE_UNSPEC]		= { .strict_start_type = IFLA_GENEVE_INNER_PROTO_INHERIT },
> +	[IFLA_GENEVE_UNSPEC]		= { .strict_start_type = IFLA_GENEVE_LOCAL6 },

The strict_start_type value should stay at
IFLA_GENEVE_INNER_PROTO_INHERIT. We don't want to relax the strict
checking for that attribute and we want strict checking for the newly
added IFLA_GENEVE_LOCAL.

See the documentation in include/net/netlink.h.

 Jiri