netdev - Re: [PATCH] vxlan: Update hard_header_len based on lowerdev when instantiating VXLAN

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Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:20:10 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vxlan: Update hard_header_len based on lowerdev when
 instantiating VXLAN

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:12:00 -0800

> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:10:59 -0800
> Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> wrote:
> 
>> In the event of a VXLAN device being linked to a device that has a
>> hard_header_len greater than that of standard ethernet we could end up with
>> the hard_header_len not being large enough for outgoing frames.  In order to
>> prevent this we should update the length when a lowerdev is provided.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
 ...
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied, thanks.
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