netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] vxlan: revert "vxlan: Bypass encapsulation if the destination is local"

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Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:19:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sri@...ibm.com
Cc:	amwang@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] vxlan: revert "vxlan: Bypass encapsulation if
 the destination is local"

From: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:59:59 -0700

> @@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Bypass encapsulation if the destination is local */
> -	if (rt->rt_flags & RTCF_LOCAL) {
> +	if (rt->dst.dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) {
>  		struct vxlan_dev *dst_vxlan;

This looks terrible, and ad-hoc.  You need to find a cleaner
way to express exactly what you're trying to do otherwise I'm
reverting your change.
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