netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: don't bypass encapsulation for multi- and broadcasts

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Message-Id: <20130414.153950.1876060927096209566.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:39:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mike.rapoport@...ellosystems.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: don't bypass encapsulation for multi-
 and broadcasts

From: Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@...ellosystems.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:21:51 +0300

> The multicast and broadcast packets may have RTCF_LOCAL set in rt_flags
> and therefore will be sent out bypassing encapsulation. This breaks
> delivery of packets sent to the vxlan multicast group.
> Disabling encapsulation bypass for multicasts and broadcasts fixes the
> issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@...ellosystems.com>

This still won't handle the case of encapsulations occuring in different
namespaces or virtual machines.

I really want this fixed correctly.
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