netdev - Re: [PATCH] vxlan: Avoid creating fdb entry with NULL destination

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Message-Id: <20130917.202000.1535219653178049055.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:20:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sri@...ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	mike.rapoport@...ellosystems.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vxlan: Avoid creating fdb entry with NULL destination

From: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:12:40 -0700

> Commit afbd8bae9c798c5cdbe4439d3a50536b5438247c 
>    vxlan: add implicit fdb entry for default destination
> creates an implicit fdb entry for default destination. This results 
> in an invalid fdb entry if default destination is not specified.
> For ex: 
>   ip link add vxlan1 type vxlan id 100
> creates the following fdb entry
>   00:00:00:00:00:00 dev vxlan1 dst 0.0.0.0 self permanent
> 
> This patch fixes this issue by creating an fdb entry only if a
> valid default destination is specified.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>

Looks reasonable, applied, thanks.
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