netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: combine VXLAN_FLOWBASED into VXLAN_COLLECT

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Message-ID: <20150805144242.GB3530@pox.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 5 Aug 2015 16:42:42 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>,
	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: combine VXLAN_FLOWBASED into
 VXLAN_COLLECT_METADATA

On 08/04/15 at 10:51pm, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> IFLA_VXLAN_FLOWBASED is useless without IFLA_VXLAN_COLLECT_METADATA,
> so combine them into single IFLA_VXLAN_COLLECT_METADATA flag.
> 'flowbased' doesn't convey real meaning of the vxlan tunnel mode.
> This mode can be used by routing, tc+bpf and ovs.
> Only ovs is strictly flow based, so 'collect metadata' is a better
> name for this tunnel mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>

I have no objection since a flag to enable tx only can be added again if
needed. As stated in the other thread, the tx only mode which is what
VXLAN was capable of doing so far is what motivated the split of flags.

Acked-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
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