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

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Message-Id: <20150807.114645.2108374064397756373.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 07 Aug 2015 11:46:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ast@...mgrid.com
Cc:	tgraf@...g.ch, jesse@...ira.com, pshelar@...ira.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: combine VXLAN_FLOWBASED into
 VXLAN_COLLECT_METADATA

From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Date: Tue,  4 Aug 2015 22:51:07 -0700

> 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>
> ---
> it's not too late to kill uapi IFLA_VXLAN_FLOWBASED, since it
> was introduced two weeks ago.
> Alternatively we could rename both into vxlan_accept_metadata
> or something else, but imo collect_metadata is ok.

Applied, thanks.
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