netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net 1/5] ipv6: Refactor common ip6gre_tunnel

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Date:	Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:20:26 -0700
From:	Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	<hannes@...essinduktion.org>, <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net 1/5] ipv6: Refactor common ip6gre_tunnel_init codes

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 03:30:59PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:06:17 -0700
>
> > @@ -1460,19 +1474,16 @@ static void ip6gre_netlink_parms(struct nlattr *data[],
> >  static int ip6gre_tap_init(struct net_device *dev)
> >  {
> >  	struct ip6_tnl *tunnel;
> > +	int ret;
> >
> > -	tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
> > +	ret = ip6gre_tunnel_init_common(dev);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> >
> > -	tunnel->dev = dev;
> > -	tunnel->net = dev_net(dev);
> > -	strcpy(tunnel->parms.name, dev->name);
> > +	tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
> >
> >  	ip6gre_tnl_link_config(tunnel, 1);
> >
> > -	dev->tstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_sw_netstats);
> > -	if (!dev->tstats)
> > -		return -ENOMEM;
> > -
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
>
> Is this really equivalent?
>
> The existing code for GRE tap device initialization would use whatever
> ether_setup() left in the broadcast address, it would leave
> dev->dev_addr alone, and unconditionally use eth_header_ops.
The new ip6gre_tunnel_init_common() does not set the dev->dev_addr
or dev->header_ops.  The change in ip6gre_tap_init() is to initialize
dev->tstats before ip6gre_tnl_link_config().

or I am missing something and have overlooked a bug?

Thanks,
Martin
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