netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] openvswitch: netlink attributes for IPv6 tunneling

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:29:09 -0700
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>,
	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] openvswitch: netlink attributes for IPv6 tunneling

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:18:40 -0700, Jesse Gross wrote:
>> This function is used to report back information that is the result of
>> the encapsulation process, such as the UDP source port chosen. Take a
>> look at net/openvswitch/actions.c:output_userspace(), particularly the
>> OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_EGRESS_TUN_PORT case.
>
> I see. I think it should be addressed separately from this patchset,
> though, as the function needs to be completely rewritten even for IPv4
> and IPv6 can be handled alongside it.
>
> I'll change the patch description in v2, the current wording is not
> correct. I don't think that fixing the bug should be a prerequisite for
> this patchset, the problem is already there and this patchset doesn't
> change that.

Can you at least update the existing code for IPv6 so that this
doesn't introduce another lurking issue when the bug is fixed?
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