netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net] vxlan: fix incorrect RCO bit in VXLAN header

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Date:	Fri, 4 Dec 2015 09:13:28 -0800
From:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net] vxlan: fix incorrect RCO bit in VXLAN header

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 08:43:59 -0800, Tom Herbert wrote:
>> What a mess VXLAN has become. There are no guidelines or order in
>> defining these reserved bits! If anyone is looking to do some work in
>> encapsulation please consider bringing up VXLAN-GPE/NSH in the stack,
>> hopefully that world will be better....
>
> I'm actually working right now on VXLAN-GPE implementation (and tons of
> cleanups in the vxlan code) which is the reason I noticed this bug.
>
That's awesome! One favor, can you make sure VXLAN-GPE works with IPv6
from the start. :-)

Also, I'll need to spin an I-D for RCO in VXLAN-GPE. Do you see any
reason to use a different bit for it?

Tom

>> Acked-by: Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
>
> Thanks. David, as this was submitted as RFC, should I resubmit?
> Provided that you're okay with the patch, of course; it changes the
> on-wire format which should not be taken lightly, even though the
> current behavior is incorrect.
>
>  Jiri
>
> --
> Jiri Benc
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