netdev - Re: [PATCH net] vxlan: do not use fdb in metadata mode

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Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:01:39 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jbenc@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vxlan: do not use fdb in metadata mode

From: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:18:26 +0100

> In metadata mode, the vxlan interface is not supposed to use the fdb control
> plane but an external one (openvswitch or static routes). With the current
> code, packets may leak into the fdb handling code which usually causes them
> to be dropped anyway but may have strange side effects.
> 
> Just drop the packets directly when in metadata mode if the destination data
> are not correctly provided on egress.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.