netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 3/3] gre: allow creation of gretap interfaces in metadata mode

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:47:43 +0200
From:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:	pravin shelar <pshelar@....org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 3/3] gre: allow creation of gretap interfaces in
 metadata mode

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:00:35 -0700, pravin shelar wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 4:00 AM, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:
> > The IFLA_GRE_REMOTE attribute does not make sense together with collect
> > metadata and is ignored in such case. However, iproute2 always sets it; it
> > will be zero if there's no remote address specified on the command line.
> >
> > Remove the check for non-zero IFLA_GRE_REMOTE when collect medata flag is
> > set.
> >
> Rather than cover up in ip_gre kernel module, why not just fix
> iproute2 to set the attribute correctly?

Well, who defines "correctly"? :-)

I can do that, it really doesn't matter. One way or the other, the
result will be the same. I'll move this to iproute2 in v3.

 Jiri