netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] ip6_gre: fix flowi6_proto value in ip6gre_xmit

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Date:   Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:45:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lrichard@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, shmulik.ladkani@...il.com, jbenc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] ip6_gre: fix flowi6_proto value in
 ip6gre_xmit_other()

From: Lance Richardson <lrichard@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:50:29 -0400

> Similar to commit 3be07244b733 ("ip6_gre: fix flowi6_proto value in
> xmit path"), set flowi6_proto to IPPROTO_GRE for output route lookup.
> 
> Up until now, ip6gre_xmit_other() has set flowi6_proto to a bogus value.
> This affected output route lookup for packets sent on an ip6gretap device
> in cases where routing was dependent on the value of flowi6_proto.
> 
> Since the correct proto is already set in the tunnel flowi6 template via
> commit 252f3f5a1189 ("ip6_gre: Set flowi6_proto as IPPROTO_GRE in xmit
> path."), simply delete the line setting the incorrect flowi6_proto value.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
> Fixes: commit c12b395a4664 ("gre: Support GRE over IPv6")
> Reviewed-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lrichard@...hat.com>
> ---
> v2: expanded commit description as suggested by Shmulik Ladkani.

Applied and queued up for -stable with Fixes tag fixes up.

Thanks.