netdev - Re: [PATCH net] geneve: fix needed_headroom and max_mtu for collect

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Date:   Sat, 3 Jun 2017 22:34:43 -0700
From:   Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
To:     Eric Garver <e@...g.me>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] geneve: fix needed_headroom and max_mtu for collect_metadata

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Eric Garver <e@...g.me> wrote:
> Since commit 9b4437a5b870 ("geneve: Unify LWT and netdev handling.")
> when using COLLECT_METADATA geneve devices are created with too small of
> a needed_headroom and too large of a max_mtu. This is because
> ip_tunnel_info_af() is not valid with the device level info when using
> COLLECT_METADATA and we mistakenly fall into the IPv4 case.
>
> For COLLECT_METADATA, always use the worst case of ipv6 since both
> sockets are created.
>
> Fixes: 9b4437a5b870 ("geneve: Unify LWT and netdev handling.")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Garver <e@...g.me>

Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>

Thanks.