netdev - Re: [PATCH next 0/2] add 'private' and 'vepa' attributes to ipvlan modes

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Date:   Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:40:14 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mahesh@...dewar.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        chonggangli@...gle.com, maheshb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 0/2] add 'private' and 'vepa' attributes to ipvlan
 modes

From: Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:09:06 -0700

> From: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
> 
> IPvlan has always been operating in bridge-mode for its supported modes i.e.
> if the packets are destined to the adjacent neighbor dev, then IPvlan driver
> will switch the packet internally without needing the packets to hit the
> wire or get routed. However, there are situations where this bridge-mode is
> not needed. e.g. two private processes running inside two namespaces which
> are having one IPvlan slave each for its namespace but sharing the master. These
> processes should reach the outside world through the master device but at
> the same time the bridge function should not work. Currently that's not
> possible hence the private attribute for the selected mode comes in play.
> 
> VEPA or 802.1Qbg on the other hand has limited appeal with IPvlan since IPvlan
> uses the mac-address of the lower device. So packets that are destined to 
> the adjacent neighbor slave-dev will have same src and dest mac. When these
> packets reach the external switch/router, they will send you the redirect
> message which the host will have to deal with. Having said that this attribute 
> will have appeal in debugging as IPvlan will not switch / short-circuit 
> packets internally. e.g. using VEPA mode with lower-device in loopback mode
> will avoid some complicated set-ups that use non-local-bind with some route
> jugglery.
> 
> This patch-set implements these attributes for the existing modes that
> IPvlan has. Please see individual patches for their detailed implementation.
> A subsequent ip-utils patch is needed and will be sent soon.

Series applied, thank you.