netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2 net-next] gre6: add collect metadata support

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Message-ID: <f378f631-8cb5-db11-1c3f-7e293d87d9fa@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 02:40:24 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        William Tu <u9012063@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2 net-next] gre6: add collect metadata support

On 12/06/2017 02:07 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue,  5 Dec 2017 15:10:37 -0800
> William Tu <u9012063@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
>> index a6a10e577b1f..eb04f887c940 100644
>> --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
>> +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
>> @@ -755,6 +755,8 @@ the following additional arguments are supported:
>>  .BI "dscp inherit"
>>  ] [
>>  .BI dev " PHYS_DEV "
>> +] [
>> +.RB external
>>  ]
>>  
>>  .in +8
>> @@ -833,6 +835,10 @@ or
>>  .IR 00 ".." ff
>>  when tunneling non-IP packets. The default value is 00.
>>  
>> +.sp
>> +.RB external
>> +- make this tunnel externally controlled (or not, which is the default).
>> +
>>  .in -8
> 
> I don't have any  direct involvement in offload, so would like some feedback
> from others that are.
> 
> Not a big fan of opaque "metadata" what exactly does it mean?
> Also "external" is already used to mean something else on other parts of
> the link command. Also the option, and the value in JSON should be the same.

The keyword "external" to set the device into collect metadata mode
is already used heavily throughout iproute2, e.g. vxlan, geneve, ipip,
and many other device types. Special casing gre6 to not having it set
up in such way through "external" would seem quite confusing.

> Please reconsider the naming and resubmit
> 
> The wording in the man page here could be better
>