netdev - Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 2/2] openvswitch: add erspan version I and II support

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Message-ID: <CAOrHB_DojgchS8+bMT6RFJyGmxXinFDJY8pvV_HN2QTEz33prw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:12:23 -0800
From:   Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
To:     William Tu <u9012063@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 net-next 2/2] openvswitch: add erspan version I and II support

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:34 AM, William Tu <u9012063@...il.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the review.
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:06 AM, William Tu <u9012063@...il.com> wrote:
>>> The patch adds support for openvswitch to configure erspan
>>> v1 and v2.  The OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ERSPAN_OPTS attr is added
>>> to uapi as a binary blob to support all ERSPAN v1 and v2's
>>> fields.  Note that Previous commit "openvswitch: Add erspan tunnel
>>> support." was reverted since it does not design properly.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: William Tu <u9012063@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h |  2 +-
>>>  net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c   | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
>>> index dcfab5e3b55c..158c2e45c0a5 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
>>> @@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ enum {
>>>
>>>  #define OVS_VXLAN_EXT_MAX (__OVS_VXLAN_EXT_MAX - 1)
>>>
>>> -
>>>  /* OVS_VPORT_ATTR_OPTIONS attributes for tunnels.
>>>   */
>>>  enum {
>>> @@ -363,6 +362,7 @@ enum ovs_tunnel_key_attr {
>>>         OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_SRC,           /* struct in6_addr src IPv6 address. */
>>>         OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_DST,           /* struct in6_addr dst IPv6 address. */
>>>         OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_PAD,
>>> +       OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ERSPAN_OPTS,        /* struct erspan_metadata */
>>>         __OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_MAX
>>>  };
>>>
>> Since this is uapi, we need to define the struct erspan_metadata in a
>> UAPI header file.
>
> Should I define "struct erspan_metadata" in include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h?
>
> Or I'm planning to create a new file in uapi "include/uapi/linux/erspan.h",
> define "struct erspan_metadata" there, and remove its duplicate at
> include/net/erspan.h.
>
Better to define separate header for ERSPAN.

Thanks,
Pravin.