netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 6/9] vrf: mark skb for multicast or link-local as enslaved to VRF

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Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:13:38 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Mike Manning <mmanning@...tta.att-mail.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 6/9] vrf: mark skb for multicast or link-local
 as enslaved to VRF

On 11/2/18 1:10 PM, Mike Manning wrote:
> The skb for packets that are multicast or to a link-local address are
> not marked as being enslaved to a VRF, if they are received on a socket
> bound to the VRF. This is needed for ND and it is preferable for the
> kernel not to have to deal with the additional use-cases if ll or mcast
> packets are handled as enslaved. However, this does not allow service
> instances listening on unbound and bound to VRF sockets to distinguish
> the VRF used, if packets are sent as multicast or to a link-local
> address. The fix is for the VRF driver to also mark these skb as being
> enslaved to the VRF.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Manning <mmanning@...tta.att-mail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/vrf.c | 19 +++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>