netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4 1/2] net/mlx5e: Update hw flows when encap source mac changed

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Date:   Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:32:55 +0200
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Cc:     Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>,
        Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4 1/2] net/mlx5e: Update hw flows when encap source
 mac changed

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 1:06 PM <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
>
> When we offload tc filters to hardware, hardware flows can
> be updated when mac of encap destination ip is changed.
> But we ignore one case, that the mac of local encap ip can
> be changed too, so we should also update them.
>
> To fix it, add route_dev in mlx5e_encap_entry struct to save
> the local encap netdevice, and when mac changed, kernel will
> flush all the neighbour on the netdevice and send NETEVENT_NEIGH_UPDATE
> event. The mlx5 driver will delete the flows and add them when neighbour
> available again.
>
> Fixes: 232c001398ae ("net/mlx5e: Add support to neighbour update flow")
> Cc: Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>

+1 again

this one is good to go upstream