netdev - Re: [PATCH net-net v2] ibmveth: Detect unsupported packets before sending to the hypervisor

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Date:   Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:00:01 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     cforno12@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-net v2] ibmveth: Detect unsupported packets before
 sending to the hypervisor

From: Cris Forno <cforno12@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:06:16 -0600

> Currently, when ibmveth receive a loopback packet, it reports an
> ambiguous error message "tx: h_send_logical_lan failed with rc=-4"
> because the hypervisor rejects those types of packets. This fix
> detects loopback packet and assures the source packet's MAC address
> matches the driver's MAC address before transmitting to the
> hypervisor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cris Forno <cforno12@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> changes in v2
> -demoted messages to netdev_dbg
> -reversed christmas tree ordering for local variables

Applied, thank you.