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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:05:15 +0800
From:   Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, davem <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next 1/7] netfilter: nft_tunnel: parse ERSPAN_VERSION
 attr as u8

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 4:03 AM Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Xin,
>
> On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 12:41:31PM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> > To keep consistent with ipgre_policy, it's better to parse
> > ERSPAN_VERSION attr as u8, as it does in act_tunnel_key,
> > cls_flower and ip_tunnel_core.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c b/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
> > index 3d4c2ae..f76cd7d 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
> > @@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ static int nft_tunnel_obj_vxlan_init(const struct nlattr *attr,
> >  }
> >
> >  static const struct nla_policy nft_tunnel_opts_erspan_policy[NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_MAX + 1] = {
> > +     [NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_VERSION]        = { .type = NLA_U8 },
> >       [NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_V1_INDEX]       = { .type = NLA_U32 },
> > -     [NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_V2_DIR] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
> > +     [NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_V2_DIR]         = { .type = NLA_U8 },
> >       [NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_V2_HWID]        = { .type = NLA_U8 },
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ static int nft_tunnel_obj_erspan_init(const struct nlattr *attr,
> >       if (err < 0)
> >               return err;
> >
> > -     version = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_VERSION]));
> > +     version = nla_get_u8(tb[NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_VERSION]);
>
> I have concerns about this change and backwards-compatibility with existing
> users of this UAPI. Likewise, with other changes to the encoding of existing
> attributes elsewhere in this series.
userspace(nftables/libnftnl) is not ready for nft_tunnel, I don't
think there will be
any backwards-compatibility issue.

Pablo?

>
> >       switch (version) {
> >       case ERSPAN_VERSION:
> >               if (!tb[NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_V1_INDEX])
> > --
> > 2.1.0
> >

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