netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next 1/7] netfilter: nft_tunnel: parse ERSPAN

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Date:   Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:51:04 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next 1/7] netfilter: nft_tunnel: parse ERSPAN_VERSION
 attr as u8

Hi,

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 think NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_VERSION as 32-bit is just fine.

Netlink will be adding the padding anyway for u8.

I would suggest you leave this as is.

Thanks.