netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net] net, ip_tunnel: fix interface lookup with no key

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Date:   Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:29:05 +0100
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     William Dauchy <w.dauchy@...teo.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net] net, ip_tunnel: fix interface lookup with no key

Le 27/03/2020 à 19:56, William Dauchy a écrit :
> when creating a new ipip interface with no local/remote configuration,
> the lookup is done with TUNNEL_NO_KEY flag, making it impossible to
> match the new interface (only possible match being fallback or metada
> case interface); e.g: `ip link add tunl1 type ipip dev eth0`
> 
> To fix this case, adding a flag check before the key comparison so we
> permit to match an interface with no local/remote config; it also avoids
> breaking possible userland tools relying on TUNNEL_NO_KEY flag and
> uninitialised key.
> 
> context being on my side, I'm creating an extra ipip interface attached
> to the physical one, and moving it to a dedicated namespace.
> 
> Fixes: c54419321455 ("GRE: Refactor GRE tunneling code.")
> Signed-off-by: William Dauchy <w.dauchy@...teo.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>