netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] tc: m_tunnel

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:25:24 +0800
From:   Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>,
        lucien.xin@...il.com,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] tc: m_tunnel_key: fix geneve opt output

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 12:51:08PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 06:44:20PM +0800, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> > Commit f72c3ad00f3b changed the geneve option output from "geneve_opt"
> > to "geneve_opts", which may break the program compatibility. Reset
> > it back to geneve_opt.
> > 
> > Fixes: f72c3ad00f3b ("tc: m_tunnel_key: add options support for vxlan")
> > Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
> 
> Thanks Hangbin.
> 
> I agree that the patch in question did change the name of the option
> as you describe, perhaps inadvertently. But I wonder if perhaps this fix
> is too simple as the patch mentioned also:
> 
> 1. Documents the option as geneve_opts
> 2. Adds vxlan_opts
> 
> So this patch invalidates the documentation and creates asymmetry between
> the VXLAN and Geneve variants of this feature.

Not sure if I understand you comment correctly. This patch only fix the cmd
output(revert to previous output format), The cmd option is not changed. e.g.

# tc actions add action tunnel_key set src_ip 1.1.1.1 dst_ip 2.2.2.2 id 42 \
     dst_port 6081 geneve_opts 0102:80:00880022 index 1
# tc actions get action tunnel_key index 1
total acts 0

        action order 1: tunnel_key  set
        src_ip 1.1.1.1
        dst_ip 2.2.2.2
        key_id 42
        dst_port 6081
        geneve_opt 0102:80:00880022
        csum pipe
         index 1 ref 1 bind 0

But this do make a asymmetry for vxlan and geneve output. I prefer
to let them consistent personally. Also it looks more reasonable
to output "geneve_opts" when we have parameter geneve_opts.

So I'm not going to fix it in iproute, but do as Davide mentioned, make
tdc test case accept both 'geneve_opts' and 'geneve_opt'.

Thanks
Hangbin