netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] ip6_tunnel: set inner ipproto before ip6_tnl

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Date:   Fri, 30 Oct 2020 08:11:05 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Alexander Ovechkin <ovov@...dex-team.ru>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] ip6_tunnel: set inner ipproto before
 ip6_tnl_encap

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:10:12 +0300 Alexander Ovechkin wrote:
> ip6_tnl_encap assigns to proto transport protocol which
> encapsulates inner packet, but we must pass to set_inner_ipproto
> protocol of that inner packet.
> 
> Calling set_inner_ipproto after ip6_tnl_encap might break gso.
> For example, in case of encapsulating ipv6 packet in fou6 packet, inner_ipproto 
> would be set to IPPROTO_UDP instead of IPPROTO_IPV6. This would lead to
> incorrect calling sequence of gso functions:
> ipv6_gso_segment -> udp6_ufo_fragment -> skb_udp_tunnel_segment -> udp6_ufo_fragment
> instead of:
> ipv6_gso_segment -> udp6_ufo_fragment -> skb_udp_tunnel_segment -> ip6ip6_gso_segment
> 
> Fixes: 6c11fbf97e69 ("ip6_tunnel: add MPLS transmit support")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Ovechkin <ovov@...dex-team.ru>

Applied, thanks!