netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix TTL decrement exception action execution

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Date:   Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:30:05 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, dev@...nvswitch.org,
        pshelar@....org, bindiyakurle@...il.com, mcroce@...ux.microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix TTL decrement exception
 action execution

On Fri,  4 Dec 2020 07:16:23 -0500 Eelco Chaudron wrote:
> Currently, the exception actions are not processed correctly as the wrong
> dataset is passed. This change fixes this, including the misleading
> comment.
> 
> In addition, a check was added to make sure we work on an IPv4 packet,
> and not just assume if it's not IPv6 it's IPv4.
> 
> Small cleanup which removes an unsessesaty parameter from the
> dec_ttl_exception_handler() function.

No cleanups in fixes, please. Especially when we're at -rc6..

You can clean this up in net-next within a week after trees merge.

> Fixes: 69929d4c49e1 ("net: openvswitch: fix TTL decrement action netlink message format")

:( 
and please add some info on how these changes are tested.

Thanks!