netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] selftests: forwarding: Test redirecting gre or ipip packets to Ethernet

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Message-ID: <391b6a56-b7e0-867c-617e-a05afec50b24@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Jul 2021 19:50:38 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] selftests: forwarding: Test redirecting gre
 or ipip packets to Ethernet

On 7/6/21 1:02 PM, Guillaume Nault wrote:
> --- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
> @@ -3767,8 +3767,7 @@ static int vxlan_config_validate(struct net *src_net, struct vxlan_config *conf,
>  		    (conf->flags & (VXLAN_F_RCV_FLAGS | VXLAN_F_IPV6)))
>  			continue;
>  
> -		if ((conf->flags & VXLAN_F_IPV6_LINKLOCAL) &&
> -		    tmp->cfg.remote_ifindex != conf->remote_ifindex)
> +		if (tmp->cfg.remote_ifindex != conf->remote_ifindex)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,

Looking at the vxlan driver and that restriction is unnecessary. While
IPv6 LLA requires a device index, allowing separate LINK attributes is a
legit use case - as VRF shows.

Do you want to send a formal patch to fix this one since you have it
diagnosed?