netdev - [PATCH net-next v3] Make vxlan try to send a packet normally if local bypass fails.

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Message-Id: <20230314013423.12029-1-vladimir@nikishkin.pw>
Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:34:23 +0800
From:   Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, eng.alaamohamedsoliman.am@...il.com,
        gnault@...hat.com, razor@...ckwall.org,
        Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3] Make vxlan try to send a packet normally if local bypass fails.

In vxlan_core, if an fdb entry is pointing to a local
address with some port, the system tries to get the packet to
deliver the packet to the vxlan directly, bypassing the network
stack.

This patch makes it still try canonical delivery, if there is no
linux kernel vxlan listening on this port. This will be useful
for the cases when there is some userspace daemon expecting
vxlan packets for post-processing, or some other implementation
of vxlan.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
---
 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index b1b179effe2a..0379902da766 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2422,19 +2422,13 @@ static int encap_bypass_if_local(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (rt_flags & RTCF_LOCAL &&
 	    !(rt_flags & (RTCF_BROADCAST | RTCF_MULTICAST))) {
 		struct vxlan_dev *dst_vxlan;
-
-		dst_release(dst);
 		dst_vxlan = vxlan_find_vni(vxlan->net, dst_ifindex, vni,
 					   daddr->sa.sa_family, dst_port,
 					   vxlan->cfg.flags);
 		if (!dst_vxlan) {
-			dev->stats.tx_errors++;
-			vxlan_vnifilter_count(vxlan, vni, NULL,
-					      VXLAN_VNI_STATS_TX_ERRORS, 0);
-			kfree_skb(skb);
-
-			return -ENOENT;
+			return 0;
 		}
+		dst_release(dst);
 		vxlan_encap_bypass(skb, vxlan, dst_vxlan, vni, true);
 		return 1;
 	}
-- 
2.35.7

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