netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v7] ip-link: add support for nolocalbypass in vxlan

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Message-ID: <ZH2CeAWH7uMLkFcj@shredder>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 09:36:40 +0300
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To: Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	eng.alaamohamedsoliman.am@...il.com, gnault@...hat.com,
	razor@...ckwall.org, idosch@...dia.com, liuhangbin@...il.com,
	eyal.birger@...il.com, jtoppins@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v7] ip-link: add support for nolocalbypass
 in vxlan

On Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 10:00:51PM +0800, Vladimir Nikishkin wrote:
> Add userspace support for the [no]localbypass vxlan netlink
> attribute. With localbypass on (default), the vxlan driver processes
> the packets destined to the local machine by itself, bypassing the
> userspace nework stack. With nolocalbypass the packets are always
> forwarded to the userspace network stack, so userspace programs,
> such as tcpdump have a chance to process them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
> ---
> v6=>v7:
> Use the new vxlan_opts data structure. Rely on the printing loop
> in vxlan_print_opt when printing the value of [no] localbypass.

Stephen's changes are still not present in the next branch so this patch
does not apply