netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Use xfrm_state selector for BEET input

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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 16:50:51 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, David George <David.George@...hos.com>,
	Markus Trapp <markus.trapp@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Use xfrm_state selector for BEET input

On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 10:47:45AM +0200, Steffen Klassert wrote:
>
> Hm, I thought about that one too. But x->sel.family can
> also be AF_UNSPEC, in which case we used the address
> family of the inner mode before your change.

It must not be AF_UNSPECT for BEET.  How would you even get the
inner addresses if it were UNSPEC?

With BEET the inner addresses are stored in the IPsec SA rather
than the actual packet.  So the family is also fixed for a given
SA (which we call xfrm_state).

Cheers,
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