netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5] vxlan: add support for flowlabel inherit

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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:42:05 +0300
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
To: Alce Lafranque <alce@...ranque.net>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5] vxlan: add support for flowlabel inherit

On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 01:04:17PM -0500, Alce Lafranque wrote:
> By default, VXLAN encapsulation over IPv6 sets the flow label to 0, with
> an option for a fixed value. This commits add the ability to inherit the
> flow label from the inner packet, like for other tunnel implementations.
> This enables devices using only L3 headers for ECMP to correctly balance
> VXLAN-encapsulated IPv6 packets.

[...]

> Signed-off-by: Alce Lafranque <alce@...ranque.net>
> Co-developed-by: Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.ch>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>

The patch no longer applies to net-next so you will need to rebase and
resubmit.