netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/8] selftest: Extend tun/virtio coverage for GSO over UDP tunnel

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Message-ID: <CAA92KxkOYKA9vsihvk0FR58m4zgM8-oZVWGsLDYycnk4UWmQAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 18:08:17 +0800
From: Xu Du <xudu@...hat.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net, 
	edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, shuah@...nel.org, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/8] selftest: Extend tun/virtio coverage for
 GSO over UDP tunnel

On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:14:05 -0500 Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > For instance, can the new netlink code be replaced by YNL, whether in
> > C or called from a script?
>
> +1 looks like YNL is already used in net/ tests, and it supports
> the operations in question, so that's a much better direction.
> Please let us (YNL maintainers) know if there's anything missing
> or not working, IDK how much use the rtnetlink support in YNL is
> getting.
>

Thank you for the suggestion. I am looking into replacing the netlink
with YNL to reduce code. But after reviewing rt-link.rst, I found that
rt-link currently lacks support for VXLAN. Would more significant changes
 to the patch be acceptable if I switch to Geneve to leverage YNL?

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Regards,

Xu


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Xu Du

Quality Engineer, RHEL Network QE

Raycom, Beijing, China