Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2016-07-07

Re: [PATCH net-next v11 3/6] openvswitch: set skb protocol and mac_len when receiving on internal device

From: pravin shelar <hidden>
Date: 2016-07-07 20:52:25

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Simon Horman
[off-list ref] wrote:
* Set skb protocol based on contents of packet. I have observed this is
  necessary to get actual protocol of a packet when it is injected into an
  internal device e.g. by libnet in which case skb protocol will be set to
  ETH_ALL.
I am not sure what do yo mean by ETH_ALL. I could not find it in the kernel.
anyways, Can we fix libnet to set skb->protocol field correctly? The
change is introducing overhead for every packet received on internal
port.
* Set the mac_len which has been observed to not be set up correctly when
  an ARP packet is generated and sent via an openvswitch bridge.
  My test case is a scenario where there are two open vswtich bridges.
  One outputs to a tunnel port which egresses on the other.

The motivation for this is that support for outputting to layer 3 (non-tap)
GRE tunnels as implemented by a subsequent patch depends on protocol and
mac_len being set correctly on receive.
The commit msg and the change does not match anymore.

quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <redacted>

---
v11
* Do not set mac_len.
  Instead of relying on mac_len follow-up patches now
  use skb_unset_mac_header()

v10
* Set mac_len

v9
* New patch
---
 net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
index 434e04c3a189..32d8e94d9bff 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ static int internal_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
        int len, err;

+       skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
+       skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+
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