[PATCH] docs: networking: Remove VLAN_TAG_PRESENT from openvswitch doc
From: Andreas Karis <hidden>
Date: 2025-01-29 16:06:56
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documentation, networking [general], openvswitch, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Aaron Conole, Eelco Chaudron, Ilya Maximets, Linus Torvalds
Since commit 0c4b2d370514cb4f3454dd3b18f031d2651fab73
("net: remove VLAN_TAG_PRESENT"), the kernel no longer sets the DEI/CFI
bit in __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag to indicate the presence of a VLAN tag.
Update the openvswitch documentation which still contained an outdated
reference to this mechanism.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Karis <redacted>
---
Documentation/networking/openvswitch.rst | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.rst b/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.rst
index 1a8353dbf1b6..5699bbadea47 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/openvswitch.rst@@ -230,11 +230,9 @@ an all-zero-bits vlan and an empty encap attribute, like this:: eth(...), eth_type(0x8100), vlan(0), encap() Unlike a TCP packet with source and destination ports 0, an -all-zero-bits VLAN TCI is not that rare, so the CFI bit (aka -VLAN_TAG_PRESENT inside the kernel) is ordinarily set in a vlan -attribute expressly to allow this situation to be distinguished. -Thus, the flow key in this second example unambiguously indicates a -missing or malformed VLAN TCI. +all-zero-bits VLAN TCI is not that rare and the flow key in +this second example cannot indicate a missing or malformed +VLAN TCI. Other rules -----------
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