Re: [PATCH] geneve: fix max_mtu setting

From: Jesse Gross
Date: Mon Jun 27 2016 - 22:54:14 EST


On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 6:27 PM, äæå <yanhaishuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Jun 28, 2016, at 12:10 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Haishuang Yan
> <yanhaishuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Jun 26, 2016, at 8:35 PM, zhuyj <zyjzyj2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> + if (geneve->remote.sa.sa_family == AF_INET)
> + max_mtu -= sizeof(struct iphdr);
> + else
> + max_mtu -= sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
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> Sorry, if sa_family is not AF_NET, it is AF_INET6?
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> There is a lot of macros in include/linux/socket.h.
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> Zhu Yanjun
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> There are only two enumerations AF_INET and AF_INET6 have been assigned in
> geneve_newlink:
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> There's actually a third possibility: AF_UNSPEC, which is the default
> if neither remote type is specified. This is used by lightweight
> tunnels and should be able to work with either IPv4/v6. For the
> purposes of the MTU calculation this means that the IPv4 header size
> should be used to avoid disallowing potentially valid configurations.
>
>
> Yes, youâre right. Thanks for you advise. I will send a v2 commit like this:
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> if (geneve->remote.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
> max_mtu -= sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
> else
> max_mtu -= sizeof(struct iphdr);
>
> Is this ok?

Yes, that looks fine to me.