On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Joe Stringer <joestrin...@nicira.com> wrote: > When userspace doesn't provide a mask, OVS datapath generates a fully > unwildcarded mask for the flow by copying the flow and setting all bits > in all fields. For IPv6 label, this creates a mask that matches on the > upper 12 bits, causing the following error: > > openvswitch: netlink: Invalid IPv6 flow label value (value=ffffffff, > max=fffff) > > This patch ignores the label validation check for masks, avoiding this > error. > > Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestrin...@nicira.com>
Thanks for the fix. Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshe...@nicira.com> > --- > v3: Alternative approach. > Was "openvswitch: Fix mask generation for IPv6 labels." > v2: OR lower 20 bits (upper 12 bits remain from earlier memdup) > --- > net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c > index fa4ec2e..089b195 100644 > --- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c > +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c > @@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static int ovs_key_from_nlattrs(struct sw_flow_match > *match, u64 attrs, > return -EINVAL; > } > > - if (ipv6_key->ipv6_label & htonl(0xFFF00000)) { > + if (!is_mask && ipv6_key->ipv6_label & htonl(0xFFF00000)) { > OVS_NLERR("IPv6 flow label %x is out of range > (max=%x).\n", > ntohl(ipv6_key->ipv6_label), (1 << 20) - 1); > return -EINVAL; > -- > 1.7.10.4 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/