Re: [PATCHv3 net] openvswitch: Don't validate IPv6 label masks.

2014-11-21 Thread David Miller
From: Joe Stringer Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:54:49 -0800 > 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, caus

Re: [PATCHv3 net] openvswitch: Don't validate IPv6 label masks.

2014-11-19 Thread Pravin Shelar
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Joe Stringer 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 t

[PATCHv3 net] openvswitch: Don't validate IPv6 label masks.

2014-11-19 Thread Joe Stringer
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 l