Re: [patch v2, kernel version 3.2.1] net/ipv4/ip_gre: Ethernet multipoint GRE over IP

[David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net>]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:52:25PM +0100, Štefan Gula wrote:
> Dňa 16. januára 2012 21:29, David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net> napísal/a:
> > At the risk of repeating myself, Linux GRE support already has
> > provisions for multipoint tunnels. And unlike your code, those reuse the
> > existing neighbor table infrastructure, including all of its user
> > interface and introspection capabilities.
> >
> > It's actually slightly visible in your patch:
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 08:45:14PM +0100, Štefan Gula wrote:
> >> +++ linux-3.2.1-my/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c  2012-01-16 20:42:03.000000000 +0100
> >> @@ -716,7 +942,19 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(str
> > [...]
> >>               /* NBMA tunnel */
> >>
> >>               if (skb_dst(skb) == NULL) {
> >
> >
> > -David
> 
> That code you are referring to is used only for routed traffic inside
> GRE - L3 traffic over L3 routed infrastructure. My patch is dealing
> with L2 traffic over L3 routed infrastructure - so the decision here
> is based on destination MAC addresses and not based on IPv4/IPv6
> addresses.

Yes, it currently only does IPv4/IPv6 -> IPv4 through the neighbor
table. That doesn't mean it can't be extended to handle ethernet
addresses the same way.


-David