Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] bridge: per vlan dst_metadata support

[Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>]

On 2/2/17, 5:50 PM, David Miller wrote:
> I see a lot of "complexity of bridging layer" pushback on these
> changes, and I understand where that is coming from.
>
> But really this isn't even, at a high level, really a bridging change.
>
> What it's doing is making lwtunnel objects more useful.
>
> Now that we have lightweight tunnels and netdevs, we will constantly
> have this struggle trying to figure out how to make lwtunnel objects
> apply to the same cases that netdevs currently only work for.
>
> Because once you run into one of these situations where only netdevs
> work, you are screwed and lwtunnels and their scalability benefit
> might as well not even exist.
>
> To be completely honest, in this case it's pretty clear:
>
> 1) It makes vxlan lwtunnel objects more usable for bridges.
>
> 2) It does not make lwtunnels more bloated or consume more memory
>    or cpu in the dataplane fast paths.
>
> 3) It makes uptake of lwtunnels higher, because they can be used
>    in more places.
>
> So I think this change is a win and a move forward.

Thanks David