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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, jbenc@redhat.com,
	hannes@stressinduktion.org, pshelar@ovn.org, aduyck@mirantis.com,
	roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	dev@openvswitch.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] vxlan: allow multiple VXLANs with same VNI for IPv6 link-local addresses
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 10:38:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170414103830.111a24a8@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <95533e3ca4958ba2eca3efcc661713638feea220.1492187126.git.mschiffer@universe-factory.net>

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:44:46 +0200
Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net> wrote:

> As link-local addresses are only valid for a single interface, we can allow
> to use the same VNI for multiple independent VXLANs, as long as the used
> interfaces are distinct. This way, VXLANs can always be used as a drop-in
> replacement for VLANs with greater ID space.
> 
> This also extends VNI lookup to respect the ifindex when link-local IPv6
> addresses are used, so using the same VNI on multiple interfaces can
> actually work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>

Why does this have to be IPv6 specific?

What about the case where VXLAN is not bound to an interface?
If that is used then that could be a problem.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-14 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-14 16:44 [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] vxlan: cleanup and IPv6 link-local support Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 16:44 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] vxlan: refactor verification and application of configuration Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 16:44 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] vxlan: get rid of redundant vxlan_dev.flags Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 16:44 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] vxlan: improve validation of address family configuration Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 16:44 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] vxlan: check valid combinations of address scopes Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 17:27   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2017-04-16 14:57     ` Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 17:36   ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-04-16 15:03     ` Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-16 17:15       ` Roopa Prabhu
2017-04-14 16:44 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] vxlan: fix snooping for link-local IPv6 addresses Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 16:44 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] vxlan: allow multiple VXLANs with same VNI for IPv6 link-local addresses Matthias Schiffer
2017-04-14 17:38   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2017-04-16 15:15     ` Matthias Schiffer
2017-06-08 18:05       ` Matthias Schiffer

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