Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid vlan ptype specific match to be leaked on real device

Jiri Pirko
2016-06-27T09:37:39Z

Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:28:32AM CEST, pabeni@redhat.com wrote:
>On Sun, 2016-06-26 at 16:06 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:40:50 +0200
>>
>> > The patch only unified the behaviour so everyone know what to expect
>> > regardless of the device type.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> And reverting this behavior back is going to hurt more people than it
>> will help, so I am not going to apply this, sorry.
>
>Would a /proc/net/vlan sysctl to control the switch from the new to the
>old behavior (with default to the new) make this acceptable ?

Ugh, please don't :(

>
>Recent users will not be affected, and users of the old behavior could
>manage kernel upgrade without breaking their applications.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Paolo
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