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

David Miller
2016-06-27T14:00:43Z

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:28:32 +0200

> 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 ?

No, sorry. Please fix your applications while you have your attention
on the issue and have the opportunity and impetus to do so.