From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid vlan ptype specific match to be leaked on real device Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:43:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20160627.094325.1714258358214027207.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20160622124050.GD2068@nanopsycho.orion> <20160626.160608.2073563033978522175.davem@davemloft.net> <1467019712.4606.7.camel@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jiri@resnulli.us, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jiri@mellanox.com, aduyck@mirantis.com, edumazet@google.com, daniel@iogearbox.net To: pabeni@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:44460 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751878AbcF0OAn (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:00:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1467019712.4606.7.camel@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Paolo Abeni Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:28:32 +0200 > On Sun, 2016-06-26 at 16:06 -0400, David Miller wrote: >> From: Jiri Pirko >> 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.