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authorCong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>2014-06-12 11:53:10 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-06-13 15:27:59 -0700
commit2853af6a2ea1a8ed09b09dd4fb578e7f435e8d34 (patch)
tree5fe67955fc104ebd852e3a3c7fcea1cea5713efa /drivers
parent56f16c74ca25649691fcfe4eedfb8ecadec830cb (diff)
downloadlinux-2853af6a2ea1a8ed09b09dd4fb578e7f435e8d34.tar.gz
vxlan: use dev->needed_headroom instead of dev->hard_header_len
When we mirror packets from a vxlan tunnel to other device,
the mirror device should see the same packets (that is, without
outer header). Because vxlan tunnel sets dev->hard_header_len,
tcf_mirred() resets mac header back to outer mac, the mirror device
actually sees packets with outer headers

Vxlan tunnel should set dev->needed_headroom instead of
dev->hard_header_len, like what other ip tunnels do. This fixes
the above problem.

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: stephen hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/vxlan.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 1610d51dbb5c..e0995ffd046d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2247,9 +2247,9 @@ static void vxlan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 	ether_setup(dev);
 	if (vxlan->default_dst.remote_ip.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
-		dev->hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
+		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
 	else
-		dev->hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
+		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &vxlan_netdev_ops;
 	dev->destructor = free_netdev;
@@ -2646,8 +2646,7 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 		if (!tb[IFLA_MTU])
 			dev->mtu = lowerdev->mtu - (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM : VXLAN_HEADROOM);
 
-		/* update header length based on lower device */
-		dev->hard_header_len = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
+		dev->needed_headroom = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
 				       (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM : VXLAN_HEADROOM);
 	} else if (use_ipv6)
 		vxlan->flags |= VXLAN_F_IPV6;