[PATCH net-next v2 0/6] vxlan: cleanup and IPv6 link-local support

From	Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	[PATCH net-next v2 0/6] vxlan: cleanup and IPv6 link-local support
Date	2017-04-14 18:50 +0200
Message-ID	<twcA1-3pr-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Running VXLANs over IPv6 link-local addresses allows to use them as a
drop-in replacement for VLANs, avoiding to allocate additional outer IP
addresses to run the VXLAN over.

Since v1, I have added a lot more consistency checks to the address
configuration, making sure address families and scopes match. To simplify
the implementation, I also did some general refactoring of the
configuration handling in the new first patch of the series.

The second patch is more cleanup; is slightly touches OVS code, so that
list is in CC this time, too.

As in v1, the last two patches actually make VXLAN over IPv6 link-local
work, and allow multiple VXLANs wit the same VNI and port, as long as
link-local addresses on different interfaces are used. As suggested, I now
store in the flags field if the VXLAN uses link-local addresses or not.


Matthias Schiffer (6):
  vxlan: refactor verification and application of configuration
  vxlan: get rid of redundant vxlan_dev.flags
  vxlan: improve validation of address family configuration
  vxlan: check valid combinations of address scopes
  vxlan: fix snooping for link-local IPv6 addresses
  vxlan: allow multiple VXLANs with same VNI for IPv6 link-local
    addresses

 drivers/net/vxlan.c           | 411 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 include/net/vxlan.h           |   3 +-
 net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c |   4 +-
 3 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 155 deletions(-)

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2.12.2

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[PATCH net-next v2 0/6] vxlan: cleanup and IPv6 link-local support Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net> - 2017-04-14 18:50 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] vxlan: improve validation of address family configuration Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net> - 2017-04-14 18:50 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] vxlan: refactor verification and application of configuration Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net> - 2017-04-14 18:50 +0200

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