Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: geneve: enable local address bind for geneve sockets

From: Jiri Benc
Date: Sat Feb 24 2024 - 05:06:56 EST


On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:53:50 +0100, Richard Gobert wrote:
> static const struct nla_policy geneve_policy[IFLA_GENEVE_MAX + 1] = {
> - [IFLA_GENEVE_UNSPEC] = { .strict_start_type = IFLA_GENEVE_INNER_PROTO_INHERIT },
> + [IFLA_GENEVE_UNSPEC] = { .strict_start_type = IFLA_GENEVE_LOCAL6 },

The strict_start_type value should stay at
IFLA_GENEVE_INNER_PROTO_INHERIT. We don't want to relax the strict
checking for that attribute and we want strict checking for the newly
added IFLA_GENEVE_LOCAL.

See the documentation in include/net/netlink.h.

Jiri