Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/8] selftest: Extend tun/virtio coverage for GSO over UDP tunnel

[Xu Du]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM Willem de Bruijn
<willemdebruijn.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Xu Du wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:14:05 -0500 Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > > > For instance, can the new netlink code be replaced by YNL, whether in
> > > > C or called from a script?
> > >
> > > +1 looks like YNL is already used in net/ tests, and it supports
> > > the operations in question, so that's a much better direction.
> > > Please let us (YNL maintainers) know if there's anything missing
> > > or not working, IDK how much use the rtnetlink support in YNL is
> > > getting.
> > >
> >
> > Thank you for the suggestion. I am looking into replacing the netlink
> > with YNL to reduce code. But after reviewing rt-link.rst, I found that
> > rt-link currently lacks support for VXLAN. Would more significant changes
> >  to the patch be acceptable if I switch to Geneve to leverage YNL?
>
> These are only changes to the new code in your series. SGTM. I assume
> it is not a significant burden as the two are fairly similar. Is that
> correct?
>
> Eventually it may be nice to have VXLAN support in YNL akin to Geneve
> support. But sounds like a separate goal.
>

I think it is not a significant burden. I will perform some internal
testing first.

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Regards,

Xu


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Xu Du

Quality Engineer, RHEL Network QE

Raycom, Beijing, China