* [PATCH net-next 0/2] bonding: use correct ether type for alb
@ 2014-03-13 11:41 Veaceslav Falico
2014-03-15 2:21 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Veaceslav Falico @ 2014-03-13 11:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: Jay Vosburgh, Andy Gospodarek, David S. Miller, Stefan Richter,
Simon Wunderlich, Neil Jerram, Simon Horman, Arvid Brodin,
linux-kernel, Veaceslav Falico
Hi,
There have been reports that, while using the ETH_P_LOOP ether type
(0x0060), the ether type is treated as its packet length.
To avoid that and to not break already existing apps - add new ether type
ETH_P_LOOPBACK that contains the correct id - 0x9000.
CC: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
CC: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
CC: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
CC: Neil Jerram <Neil.Jerram@metaswitch.com>
CC: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
CC: Arvid Brodin <Arvid.Brodin@xdin.com>
CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 2 +-
include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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* Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] bonding: use correct ether type for alb
2014-03-13 11:41 [PATCH net-next 0/2] bonding: use correct ether type for alb Veaceslav Falico
@ 2014-03-15 2:21 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2014-03-15 2:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: vfalico
Cc: netdev, fubar, andy, stefanr, sw, Neil.Jerram, horms,
Arvid.Brodin, linux-kernel
From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:41:56 +0100
> There have been reports that, while using the ETH_P_LOOP ether type
> (0x0060), the ether type is treated as its packet length.
>
> To avoid that and to not break already existing apps - add new ether type
> ETH_P_LOOPBACK that contains the correct id - 0x9000.
Series applied, thanks Veaceslav.
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