Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vti: get rid of nf mark rule in prerouting

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:59:32 -0800

On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:53:04 -0400 (EDT)
David Miller <[email-masked]> wrote:

> From: Christophe Gouault <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue,  8 Oct 2013 17:21:22 +0200
> 
> > This patch fixes and improves the use of vti interfaces (while
> > lightly changing the way of configuring them).
>  ...
> > Signed-off-by: Christophe Gouault <[email-masked]>
> > ---
> > This is is both a fix and enhancement patch. However, there are 2 ways
> > of fixing the inbound processing bug:
> > - either keep the current configuration model (ikey + netfilter rule)
> >   and change the tunnel lookup method. This patch would then be reverted
> >   by the enhancement (this sounds counterproductive).
> > - or directly change the configuration model (okey, no netfilter rule) and keep
> >   the current tunnel lookup method.
> 
> Ok, applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

I hate to reply to old threads, but this keeps context.

We have discovered a problem with this patch, it breaks the earlier use of VTI
because it loses the mark applied through iptables. It was not a "light change"
to the way to configure them and should have gotten more review and was not
appropriate for -stable.