Re: [PATCH net-next v2 11/18] net: Add netif_is_vxlan()

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:53:20 +0000, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Add the ability to determine whether a netdev is a VxLAN netdev by
> calling the above mentioned function that checks the netdev's
> rtnl_link_ops.
> 
> This will allow modules to identify netdev events involving a VxLAN
> netdev and act accordingly. For example, drivers capable of VxLAN
> offload will need to configure the underlying device when a VxLAN netdev
> is being enslaved to an offloaded bridge.
> 
> Convert nfp to use the newly introduced helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!



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