From: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de> Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 15:03:10 +0200
> both the ipv4 and ipv6 code have an ioctl each that can be used to create > a tunnel using code that doesn't live in the core kernel or ipv6 module. > Currently they call ioctls on the tunnel devices to create these, for > which the code needs to override the address limit, which is a "feature" > I plan to get rid of. > > Instead this patchset adds a new ->ndo_tunnel_ctl that can be used for > the tunnel configuration using struct ip_tunnel_parm. The method is > either invoked from a helper that does the uaccess and can be wired up > as ndo_do_ioctl method, or directly from the magic IPV4/6 ioctls that > create tunnels with kernel space arguments. > > Changes since v2: > - properly propagate errors in ipip6_tunnel_prl_ctl Looks good, series applied, thanks.
