On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:18:38 +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Using ethtool, users can specify a classification action matching on the
> full vlan tag, which includes the DEI bit (also previously called CFI).
> 
> However, when converting the ethool_flow_spec to a flow_rule, we use
> dissector keys to represent the matching patterns.
> 
> Since the vlan dissector key doesn't include the DEI bit, this
> information was silently discarded when translating the ethtool
> flow spec in to a flow_rule.
> 
> This commit adds the DEI bit into the vlan dissector key, and allows
> propagating the information to the driver when parsing the ethtool flow
> spec.
> 
> Fixes: eca4205f9ec3 ("ethtool: add ethtool_rx_flow_spec to flow_rule 
> structure translator")
> Reported-by: Michał Mirosław <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <[email protected]>

LGTM, thanks!

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