[ovs-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Native tunnel: Update neigh entries in tnl termination.

[Gaëtan Rivet]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, at 18:12, Paolo Valerio wrote:
> - Dropped the RFC tag
> - Included Flavio's suggestions
> - Squashed patch #5 into #2 and #3
>
> The series is composed of the following patches:
>
> #1: Expires is modified in different contexts (revalidator, pmd-rx, bfd-tx).
>     It's probably not very racy for many reasons, but it seems a good idea
>     to use an atomic here (especially with the introduction of #3).
>
> #2: Introduces the possibility to set and read the entries timeout.
>     It's useful for debugging purpose. Includes a self-test.
>
> #3: Fixes a use case in which the tnl neigh entry never
>     gets updated (further details in the commit message).
>     Includes a self-test.
>
> #4: While working on #2 and #3 I noticed unstable timeouts (more 
>     visible the ageing time is low) during nd snoop. 
>     It turned out to be a problem of revalidation. Additional
>     details can be found in the commit description.
>
> The use case fixed in #3 could be fixed relaxing the check in
> tnl_arp_snoop(), allowing to snoop ARP requests as well, but such
> approach could add unneeded entries in the cache.
>

A more general comment on naming.
I see 'ageing' used seldomly in rstp-related code.
Otherwise in MAC learning it's 'aging'.

'ageing' is british English, 'aging' would be correct both in american and british English.
I am not certain that 'aging' should be preferred but I'm guessing it is.

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Gaetan Rivet