* updating this function.
         */
        return    nla_total_size(8)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ID */
-               + nla_total_size(4)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_SRC */
-               + nla_total_size(4)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_DST */
+               + nla_total_size(16)   /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV[46]_SRC */
+               + nla_total_size(16)   /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV[46]_DST */
                + nla_total_size(1)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_TOS */
                + nla_total_size(1)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_TTL */
                + nla_total_size(0)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_DONT_FRAGMENT */
        [OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_GENEVE_OPTS]   = { .len = OVS_ATTR_VARIABLE },
        [OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_VXLAN_OPTS]    = { .len = OVS_ATTR_NESTED,
                                                .next = ovs_vxlan_ext_key_lens },
+       [OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_SRC]      = { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
+       [OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_DST]      = { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
 };
 
 /* The size of the argument for each %OVS_KEY_ATTR_* Netlink attribute.  */
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int ipv4_tun_from_nlattr(const struct nlattr *attr,
-                               struct sw_flow_match *match, bool is_mask,
-                               bool log)
+static int ip_tun_from_nlattr(const struct nlattr *attr,
+                             struct sw_flow_match *match, bool is_mask,
+                             bool log)
 {
        struct nlattr *a;
        int rem;
        bool ttl = false;
-       __be16 tun_flags = 0;
+       __be16 tun_flags = 0, ipv4 = false, ipv6 = false;
        int opts_type = 0;
 
        nla_for_each_nested(a, attr, rem) {
                case OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_SRC:
                        SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_key.u.ipv4.src,
                                        nla_get_in_addr(a), is_mask);
+                       ipv4 = true;
                        break;
                case OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_DST:
                        SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_key.u.ipv4.dst,
                                        nla_get_in_addr(a), is_mask);
+                       ipv4 = true;
+                       break;
+               case OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_SRC:
+                       SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_key.u.ipv6.dst,
+                                       nla_get_in6_addr(a), is_mask);
+                       ipv6 = true;
+                       break;
+               case OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_DST:
+                       SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_key.u.ipv6.dst,
+                                       nla_get_in6_addr(a), is_mask);
+                       ipv6 = true;
                        break;
                case OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_TOS:
                        SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_key.tos,
                        opts_type = type;
                        break;
                default:
-                       OVS_NLERR(log, "Unknown IPv4 tunnel attribute %d",
+                       OVS_NLERR(log, "Unknown IP tunnel attribute %d",
                                  type);
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
        if (is_mask)
                SW_FLOW_KEY_MEMSET_FIELD(match, tun_proto, 0xff, true);
        else
-               SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_proto, AF_INET, false);
+               SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_proto, ipv6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_INET,
+                               false);
 
        if (rem > 0) {
-               OVS_NLERR(log, "IPv4 tunnel attribute has %d unknown bytes.",
+               OVS_NLERR(log, "IP tunnel attribute has %d unknown bytes.",
                          rem);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       if (ipv4 && ipv6) {
+               OVS_NLERR(log, "Mixed IPv4 and IPv6 tunnel attributes");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
        if (!is_mask) {
-               if (!match->key->tun_key.u.ipv4.dst) {
+               if (!ipv4 && !ipv6) {
+                       OVS_NLERR(log, "IP tunnel dst address not specified");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+               if (ipv4 && !match->key->tun_key.u.ipv4.dst) {
                        OVS_NLERR(log, "IPv4 tunnel dst address is zero");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
+               if (ipv6 && ipv6_addr_any(&match->key->tun_key.u.ipv6.dst)) {
+                       OVS_NLERR(log, "IPv6 tunnel dst address is zero");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
 
                if (!ttl) {
-                       OVS_NLERR(log, "IPv4 tunnel TTL not specified.");
+                       OVS_NLERR(log, "IP tunnel TTL not specified.");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int __ipv4_tun_to_nlattr(struct sk_buff *skb,
-                               const struct ip_tunnel_key *output,
-                               const void *tun_opts, int swkey_tun_opts_len)
+static int __ip_tun_to_nlattr(struct sk_buff *skb,
+                             const struct ip_tunnel_key *output,
+                             const void *tun_opts, int swkey_tun_opts_len,
+                             unsigned short tun_proto)
 {
        if (output->tun_flags & TUNNEL_KEY &&
            nla_put_be64(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ID, output->tun_id))
                return -EMSGSIZE;
-       if (output->u.ipv4.src &&
-           nla_put_in_addr(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_SRC,
-                           output->u.ipv4.src))
-               return -EMSGSIZE;
-       if (output->u.ipv4.dst &&
-           nla_put_in_addr(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_DST,
-                           output->u.ipv4.dst))
-               return -EMSGSIZE;
+       switch (tun_proto) {
+       case AF_INET:
+               if (output->u.ipv4.src &&
+                   nla_put_in_addr(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_SRC,
+                                   output->u.ipv4.src))
+                       return -EMSGSIZE;
+               if (output->u.ipv4.dst &&
+                   nla_put_in_addr(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV4_DST,
+                                   output->u.ipv4.dst))
+                       return -EMSGSIZE;
+               break;
+       case AF_INET6:
+               if (!ipv6_addr_any(&output->u.ipv6.src) &&
+                   nla_put_in6_addr(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_SRC,
+                                    &output->u.ipv6.src))
+                       return -EMSGSIZE;
+               if (!ipv6_addr_any(&output->u.ipv6.dst) &&
+                   nla_put_in6_addr(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_DST,
+                                    &output->u.ipv6.dst))
+                       return -EMSGSIZE;
+               break;
+       }
        if (output->tos &&
            nla_put_u8(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_TOS, output->tos))
                return -EMSGSIZE;
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int ipv4_tun_to_nlattr(struct sk_buff *skb,
-                             const struct ip_tunnel_key *output,
-                             const void *tun_opts, int swkey_tun_opts_len)
+static int ip_tun_to_nlattr(struct sk_buff *skb,
+                           const struct ip_tunnel_key *output,
+                           const void *tun_opts, int swkey_tun_opts_len,
+                           unsigned short tun_proto)
 {
        struct nlattr *nla;
        int err;
        if (!nla)
                return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-       err = __ipv4_tun_to_nlattr(skb, output, tun_opts, swkey_tun_opts_len);
+       err = __ip_tun_to_nlattr(skb, output, tun_opts, swkey_tun_opts_len,
+                                tun_proto);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
                                  const struct ip_tunnel_info *egress_tun_info,
                                  const void *egress_tun_opts)
 {
-       return __ipv4_tun_to_nlattr(skb, &egress_tun_info->key,
-                                   egress_tun_opts,
-                                   egress_tun_info->options_len);
+       return __ip_tun_to_nlattr(skb, &egress_tun_info->key,
+                                 egress_tun_opts,
+                                 egress_tun_info->options_len,
+                                 ip_tunnel_info_af(egress_tun_info));
 }
 
 static int metadata_from_nlattrs(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_match *match,
                *attrs &= ~(1 << OVS_KEY_ATTR_SKB_MARK);
        }
        if (*attrs & (1 << OVS_KEY_ATTR_TUNNEL)) {
-               if (ipv4_tun_from_nlattr(a[OVS_KEY_ATTR_TUNNEL], match,
-                                        is_mask, log) < 0)
+               if (ip_tun_from_nlattr(a[OVS_KEY_ATTR_TUNNEL], match,
+                                      is_mask, log) < 0)
                        return -EINVAL;
                *attrs &= ~(1 << OVS_KEY_ATTR_TUNNEL);
        }
                if (output->tun_key.tun_flags & TUNNEL_OPTIONS_PRESENT)
                        opts = TUN_METADATA_OPTS(output, swkey->tun_opts_len);
 
-               if (ipv4_tun_to_nlattr(skb, &output->tun_key, opts,
-                                      swkey->tun_opts_len))
+               if (ip_tun_to_nlattr(skb, &output->tun_key, opts,
+                                    swkey->tun_opts_len, swkey->tun_proto))
                        goto nla_put_failure;
        }
 
        int err = 0, start, opts_type;
 
        ovs_match_init(&match, &key, NULL);
-       opts_type = ipv4_tun_from_nlattr(nla_data(attr), &match, false, log);
+       opts_type = ip_tun_from_nlattr(nla_data(attr), &match, false, log);
        if (opts_type < 0)
                return opts_type;
 
                if (!start)
                        return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-               err = ipv4_tun_to_nlattr(skb, &tun_info->key,
-                                        tun_info->options_len ?
+               err = ip_tun_to_nlattr(skb, &tun_info->key,
+                                      tun_info->options_len ?
                                             ip_tunnel_info_opts(tun_info) : NULL,
-                                        tun_info->options_len);
+                                      tun_info->options_len,
+                                      ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info));
                if (err)
                        return err;
                nla_nest_end(skb, start);