[ovs-dev] [cfm 6/7] cfm: Implement 802.1ag RDI flag.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri May 20 18:15:58 UTC 2011


On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 06:53:25PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> According to the 802.1ag specification, a maintenance point should
> set the Remote Defect Indicator (RDI) bit on CCMs when it has
> failed to receive a CCM from any of it's configured remote
> maintenance points within the required fault interval.  This allows
> unidirectional faults to be flagged by both ends of a CFM monitored
> tunnel.

Should cfm_get_fault() indicate a fault if RDI is set?  Presumably the
link is only worth using if it works in both directions?

Otherwise looks good, thanks.



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