[ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next V12 0/3] openvswitch: Add support for 802.1AD

Thomas F Herbert thomasfherbert at gmail.com
Sun Jul 26 14:52:32 UTC 2015


V12: Fix some problems and issues pointed out by reviewers. When parsing
netlink attributes Ether types other then 0x88a8 as outer tpid.

V11: Add inner tpid to flow key. Fix separate inner encap attribute
when parsing netlink attributes. Merge 2 patches to consolidate
qinq changes.

V10: Implement reviewer comments: Consolidate vlan parsing functions.
Splits netlink parsing and flow conversion into a separate patch. Uses
double encap attribute encapsulation for 802.1ad.  Netlink attributes
now look like this:

    eth_type(0x88a8),vlan(vid=100),encap(eth_type(0x8100), vlan(vid=200),
        encap(eth_type(0x0800), ...))

The double encap atributes in this version of the patch is incompatible with
old versions of the user level 802.1ad patch. A new user level patch which
is also being submitted simultaneously to openvswitch dev mailing list.

V9:  Includes changes suggested by reviewers

V8:  Includes changes suggested by reviewers

V7:  Includes changes suggested by reviewers

V6:  Rebased to net-next

V5:  Use encapsulated attributes

Although the Open Flow specification specified support for 802.1AD (qinq)
as well as push and pop vlan headers,  So far Open vSwitch has only
supported a single tag header.

This patch accompanies version 10 of the user level openvswitch patch
submitted to openvswitch dev list.
For discussion, history  and previous versions of the kernel module
patch and the user code patch see the OVS dev mailing list,
openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/..


Thomas F Herbert (3):
  openvswitch: 802.1ad uapi changes.
  Check for vlan ethernet types for 8021.q or 802.1ad
  802.1AD: Flow handling, actions, vlan parsing and netlink attributes

 include/linux/if_vlan.h          |  17 ++++
 include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h |  17 ++--
 net/openvswitch/flow.c           |  84 ++++++++++++++---
 net/openvswitch/flow.h           |   5 +
 net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c   | 196 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 5 files changed, 269 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

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