[ovs-dev] [net-next RFC 05/14] route: Per route tunnel metadata with RTA_TUNNEL

Thomas Graf tgraf at suug.ch
Mon Jun 1 23:26:08 UTC 2015


On 06/01/15 at 05:51pm, Robert Shearman wrote:
> On 01/06/15 15:27, Thomas Graf wrote:
> >Introduces a new Netlink attribute RTA_TUNNEL which allows routes
> >to set tunnel transmit metadata and specify the tunnel endpoint or
> >tunnel id on a per route basis. The route must point to a tunnel
> >device which understands per skb tunnel metadata and has been put
> >into the respective mode.
> 
> We've been discussing something similar for the purposes of IP over MPLS,
> but most of the attributes for IP tunnels aren't relevant for MPLS. It be
> great if we can come up with something general enough that can serve both
> purposes. I've just sent a patch series ("[RFC net-next 0/3] IP imposition
> of per-nh MPLS encap") which I believe would allow this.

Nice! On a first glance, your series looks like an excellent complement
to this series. I'll comment directly in your series.



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