[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] create tunnel devices using rtnetlink interface

Eric Garver e at erig.me
Tue Mar 28 22:41:48 UTC 2017


On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 06:19:02PM -0700, Joe Stringer wrote:
> On 16 March 2017 at 15:10, Eric Garver <e at erig.me> wrote:
> > This series adds support for the creation of tunnels using the rtnetlink
> > interface. This will open the possibility for new features and flags on those
> > vports without the need to change vport compatibility code.
> >
> > Support for STT and LISP have not been added because these are not upstream yet,
> > so we don't know how the interface will be like upstream. And there are no
> > features in the current drivers right now we could make use of.
> >
> > Note: This work originally started by Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo.
> >
> > Testing:
> >   - kernel 4.9.3, in-tree datapath
> >     - rtnetlink successfully creates devices
> >   - kernel 4.2.8, in-tree datapath
> >     - rtnetlink is tried, but fails due to no COLLECT_METADATA support
> >     - genetlink successfully creates devices
> >   - kernel 4.2.8, out-of-tree datapath
> >     - rtnetlink is not tried
> >     - genetlink successfully creates devices
> 
> Thanks for submitting this, Eric. I haven't had a chance to actually
> try it out beyond running through my regular tester environment with
> 'make check-kernel', which is all green (it uses out-of-tree in most
> cases, then regular upstream devices for a net-next kernel).
> 
> I have some fairly minor suggestions that you'll see on a few of the
> patches but I'd expect the next version should be good to merge.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joe

Thanks for reviewing Joe. I'll address your feedback and hopefully get
another revision out next week.

Eric.


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