[ovs-dev] [PATCH v4 0/2] Encap & Decap actions for MPLS packet type

Eelco Chaudron echaudro at redhat.com
Mon Jun 14 13:09:39 UTC 2021


Hi Martin,

What is the status of this patchset? Are you going to send out a v5, as I noticed quite some discussion with Jan, but I lost track?

//Eelco


On 30 Mar 2021, at 18:49, Martin Varghese wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 05:26:19PM +0200, Eelco Chaudron wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 26 Mar 2021, at 7:20, Martin Varghese wrote:
>>
>>> From: Martin Varghese <martin.varghese at nokia.com>
>>>
>>> The existing PUSH MPLS & POP MPLS actions inserts & removes MPLS header
>>> between ethernet header and the IP header. Though this behaviour is fine
>>> for L3 VPN where an IP packet is encapsulated inside a MPLS tunnel, it
>>> does not suffice the L2 VPN requirements. In L2 VPN the ethernet packets
>>> must be encapsulated inside MPLS tunnel
>>>
>>> In this change the encap & decap actions are extended to support MPLS
>>> packet type. The encap & decap adds and removes MPLS header at the start
>>> of packet as depicted below.
>>>
>>> Encapsulation:
>>>
>>> Actions - encap(mpls(ether_type=0x8847)),encap(ethernet)
>>>
>>> Incoming packet -> | ETH | IP | Payload |
>>>
>>> 1 Actions -  encap(mpls(ether_type=0x8847)) [Datapath action -
>>> ADD_MPLS:0x8847]
>>>
>>>         Outgoing packet -> | MPLS | ETH | Payload|
>>>
>>> 2 Actions - encap(ethernet) [ Datapath action - push_eth ]
>>>
>>>         Outgoing packet -> | ETH | MPLS | ETH | Payload|
>>>
>>> Decapsulation:
>>>
>>> Incoming packet -> | ETH | MPLS | ETH | IP | Payload |
>>>
>>> Actions - decap(),decap(packet_type(ns=0,type=0)
>>>
>>> 1 Actions -  decap() [Datapath action - pop_eth)
>>>
>>>         Outgoing packet -> | MPLS | ETH | IP | Payload|
>>>
>>> 2 Actions - decap(packet_type(ns=0,type=0) [Datapath action -
>>> POP_MPLS:0x6558]
>>>
>>>         Outgoing packet -> | ETH  | IP | Payload|
>>
>> I started off by running the self-tests with an older kernel, and this is
>> failing:
>>
>> $ make -j $(nproc) check-kernel TESTSUITEFLAGS='-k mpls'
>> ...
>> ## ------------------------------- ##
>> ## openvswitch 2.15.90 test suite. ##
>> ## ------------------------------- ##
>>
>> datapath-sanity
>>
>>  26: datapath - mpls actions                         ok
>>  27: datapath - multiple mpls label pop              FAILED
>> (system-traffic.at:1026)
>>  28: datapath - ptap mpls actions                    ok
>>
>> layer3-tunnels
>>
>> 137: layer3 - ping over MPLS Bareudp                 skipped
>> (system-layer3-tunnels.at:157)
>>
>> I would assume 28 would fail or be skipped as the feature is missing.
>> 27 should pass as your change should be backward compatible. Can you check?
>>
> 28 is the test for this feature. It is passing as it is backward
> compatible.
> 27 is the test for the existing feature. It is failing as older kernel
> doesnot support this feature
>>
>> Also, it would be nice, if you sent out a new version to keep some history,
>> so we have an idea of what has changed.
>>
> Yes i will send out a new version with change log
>>
>
> Regards
> Martin



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