Hi Joe, are you the right person to review this series? If not, do you have a suggestion who should?
Thanks, Ben. On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 05:25:25PM -0500, Eric Garver 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 > > v2: > > We are able to set the MTU to UINT16_MAX since it is not restricted by the > driver during newlink. > > v3: > > Prefer to get type from vport before checking if device is opened. Also, > disable > IFLA_VXLAN_LEARNING as it's not enabled on compat vports as well. > > v4: > - Probe for ovs_geneve on init, this indicates out-of-tree datapath > - If exists, only try genetlink/compat > - else, try rtnetlink and fallback to genetlink/compat > - Read back and verify devices created with rtnetlink > - checkpatch fixes > > v5: > - Move rtnetlink code to a new file lib/dpif-rtnetlink.c. This is for > creating/destroying linux tunnel devices. > - Move probe patch to after GENEVE, so it doesn't break build. > - Add NEWS item > - Split patch 2 into two parts (patch 2 and 3 in this series) > > Eric Garver (7): > dpif-netlink: break up code that creates compat ports > dpif-netlink: code to create/destroy tunnel ports via rtnetlink > dpif-netlink: add VXLAN creation support > dpif-netlink: add GRE creation support > dpif-netlink: add GENEVE creation support > dpif-netlink: Probe for out-of-tree datapath. > NEWS: Add item for creating tunnels via rtnetlink > > Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (1): > netdev: get device type from vport prefix if it uses one > > NEWS | 3 + > lib/automake.mk | 3 + > lib/dpif-netlink.c | 199 +++++++++++++------- > lib/dpif-netlink.h | 2 + > lib/dpif-rtnetlink.c | 515 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > lib/dpif-rtnetlink.h | 53 ++++++ > lib/netdev.c | 26 ++- > 7 files changed, 735 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 lib/dpif-rtnetlink.c > create mode 100644 lib/dpif-rtnetlink.h > > -- > 2.10.0 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
