Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-18 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 12:56 AM, David Ahern wrote: > On 2/14/18 3:45 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> how the various systems you are dealing with do with traffic that involves >> ipv6 extension headers? what about environments with GRE? in ipv4 GRE >> fabrics are just broken for

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-14 Thread David Ahern
On 2/14/18 3:45 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 5:21 PM, David Ahern wrote: >> On 2/13/18 5:42 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 01:03:14PM +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote: On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:05 AM, David Ahern wrote:

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-14 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > [...] note we have two ends to deal with here (1) generation (2) usage > > E.g if the kernel generates flow label but uses source port we have > inconsistent > environment. Problem is that the generation and usage

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-14 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 5:21 PM, David Ahern wrote: > On 2/13/18 5:42 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 01:03:14PM +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:05 AM, David Ahern wrote: Hardware supports multipath selection

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-13 Thread David Ahern
On 2/13/18 5:42 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 01:03:14PM +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:05 AM, David Ahern wrote: >>> Hardware supports multipath selection using the standard L4 5-tuple >>> instead of just L3 and the flow label. In

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-13 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Ido Schimmel wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 01:03:14PM +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:05 AM, David Ahern wrote: >> > Hardware supports multipath selection using the standard L4 5-tuple >> > instead of

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-13 Thread Ido Schimmel
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 01:03:14PM +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:05 AM, David Ahern wrote: > > Hardware supports multipath selection using the standard L4 5-tuple > > instead of just L3 and the flow label. In addition, some network > > operators prefer

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-13 Thread Ido Schimmel
Hi David, On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 04:05:55PM -0800, David Ahern wrote: > Hardware supports multipath selection using the standard L4 5-tuple > instead of just L3 and the flow label. In addition, some network > operators prefer IPv6 path selection to use the 5-tuple. To that end, > add support to

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/7] net/ipv6: Add support for path selection using hash of 5-tuple

2018-02-13 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:05 AM, David Ahern wrote: > Hardware supports multipath selection using the standard L4 5-tuple > instead of just L3 and the flow label. In addition, some network > operators prefer IPv6 path selection to use the 5-tuple. The HW supports using flow