On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 03:09:39PM +0200, Eelco Chaudron wrote:
> 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?
>

HI Eelco,

I am waiting for the below patches to get merged.


http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openvswitch/patch/20210609133611.2013-1-martinvargheseno...@gmail.com/

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openvswitch/patch/20210427124244.2358-1-martinvargheseno...@gmail.com/

Regards,
Martin


> //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.vargh...@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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