On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 09:19:06AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 10:13:18AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 09:00:35AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 10:09:20AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 04:22:07PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote: > > > > > This patch implements use-space datapath and non-datapath code > > > > > to match and use the datapath API set out in Leo Alterman's patch > > > > > "user-space datapath: Add basic MPLS support to kernel". > > > > > > > > > > The resulting MPLS implementation supports: > > > > > * Pushing a single MPLS label > > > > > * Poping a single MPLS label > > > > > * Modifying an MPLS lable using set-field or load actions > > > > > that act on the label value, tc and bos bit. > > > > > * There is no support for manipulating the TTL > > > > > this is considered future work. > > > > > > > > > > The single-level push pop limitation is implemented by processing > > > > > push, pop and set-field/load actions in order and discarding > > > > > information > > > > > that would require multiple levels of push/pop to be supported. > > > > > > > > > > e.g. > > > > > push,push -> the first push is discarded > > > > > pop,pop -> the first pop is discarded > > > > > > > > > > This patch is based heavily on work by Ravi K. > > > > > > > > > > Cc: Ravi K <rke...@gmail.com> > > > > > Reviewed-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamah...@valinux.co.jp> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <ho...@verge.net.au> > > > > > > > > I resolved a few merge conflicts, then I went through this fairly > > > > carefully and made a few changes, mostly cosmetic. I'm appending an > > > > incremental and then a full revised patch. > > > > > > > > Here's a little commentary on the less trivial changes I made: > > > > > > > > - I think that eth_mpls_depth() was capable of counting an MPLS label > > > > that was off the end of the packet as part of the depth (for > > > > example, if there was one MPLS label without BOS followed by the > > > > end of the packet, I believe that it would count this as depth 2). > > > > This wasn't a problem for current callers but it seemed like a bad > > > > idea, so I changed it. Please check that it looks correct. > > > > > > > > - I think mf_random_value() should have used ->u8 for TC and BOS so I > > > > changed it. > > > > > > Thanks, both of those changes seem reasonable to me. I'll review > > > these and the changes in your diff more thoroughly and get back to you > > > ASAP. > > > > I have reviewed all the changes and they look good to me. > > Please feel free to apply. I can then rebase the remaining patches on > > master. > > I fixed a few indentation errors I noticed at the last minute and > applied this to master. Thanks!
Great, thanks! I'll rebase the remaining patches ASAP and... > > > > I have one question before I commit this: it seems that we could support > > > > a series of more than one pop_mpls action, why do we limit the number of > > > > pops to just one? > > > > > > I think that I agree with you. I'll take a look and see how practical > > > it would be to remove that restriction. > > > > I'll start looking into this in more depth. But I'd rather handle any > > updates as a subsequent change to this patch. > > Thanks, that sounds fine. ... investigate this. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
