On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 18:31:29 -0700 Krister Johansen <k...@templeofstupid.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen, > I'm a bit unsure of the decorum in this particular situation. Kernel > support for mpls/ip tunnels was integrated back in July of 2016. At the > time, the author of that feature sent out a RFC patch for the iproute > support but never followed up on subsequent code review comments. > > The kernel support got merged, but the iproute support never made it in. > I wanted to run some tests with these features. In the process, I > tracked down the author's original patches, merged them into current > iproute, and attempted to address the comments from code reviewers. > > I've attached an 'Original-Author' label to each commit, and have CC'd > him and the code reviewer on this patch. If any part of this is > improper, please let me know and I'll respin accordingly. Mostly, I > wanted to close the loop here so the mpls in ip tunnel support is usable > through iproute. > > The original threads for the 2016 patch are here: > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=146782946216005&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=146782941615977&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=146782947016007&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=146782942915988&w=2 > > Thanks, > > -K > > Krister Johansen (3): > iptunnel: document mode parameter for sit tunnels > iptunnel: add support for mpls/ip to sit tunnels > iptunnel: add support for mpls/ip to ipip tunnels > > include/utils.h | 3 +++ > ip/link_iptnl.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > ip/tunnel.c | 3 +++ > man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 12 +++++++++++- > 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > I went ahead and merged these in. Would be better to get the headers stuff straightened out but that is probably an endless battle.
