Re: [PATCH ipsec-next 3/3] xfrm: lwtunnel: add lwtunnel support for xfrm interfaces in collect_md mode

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On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 1:07 PM Nicolas Dichtel
<nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Le 24/08/2022 à 20:56, Eyal Birger a écrit :
> > Hi Nicolas,
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 6:21 PM Nicolas Dichtel
> > <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Le 23/08/2022 à 17:45, Eyal Birger a écrit :
> >>> Allow specifying the xfrm interface if_id as part of a route metadata
> >>> using the lwtunnel infrastructure.
> >>>
> >>> This allows for example using a single xfrm interface in collect_md
> >>> mode as the target of multiple routes each specifying a different if_id.
> >>>
> >>> With the appropriate changes to iproute2, considering an xfrm device
> >>> ipsec1 in collect_md mode one can for example add a route specifying
> >>> an if_id like so:
> >>>
> >>> ip route add <SUBNET> dev ipsec1 encap xfrm if_id 1
> >> It would be nice to be able to specify the link also. It may help to combine
> >> this with vrf. Something like
> >> ip route add <SUBNET> dev ipsec1 encap xfrm if_id 1 dev eth0
> >
> > I think I understand how this would work on xmit - if you mean adding link
> > to the metadata and using it to set fl.flowi_oif in xfrmi_xmit() - in which
> > case the link would be used in the underlying lookup such that routes in
> > a vrf could specify a device which is part of the vrf for egress.
> Yes.
>
> >
> > On RX we could assign the link in the metadata in xfrmi_rcv_cb() to the original
> > skb->dev. I suspect this would be aligned with the link device, but any input
> > you may have on this would be useful.
> The link is not used in the rx path, only in the tx path to perform the route
> lookup in the right vrf. You can assign the input iface to the link device, but
> the if_id should be enough to identify the tunnel.

Thanks. I tested this in the context of VRF and it works well.

I'll include it in v2.

Eyal.




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