On 11/13/20 7:29 PM, Andrea Mayer wrote: > Hi Jakub, > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:01:26 -0800 > Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> UAPI solution 2 >>> >>> we turn "table" into an optional parameter and we add the "vrftable" optional >>> parameter. DT4 can only be used with the "vrftable" (hence it is a required >>> parameter for DT4). >>> DT6 can be used with "vrftable" (new vrf mode) or with "table" (legacy mode) >>> (hence it is an optional parameter for DT6). >>> >>> UAPI solution 2 examples: >>> >>> ip -6 route add 2001:db8::1/128 encap seg6local action End.DT4 vrftable 100 dev eth0 >>> ip -6 route add 2001:db8::1/128 encap seg6local action End.DT6 vrftable 100 dev eth0 >>> ip -6 route add 2001:db8::1/128 encap seg6local action End.DT6 table 100 dev eth0 >>> >>> IMO solution 2 is nicer from UAPI POV because we always have only one >>> parameter, maybe solution 1 is slightly easier to implement, all in all >>> we prefer solution 2 but we can go for 1 if you prefer. >> >> Agreed, 2 looks better to me as well. But let's not conflate uABI with >> iproute2's command line. I'm more concerned about the kernel ABI. > > Sorry I was a little imprecise here. I reported only the user command perspective. > From the kernel point of view in solution 2 the vrftable will be a new > [SEG6_LOCAL_VRFTABLE] optional parameter. > >> BTW you prefer to operate on tables (and therefore require >> net.vrf.strict_mode=1) because that's closer to the spirit of the RFC, >> correct? As I said from the implementation perspective passing any VRF >> ifindex down from user space to the kernel should be fine? > > Yes, I definitely prefer to operate on tables (and so on the table ID) due to > the spirit of the RFC. We have discussed in depth this design choice with > David Ahern when implementing the DT4 patch and we are confident that operating > with VRF strict mode is a sound approach also for DT6. > I like the vrftable option. Straightforward extension from current table argument.
