MPLS Support Question

Maximilian Wilhelm max at rfc2324.org
Tue Mar 20 13:11:19 CET 2018


Anno domini 2018 t a scripsit:

> Thank you for the quick response.  What we are looking to do is assign a single label to routes when they are placed into a kernel table via a pipe.  For instance:
> 
> protocol pipe master_to_kernelTable{
>         table kernelTable;
>         peer table master;
>         import filter{
>         if bgp_next_hop = 192.168.0.15 then {mpls 1000; accept;}
>         reject;
>         };
>         export none;
>         }
> 
> We are looking to manually assign the labels according to our internal structure, so no label distribution is required, just the ability to assign a label to a route similar to how they are assigned to static routes.

Silly question: Why are you using a pipe protocol for that purpose?
Wouldn't an export filter within the kernel protocol suffice?

Best
Max
-- 
The real problem with C++ for kernel modules is:
the language just sucks.
-- Linus Torvalds


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