On 1/24/19 12:34 PM, Peter Oskolkov wrote:
> This patchset implements BPF_LWT_ENCAP_IP mode in bpf_lwt_push_encap
> BPF helper. It enables BPF programs (specifically, BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_IN
> and BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMIT prog types) to add IP encapsulation headers
> to packets (e.g. IP/GRE, GUE, IPIP).
> 
> This is useful when thousands of different short-lived flows should be
> encapped, each with different and dynamically determined destination.
> Although lwtunnels can be used in some of these scenarios, the ability
> to dynamically generate encap headers adds more flexibility, e.g.
> when routing depends on the state of the host (reflected in global bpf
> maps).
> 
> V2 changes: Added flowi-based route lookup, IPv6 encapping, and
> encapping on ingress.
> 
> 

I skimmed over the patches and nothing really jumps out. I do question
whether it will work with VRFs. I hope to find time to test it; most
likely that will not happen before Monday.

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