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From: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks•com>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission•com>
Cc: netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: Add support for filtering neigh dump by master device
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 13:51:15 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <560EE033.3040300@cumulusnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h9m9tchw.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org>

On 10/2/15 11:18 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> What is the thinking here because it sure looks like you are busily
> adding layer two functionality you swore you did not want.

Interfaces are enslaved to a VRF device, but neighbor entries are 
installed with a reference to the actual interface not the VRF device.

This patch (plus the iproute2 one) fills a gap for usability and 
debugging. I have one more patch to go and then I will send an update to 
the documentation, but here is a preview (documentation update has more 
detail via examples):

Using iproute2 for VRFs
1. Create a VRF
    ip link add dev NAME type vrf table ID

2. List VRFs
    ip [-d] link show type vrf
    --> -d is needed to show table id

3. Assign a Network Interface to a VRF
    ip link set dev NAME master VRF-NAME

4. Show Devices Assigned to a VRF
    ip [-br] link show master VRF-NAME

5. Show Neighbor Entries for a VRF
    ip [-6] neigh show master VRF-NAME

    (This patch is what makes this command work efficiently.)

6. Show Addresses Assigned to Interfaces in a VRF
    ip [-br][-6] addr show master VRF-NAME

7. Show Routes for a VRF
    ip [-6] route show table ID

8. Route Lookup for a VRF
    ip [-6] route get oif VRF-NAME ADDRESS

    (This one needs a kernel patch to display the correct entry.)

David

      reply	other threads:[~2015-10-02 19:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-29 16:32 [PATCH net-next v2] net: Add support for filtering neigh dump by master device David Ahern
2015-09-30  4:28 ` roopa
2015-09-30  4:34 ` David Miller
2015-10-02 17:18 ` Eric W. Biederman
2015-10-02 19:51   ` David Ahern [this message]

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