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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bareudp.rst b/Documentation/networking/bareudp.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b9d04ee6dac1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/bareudp.rst @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================================== +Bare UDP Tunnelling Module Documentation +======================================== + +There are various L3 encapsulation standards using UDP being discussed to +leverage the UDP based load balancing capability of different networks. +MPLSoUDP (__ https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7510) is one among them. + +The Bareudp tunnel module provides a generic L3 encapsulation support for +tunnelling different L3 protocols like MPLS, IP, NSH etc. inside a UDP tunnel. + +Special Handling +---------------- +The bareudp device supports special handling for MPLS & IP as they can have +multiple ethertypes. +MPLS procotcol can have ethertypes ETH_P_MPLS_UC (unicast) & ETH_P_MPLS_MC (multicast). +IP protocol can have ethertypes ETH_P_IP (v4) & ETH_P_IPV6 (v6). +This special handling can be enabled only for ethertypes ETH_P_IP & ETH_P_MPLS_UC +with a flag called multiproto mode. + +Usage +------ + +1) Device creation & deletion + + a) ip link add dev bareudp0 type bareudp dstport 6635 ethertype mpls_uc + + This creates a bareudp tunnel device which tunnels L3 traffic with ethertype + 0x8847 (MPLS traffic). The destination port of the UDP header will be set to + 6635.The device will listen on UDP port 6635 to receive traffic. + + b) ip link delete bareudp0 + +2) Device creation with multiproto mode enabled + +The multiproto mode allows bareudp tunnels to handle several protocols of the +same family. It is currently only available for IP and MPLS. This mode has to +be enabled explicitly with the "multiproto" flag. + + a) ip link add dev bareudp0 type bareudp dstport 6635 ethertype ipv4 multiproto + + For an IPv4 tunnel the multiproto mode allows the tunnel to also handle + IPv6. + + b) ip link add dev bareudp0 type bareudp dstport 6635 ethertype mpls_uc multiproto + + For MPLS, the multiproto mode allows the tunnel to handle both unicast + and multicast MPLS packets. + +3) Device Usage + +The bareudp device could be used along with OVS or flower filter in TC. +The OVS or TC flower layer must set the tunnel information in SKB dst field before +sending packet buffer to the bareudp device for transmission. On reception the +bareudp device extracts and stores the tunnel information in SKB dst field before +passing the packet buffer to the network stack. |