netdev - Re: iproute2 mpls max labels

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Date:	Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:04:40 -0700
From:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Magnus Bergroth <bergroth@...du.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Robert Shearman <rshearma@...cade.com>,
	"ebiederm@...ssion.com" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: iproute2 mpls max labels

On 7/21/16, 12:43 PM, Magnus Bergroth wrote:
>
>> Roopa Prabhu <mailto:roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>> 21 juli 2016 20:53
>> I did not realize it is hardcoded to 8 in iproute2. Because kernel has
>> a hard coded limit of
>> 2.
>> I think we need to fix it in a few places:
>> a) we should move the kernel #define to a uapi header file which
>> iproute2 can use
>> b) there has been a general ask to bump the kernel MAX_LABELS from 2
>> and I don't see
>> a problem with it yet. so, we could bump it to 8.
>>
>> Were you planning to post patches for one or both of the above ?.
>>
>> I can post them too. Let me know.
> I would be happy if you could post them both as I very new to the kernel
> development and I'm not entirely sure how to do it in the right way.
>
ok, sure, will fix it.

thanks,
Roopa