netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/29] net: VRF support

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Message-ID: <20150206081046.415c3d50@halley>
Date:	Fri, 6 Feb 2015 08:10:46 +0200
From:	Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
To:	roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, Dinesh Dutt <ddutt@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Vipin Kumar <vipin@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org, Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/29] net: VRF support

On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:12:57 -0800 roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> We have been playing with ip rules to implement vrfs. And the blocker 
> today is that we cannot bind a socket to a vrf (routing tables in this 
> case).

Hi Roopa,

One option would be using SO_MARK sockopt on that socket, and have an ip
rule which matches this mark to point to your table.
I don't know your exact use-cases, but you can play around with that
idea.

Regards,
Shmulik
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