netdev - Re: iproute2 mpls max labels

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Message-ID: <579125CB.3030201@nordu.net>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:43:07 +0200
From:	Magnus Bergroth <bergroth@...du.net>
To:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Robert Shearman <rshearma@...cade.com>,
	"ebiederm@...ssion.com" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: iproute2 mpls max labels



> 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.

Kindly

Magnus
>
> Thanks,
> Roopa
>
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