netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2] ip: support for xfrm interfaces

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Message-ID: <20190121120514.080451d1@aquamarine>
Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:05:14 -0500
From:   Matt Ellison <matt@...oyo.io>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2] ip: support for xfrm interfaces

On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:14:52 -0700 David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:

> You always add IF_ID even if not set by user. The kernel code does not
> appear to require it so why pass a default value?

0 (the default) is a valid IF_ID, so setting an interface with a non-zero IF_ID 
back to 0 is possible. I think the better solution would be to check for existing
values so an "ip link set" doesn't try and automatically use 0 if unsepcified.

> The kernel code does appear to require this parameter, so why have
> this requirement in iproute2?

Looks to be required, without the check I get:
RTNETLINK answers: No such device

> What about IFLA_XFRM_LINK?

It shows up as the parent interface when you ip link show: 

13: xfrm2@...n0: <NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/none 48:e2:44:f6:77:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

But I can print it again if you think I should.

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