[PATCH net-next 0/6] netlink: add lwtunnel encap sub-message support to rt-route
From: Hangbin Liu
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 02:36:50 EST
This series adds YNL sub-message support for lwtunnel encap data in
the rt-route netlink family, and describes the tunnel-specific
attribute sets that were previously opaque binary blobs.
The kernel currently emits encap_type after the encap payload nest,
but YNL sub-message parsing needs the selector (encap_type) first to
dispatch on the correct attribute set. Patch 1 reorders the kernel
output, and patch 2 teaches the YNL C code generator to convert enum
selectors to their string form for sub-message dispatch.
Patches 3-6 extend the rt-route YAML spec.
Tested with ynl selftest and checked with following cmds
# modprobe ila
# modprobe xfrm_interface
# ip addr add 10.1.0.1/24 dev lo
# ip route add 10.1.0.0/24 dev lo encap mpls 100 via 10.1.0.254
# ip route add 10.2.0.0/24 dev lo encap ip id 1 dst 127.0.0.1 src 127.0.0.1
# ip route add 2001:db8:3::/64 dev lo encap ila 1:2:3:4 csum-mode no-action ident-type luid hook-type output
# ip route add 2001:db8:4::/64 dev lo encap ip6 id 1 dst 2001:db8::5 src 2001:db8::1 hoplimit 64
# ip route add 2001:db8:5::/64 dev lo encap seg6 mode inline segs 2001:db8::1
# ip route add 2001:db8:6::/65 dev lo encap seg6local action End
# ip route add 2001:db8:7::/65 dev lo encap bpf in ob /tmp/kself/net/lib/xdp_dummy.bpf.o sec xdp
# ip route add 2001:db8:8::/64 dev lo encap rpl segs 2001:db8::1
# ip route add 2001:db8:9::/64 encap ioam6 trace prealloc type 0x800000 ns 0 size 4 dev lo
# ip route add 2001:db8:10::/64 dev lo encap xfrm if_id 100
# ip route show
10.1.0.0/24 encap mpls 100 via 10.1.0.254 dev lo
10.2.0.0/24 encap ip id 1 src 127.0.0.1 dst 127.0.0.1 ttl 0 tos 0 dev lo scope link
# ip -6 route show
2001:db8:3::/64 encap ila 1:2:3:4 csum-mode no-action ident-type luid hook-type output dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
2001:db8:4::/64 encap ip6 id 1 src 2001:db8::1 dst 2001:db8::5 hoplimit 64 tc 0 dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
2001:db8:5::/64 encap seg6 mode inline segs 2 [ 2001:db8::1 :: ] dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
2001:db8:6::/65 encap seg6local action End dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
2001:db8:7::/65 encap bpf in xdp_dummy.bpf.o:[xdp] dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
2001:db8:8::/64 encap rpl segs 1 [ 2001:db8::1 ] dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
2001:db8:9::/64 encap ioam6 freq 1/1 mode inline trace prealloc type 0x800000 ns 0 size 4 dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
2001:db8:10::/64 encap xfrm if_id 100 dev lo metric 1024 pref medium
# ./tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py --family rt-route --dump getroute > /tmp/route_dump.json
All the result looks good.
Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Hangbin Liu (6):
net: lwtunnel: change encap fill order
tools: ynl: convert enum selector to string for sub-message parsing
netlink: specs: rt-route: add lwtunnel encap sub-message support
netlink: specs: rt-route: describe lwtunnel IP options
netlink: specs: rt-route: describe lwt BPF program options
netlink: specs: rt-route: describe seg6-local actions, counters and flavors
Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml | 404 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
net/core/lwtunnel.c | 7 +-
tools/net/ynl/Makefile.deps | 9 +-
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py | 10 +-
4 files changed, 424 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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base-commit: bc6fe9d301d59fe5cb236d646abe792bffae5fa6
change-id: 20260908-ynl_rt_encap-3140103b368a
Best regards,
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Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>