From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A6FBC433F5 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:50:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1353797AbhK0Jxc (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2021 04:53:32 -0500 Received: from michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com ([193.238.157.55]:60288 "EHLO michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S239063AbhK0Jvc (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2021 04:51:32 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1168 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2021 04:51:31 EST Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=grml) by michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mqu0j-0002q5-G9; Sat, 27 Nov 2021 10:28:45 +0100 Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 10:27:41 +0100 From: michi1@michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net Subject: [RFC] Connection oriented routing Message-ID: <20211127092741.GA2599@grml> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Hi! I have been deleloping a connection oriented layer 3+4 protocol mostly for wifi mesh networks. Its main difference is that "tcp" connections are not end-to-end but between neighboring routers instead. It runs ane you can test it, if you want, but it is not ready for merging or actual use yet. Some unfinished tasks include: - cleanups - performance: lots of things which can be improved - keepalive - interfaces for configuration+statistics - move to a newer upstream kernel - I am not sure how some of the in-kernel interfaces work. More specifically, I am not sure which "struct proto/proto_ops" functions need to be implemented and how ho avoid race conditions when accessing various variables. Also, network namespaces are not handled yet either. I will look closer into this when the other issues are resolved in order to avoid upstream changes breaking it in the mean time. Website: https://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com/projects/cor/index.html Kernel repo: https://repo.or.cz/w/cor.git?a=tree Userspace tools: https://repo.or.cz/w/corutils.git Please share your thoughts! -Michi