From: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it>,
Paolo Lungaroni <paolo.lungaroni@uniroma2.it>,
Ahmed Abdelsalam <ahabdels@cisco.com>,
Justin Iurman <justin.iurman@6wind.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
Subject: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/3] seg6: add SRv6 L2 tunnel device (srl2)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:05:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260322000557.12559-3-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260322000557.12559-1-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
Introduce srl2, an Ethernet pseudowire device over SRv6. It
encapsulates L2 frames in IPv6 with a Segment Routing Header for
transmission across an SRv6 network.
The encapsulation logic reuses seg6_do_srh_encap() with
IPPROTO_ETHERNET. The transmit path uses the standard IPv6 tunnel
infrastructure (dst_cache, ip6_route_output, ip6tunnel_xmit).
The device is configured with a segment list for point-to-point
L2 encapsulation.
Usage:
ip link add srl2-0 type srl2 segs fc00::a,fc00::b
Co-developed-by: Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
---
include/linux/srl2.h | 7 +
include/uapi/linux/srl2.h | 20 +++
net/ipv6/Kconfig | 16 +++
net/ipv6/Makefile | 1 +
net/ipv6/seg6.c | 1 +
net/ipv6/srl2.c | 269 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 314 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/linux/srl2.h
create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/srl2.h
create mode 100644 net/ipv6/srl2.c
diff --git a/include/linux/srl2.h b/include/linux/srl2.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1342b979402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/srl2.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+#ifndef _LINUX_SRL2_H
+#define _LINUX_SRL2_H
+
+#include <uapi/linux/srl2.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/srl2.h b/include/uapi/linux/srl2.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7c8f6fc0791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/srl2.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * SRv6 L2 tunnel device
+ *
+ * Author:
+ * Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_SRL2_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_SRL2_H
+
+enum {
+ IFLA_SRL2_UNSPEC,
+ IFLA_SRL2_SRH, /* binary: struct ipv6_sr_hdr + segments */
+ __IFLA_SRL2_MAX,
+};
+
+#define IFLA_SRL2_MAX (__IFLA_SRL2_MAX - 1)
+
+#endif
diff --git a/net/ipv6/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
index b8f9a8c0302e..9c8f7e254435 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
@@ -318,6 +318,22 @@ config IPV6_SEG6_BPF
depends on IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL
depends on IPV6 = y
+config IPV6_SRL2
+ tristate "IPv6: SRv6 L2 tunnel device"
+ depends on IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL
+ select DST_CACHE
+ help
+ SRv6 virtual Ethernet device that encapsulates L2 frames in
+ IPv6 with a Segment Routing Header (SRH) for transmission
+ over an SRv6 network.
+ Intended for use with a remote seg6local L2 decapsulation
+ behavior, such as End.DT2U or End.DX2.
+
+ To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
+ be called srl2.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config IPV6_RPL_LWTUNNEL
bool "IPv6: RPL Source Routing Header support"
depends on IPV6
diff --git a/net/ipv6/Makefile b/net/ipv6/Makefile
index 2c9ce2ccbde1..a7e81d0293ca 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipv6/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ipv6-$(CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES) += syncookies.o
ipv6-$(CONFIG_NETLABEL) += calipso.o
ipv6-$(CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL) += seg6_iptunnel.o seg6_local.o
ipv6-$(CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC) += seg6_hmac.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IPV6_SRL2) += srl2.o
ipv6-$(CONFIG_IPV6_RPL_LWTUNNEL) += rpl_iptunnel.o
ipv6-$(CONFIG_IPV6_IOAM6_LWTUNNEL) += ioam6_iptunnel.o
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6.c b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
index 1c3ad25700c4..23213ab4fefd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ bool seg6_validate_srh(struct ipv6_sr_hdr *srh, int len, bool reduced)
return true;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(seg6_validate_srh);
struct ipv6_sr_hdr *seg6_get_srh(struct sk_buff *skb, int flags)
{
diff --git a/net/ipv6/srl2.c b/net/ipv6/srl2.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66aa5375d218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ipv6/srl2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * SRv6 L2 tunnel device (srl2)
+ *
+ * A virtual Ethernet device that encapsulates L2 frames in IPv6 with a
+ * Segment Routing Header (SRH) for transmission over an SRv6 network.
+ * On the remote side, a seg6_local behavior such as End.DT2U or End.DX2
+ * decapsulates the inner Ethernet frame for L2 delivery.
+ *
+ * The encapsulation logic reuses seg6_do_srh_encap() from seg6_iptunnel.c
+ * with IPPROTO_ETHERNET (143). The transmit path uses the standard IPv6
+ * tunnel infrastructure (dst_cache, ip6_route_output, ip6tunnel_xmit).
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
+ * Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <net/dst_cache.h>
+#include <net/ip6_route.h>
+#include <net/ip_tunnels.h>
+#include <net/ip6_tunnel.h>
+#include <net/seg6.h>
+#include <linux/seg6.h>
+#include <linux/srl2.h>
+
+/* Conservative initial estimate for SRH size before newlink provides
+ * the actual value. 256 bytes accommodates up to 15 SIDs.
+ */
+#define SRL2_SRH_HEADROOM_EST 256
+
+struct srl2_priv {
+ struct ipv6_sr_hdr *srh;
+ struct dst_cache dst_cache;
+};
+
+/*
+ * srl2_xmit - encapsulate an L2 frame in IPv6+SRH and transmit
+ *
+ * When the bridge (or local stack) sends a frame through this device,
+ * skb->data points to the inner Ethernet header. We look up a route
+ * towards the first SID, prepend the outer IPv6+SRH via
+ * seg6_do_srh_encap(), and transmit via ip6tunnel_xmit().
+ *
+ * The route lookup result is cached per-cpu in dst_cache. Since the
+ * first SID is constant for the lifetime of the device, the cache
+ * avoids repeated route lookups in the common case.
+ */
+static netdev_tx_t srl2_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ struct srl2_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+ struct dst_entry *dst;
+ struct flowi6 fl6;
+ int err;
+
+ local_bh_disable();
+ dst = dst_cache_get(&priv->dst_cache);
+ local_bh_enable();
+
+ if (unlikely(!dst)) {
+ memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));
+ fl6.daddr = priv->srh->segments[priv->srh->first_segment];
+
+ dst = ip6_route_output(net, NULL, &fl6);
+ if (dst->error) {
+ dst_release(dst);
+ DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_carrier_errors);
+ goto drop;
+ }
+
+ if (dst_dev(dst) == dev) {
+ dst_release(dst);
+ DEV_STATS_INC(dev, collisions);
+ goto drop;
+ }
+
+ local_bh_disable();
+ /* saddr is unused */
+ dst_cache_set_ip6(&priv->dst_cache, dst, &fl6.saddr);
+ local_bh_enable();
+ }
+
+ skb_scrub_packet(skb, false);
+
+ skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
+
+ err = seg6_do_srh_encap(skb, priv->srh, IPPROTO_ETHERNET);
+ if (unlikely(err)) {
+ DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ }
+
+ skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
+
+ ip6tunnel_xmit(NULL, skb, dev, 0);
+
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+drop:
+ DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_dropped);
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+}
+
+static int srl2_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ struct srl2_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+ return dst_cache_init(&priv->dst_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+static void srl2_dev_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ struct srl2_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+ dst_cache_destroy(&priv->dst_cache);
+}
+
+static void srl2_dev_free(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ struct srl2_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+ kfree(priv->srh);
+}
+
+static const struct net_device_ops srl2_netdev_ops = {
+ .ndo_init = srl2_dev_init,
+ .ndo_uninit = srl2_dev_uninit,
+ .ndo_start_xmit = srl2_xmit,
+ .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
+ .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
+};
+
+static void srl2_setup(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ ether_setup(dev);
+
+ dev->netdev_ops = &srl2_netdev_ops;
+ dev->needs_free_netdev = true;
+ dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS;
+ dev->needed_headroom = LL_MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) +
+ SRL2_SRH_HEADROOM_EST;
+
+ dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
+ dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE | IFF_NO_QUEUE;
+ dev->lltx = true;
+
+ eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
+}
+
+static const struct nla_policy srl2_policy[IFLA_SRL2_MAX + 1] = {
+ [IFLA_SRL2_SRH] = { .type = NLA_BINARY },
+};
+
+static int srl2_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ if (!data || !data[IFLA_SRL2_SRH]) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "SRH with segment list is required");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int srl2_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct rtnl_newlink_params *params,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ struct srl2_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct nlattr **data = params->data;
+ struct ipv6_sr_hdr *srh;
+ int srhlen;
+ int len;
+
+ srh = nla_data(data[IFLA_SRL2_SRH]);
+ len = nla_len(data[IFLA_SRL2_SRH]);
+
+ if (len < sizeof(*srh) + sizeof(struct in6_addr)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "SRH too short");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (!seg6_validate_srh(srh, len, false)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid SRH");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ priv->srh = kmemdup(srh, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!priv->srh)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ srhlen = ipv6_optlen(srh);
+
+ dev->needed_headroom = LL_MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + srhlen;
+
+ /* dev->mtu is the inner L3 payload size. Since SRv6 encapsulation
+ * carries the full inner Ethernet frame, subtract both the outer
+ * IPv6+SRH overhead and ETH_HLEN from ETH_DATA_LEN.
+ */
+ dev->mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) - srhlen - ETH_HLEN;
+ dev->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
+ dev->max_mtu = IP_MAX_MTU - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) - srhlen - ETH_HLEN;
+
+ dev->priv_destructor = srl2_dev_free;
+
+ return register_netdevice(dev);
+}
+
+static void srl2_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+}
+
+static size_t srl2_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ const struct srl2_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+ int srhlen = ipv6_optlen(priv->srh);
+
+ return nla_total_size(srhlen);
+}
+
+static int srl2_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ const struct srl2_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+ int srhlen = ipv6_optlen(priv->srh);
+
+ if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_SRL2_SRH, srhlen, priv->srh))
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rtnl_link_ops srl2_link_ops __read_mostly = {
+ .kind = "srl2",
+ .maxtype = IFLA_SRL2_MAX,
+ .policy = srl2_policy,
+ .priv_size = sizeof(struct srl2_priv),
+ .setup = srl2_setup,
+ .validate = srl2_validate,
+ .newlink = srl2_newlink,
+ .dellink = srl2_dellink,
+ .get_size = srl2_get_size,
+ .fill_info = srl2_fill_info,
+};
+
+static int __init srl2_init(void)
+{
+ return rtnl_link_register(&srl2_link_ops);
+}
+
+static void __exit srl2_exit(void)
+{
+ rtnl_link_unregister(&srl2_link_ops);
+}
+
+module_init(srl2_init);
+module_exit(srl2_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SRv6 L2 tunnel device");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("srl2");
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-22 0:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-22 0:05 [RFC PATCH net-next 0/3] seg6: SRv6 L2 VPN with End.DT2U and srl2 device Andrea Mayer
2026-03-22 0:05 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 1/3] seg6: add support for the SRv6 End.DT2U behavior Andrea Mayer
2026-03-22 0:05 ` Andrea Mayer [this message]
2026-03-24 16:08 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 2/3] seg6: add SRv6 L2 tunnel device (srl2) Justin Iurman
2026-03-24 16:24 ` Justin Iurman
2026-03-25 13:43 ` Justin Iurman
2026-03-26 17:29 ` Stefano Salsano
2026-03-26 16:44 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2026-03-22 0:05 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 3/3] selftests: seg6: add SRv6 srl2 + End.DT2U L2 VPN test Andrea Mayer
2026-03-24 16:00 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 0/3] seg6: SRv6 L2 VPN with End.DT2U and srl2 device Justin Iurman
2026-03-25 7:10 ` Stefano Salsano
2026-03-25 8:35 ` Justin Iurman
2026-03-26 16:30 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2026-03-26 17:30 ` Stefano Salsano
2026-03-26 16:32 ` Nicolas Dichtel
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