linux-cp: Add VPP->Linux synchronization

Part 1 -- notes in https://ipng.ch/s/articles/2021/08/13/vpp-2.html
Add the ability for VPP to copy out (sync) its state from the dataplane
to Linux Interface Pairs, when they exist. Gated by a configuration
flag (linux-cp { lcp-sync }), and by a CLI option to toggle on/off,
synchronize the following events:

- Interface state changes
- Interface MTU changes
- Interface IPv4/IPv6 address add/deletion

In VPP, subints can have any link state and MTU, orthogonal to their
phy. In Linux, setting admin-down on a phy forces its children to be
down as well. Also, in Linux, MTU of children must not exceed that of
the phy. Add a state synchronizer which walks over phy+subints to
ensure Linux and VPP end up in the same consistent state.

Part 2 -- notes in https://ipng.ch/s/articles/2021/08/15/vpp-3.html
Add the ability for VPP to autocreate sub-interfaces of existing Linux
Interface pairs. Gated by a configuration flag
(linux-cp { lcp-auto-subint }), and by a CLI option to toggle on/off,
synchronize the following event:

- Sub-interface creation (dot1q, dot1ad, QinQ and QinAD)

A few other changes:
- Add two functions into netlink.[ch] to delete ip4 and ip6 addresses.
- Remove a spurious logline (printing MTU) in netlink.c.
- Resolve a TODO around vnet_sw_interface_supports_addressing()

Type: improvement
Signed-off-by: Pim van Pelt <pim@ipng.nl>
Change-Id: I34fc070e80af4013be58d7a8cbf64296cc760e4e
Signed-off-by: Pim van Pelt <pim@ipng.nl>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/netlink.h b/src/vnet/devices/netlink.h
index f1c42609cbf..086781fdbff 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/netlink.h
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/netlink.h
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_get_link_mtu (int ifindex, u32 *mtu);
 clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_set_link_mtu (int ifindex, int mtu);
 clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_add_ip4_addr (int ifindex, void *addr,
 					 int pfx_len);
+clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_del_ip4_addr (int ifindex, void *addr, int pfx_len);
 clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_add_ip6_addr (int ifindex, void *addr,
 					 int pfx_len);
+clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_del_ip6_addr (int ifindex, void *addr, int pfx_len);
 clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_add_ip4_route (void *dst, u8 dst_len, void *gw);
 clib_error_t *vnet_netlink_add_ip6_route (void *dst, u8 dst_len, void *gw);