[GROW] Comment on draft-ietf-grow-bmp-tlv

"Dhananjay Patki (dhpatki)" <dhpatki@cisco.com> Wed, 10 January 2024 11:06 UTC

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From: "Dhananjay Patki (dhpatki)" <dhpatki@cisco.com>
To: Paolo Lucente <paolo@ntt.net>, "guyunan@huawei.com" <guyunan@huawei.com>, "grow@ietf.org" <grow@ietf.org>
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Subject: [GROW] Comment on draft-ietf-grow-bmp-tlv
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Hi Paulo, Yunan,

I have a few comments on draft-ietf-grow-bmp-tlv.

1. It would help to introduce the format of Group TLV in Section 4.2.1; just like how the format of the indexed TLV is introduced in Section 3. Currently, group_index is learnt only from the example in section 4.2.1.1.

2. In a group TLV, ‘index’ and ‘group_index’ are 2 different fields. ‘index’ is redundant (always set to 0). Index=0 means that the TLV applies to all NLRIs which is not true in case of Group TLV.


      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |            type=TBD2            |         length=0x000a       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |             index=0             |      group_index=0x000c     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                  value={0x0004,   0x0005,                     |
      |                         0x0006} |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

This could be avoided by using the index space itself for group_index, but differentiated using a bit called ‘G bit’. This bit, when set, would mean that the index is a group index.

Format:
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |        Type (2 octets)        |     Length (2 octets)         |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |G|      Index (15 bits)        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      ~                      Value (variable)                         ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Example:
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |            type=TBD2            |         length=0x000a       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |1|         index=0x000c          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                  value={0x0004,   0x0005,                     |
      |                         0x0006} |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

3. Section 4.2.1 says “One or more 2 bytes indexes ..”. Shouldn’t this be “Two or more 2 byte indexes ..”? If the TLV pertains to a single NLRI, Group TLV is not necessary.
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Regards,
Dhananjay