Re: [netmod] Issue with path statements in RPC

[Martin Björklund <[e-mail]>]

Italo Busi <[e-mail]> wrote:
> We have found some issues with RPC XPaths when developing the YANG
> code for
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-teas-yang-path-computation
> 
> As discussed during the TEAS WG session in IETF 108, this issue has
> been raised on pyang github:
> https://github.com/mbj4668/pyang/issues/662
> 
> It was also suggested to check with Netmod WG what should be the
> correct behavior according to RFC7950.
> 
> The following code is accepted by pyang 1.75 but not by pyang 2.1:
> 
>     type leafref {
>       path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/te:input/"
>          + "te:path-compute-info/"
>         + "te-pc:tunnel-attributes/te-pc:tunnel-name";
>     }
> 
> The following code instead is accepted by pyang 2.1 but not by pyang
> 1.7.5:
> 
>     type leafref {
>       path "/te:tunnels-path-compute/"
>          + "te:path-compute-info/"
>         + "te-pc:tunnel-attributes/te-pc:tunnel-name";
>     }

The leafref path is an XPath expression, which operates on the data
tree (instance data).  The "input" node is not present in the instance
data / data tree.  See section 6.4.1 of RFC 7950.

So the latter path (as verfied by pyang 2.1) is correct.

> Moreover the following when statement, which is quite useful to
> constraint which information is provided by the RPC output based on
> some attributes in the RPC input, is accepted by pyang 1.7.5 but not
> accepted by pyang 2.1;
> 
>   augment "/te:tunnels-actions/te:output" {
>     description
>       "Augment Tunnels Action RPC input with path delete result";
> 
>     container path-computed-delete-result {
>       when "derived-from-or-self(../../te:input/te:action-info/"
>          + "te:action, 'tunnel-action-path-compute-delete')";
>       description "Path Delete RPC output";
>       leaf-list path-compute-transaction-id {
>         type string;
>         description
>           "The list of the transaction-id values of the
>            transient states that have been successfully deleted";
>       }
>     }   // container path-computed-delete-result
>   }   // path-delete rpc output
> 
> 
> Could you please help us to understand what is the correct behavior?
> 
> In case the correct behavior is the one of pyang 2.1, our
> understanding is that it would not be possible to provide in YANG when
> constraints for the data nodes in the RPC output depending on specific
> values of the data nodes used in the RPC input. Therefore these
> constraints should be specified as behavior and implemented in the
> back-end.
> 
> Is our understanding correct?

Yes, this is correct.  It is not possible to refer to the
corresponding "input" instance data in the XPath expressions for the
"output".


/martin


> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Sergio and Italo (on behalf of co-authors/contributors)
> 
> Italo Busi
> Principal Optical Transport Network Research Engineer
> 
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