CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

• 0.5.2
  • ndb: read-only DB prototype
  • remote: support communication via stdio
  • general: fix async keyword -- Python 3.7 compatibility
    • svinota/pyroute2#467
    • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1583800
  • iproute: support monitoring on BSD systems via PF_ROUTE
  • rtnl: support for SQL schema in message classes
  • nl80211: improvements
    • svinota/pyroute2#512
    • svinota/pyroute2#514
    • svinota/pyroute2#515
  • netlink: support generators
• 0.5.1
  • ipdb: #310 -- route keying fix
  • ipdb: #483, #484 -- callback internals change
  • ipdb: #499 -- eventloop interface
  • ipdb: #500 -- fix non-default :: routes
  • netns: #448 -- API change: setns() doesn't remove FD
  • netns: #504 -- fix resource leakage
  • bsd: initial commits
• 0.5.0
  • ACHTUNG: ipdb commit logic is changed
  • ipdb: do not drop failed transactions
  • ipdb: #388 -- normalize IPv6 addresses
  • ipdb: #391 -- support both IPv4 and IPv6 default routes
  • ipdb: #392 -- fix MPLS route key reference
  • ipdb: #394 -- correctly work with route priorities
  • ipdb: #408 -- fix IPv6 routes in tables >= 256
  • ipdb: #416 -- fix VRF interfaces creation
  • ipset: multiple improvements
  • tuntap: #469 -- support s390x arch
  • nlsocket: #443 -- fix socket methods resolve order for Python2
  • netns: non-destructive netns.create()
• 0.4.18
  • ipdb: #379 [critical] -- routes in global commits
  • ipdb: #380 -- global commit with disabled plugins
  • ipdb: #381 -- exceptions fixed
  • ipdb: #382 -- manage dependent routes during interface commits
  • ipdb: #384 -- global review()
  • ipdb: #385 -- global drop()
  • netns: #383 -- support ppc64
  • general: public API refactored (same signatures; to be documented)
• 0.4.17
  • req: #374 [critical] -- mode nla init
  • iproute: #378 [critical] -- fix flush_routes() to respect filters
  • ifinfmsg: #376 -- fix data plugins API to support pyinstaller
• 0.4.16
  • ipdb: race fixed: remove port/bridge
  • ipdb: #280 -- race fixed: port/bridge
  • ipdb: #302 -- ipaddr views: [ifname].ipaddr.ipv4, [ifname]ipaddr.ipv6
  • ipdb: #357 -- allow bridge timings to have some delta
  • ipdb: #338 -- allow to fix interface objects from failed create()
  • rtnl: #336 -- fix vlan flags
  • iproute: #342 -- the match method takes any callable
  • nlsocket: #367 -- increase default SO_SNDBUF
  • ifinfmsg: support tuntap on armv6l, armv7l platforms
• 0.4.15
  • req: #365 -- full and short nla notation fixed, critical
  • iproute: #364 -- new method, brport()
  • ipdb: -- support bridge port options
• 0.4.14
  • event: new genl protocols set: VFS_DQUOT, acpi_event, thermal_event
  • ipdb: #310 -- fixed priority change on routes
  • ipdb: #349 -- fix setting ifalias on interfaces
  • ipdb: #353 -- mitigate kernel oops during bridge creation
  • ipdb: #354 -- allow to explicitly choose plugins to load
  • ipdb: #359 -- provide read-only context managers
  • rtnl: #336 -- vlan flags support
  • rtnl: #352 -- support interface type plugins
  • tc: #344 -- mirred action
  • tc: #346 -- connmark action
  • netlink: #358 -- memory optimization
  • config: #360 -- generic asyncio config
  • iproute: #362 -- allow to change or replace a qdisc
• 0.4.13
  • ipset: full rework of the IPSET_ATTR_DATA and IPSET_ATTR_ADT ACHTUNG: this commit may break API compatibility
  • ipset: hash:mac support
  • ipset: list:set support
  • ipdb: throw EEXIST when creates VLAN/VXLAN devs with same ID, but under different names
  • tests: #329 -- include unit tests into the bundle
  • legal: E/// logo removed
• 0.4.12
  • ipdb: #314 -- let users choose RTNL groups IPDB listens to
  • ipdb: #321 -- isolate net_ns_.* setup in a separate code block
  • ipdb: #322 -- IPv6 updates on interfaces in DOWN state
  • ifinfmsg: allow absolute/relative paths in the net_ns_fd NLA
  • ipset: #323 -- support setting counters on ipset add
  • ipset: headers() command
  • ipset: revisions
  • ipset: #326 -- mark types
• 0.4.11
  • rtnl: #284 -- support vlan_flags
  • ipdb: #288 -- do not inore link-local addresses
  • ipdb: #300 -- sort ip addresses
  • ipdb: #306 -- support net_ns_pid
  • ipdb: #307 -- fix IPv6 routes management
  • ipdb: #311 -- vlan interfaces address loading
  • iprsocket: #305 -- support NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID
• 0.4.10
  • devlink: fix fd leak on broken init
• 0.4.9
  • sock_diag: initial NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG support
  • rtnl: fix critical fd leak in the compat code
• 0.4.8
  • rtnl: compat proxying fix
• 0.4.7
  • rtnl: compat code is back
  • netns: custom netns path support
  • ipset: multiple improvements
• 0.4.6
  • ipdb: #278 -- fix initial ports mapping
  • ipset: #277 -- fix ADT attributes parsing
  • nl80211: #274, #275, #276 -- BSS-related fixes
• 0.4.5
  • ifinfmsg: GTP interfaces support
  • generic: devlink protocol support
  • generic: code cleanup
• 0.4.4
  • iproute: #262 -- get_vlans() fix
  • iproute: default mask 32 for IPv4 in addr()
  • rtmsg: #260 -- RTA_FLOW support
• 0.4.3
  • ipdb: #259 -- critical Interface class fix
  • benchmark: initial release
• 0.4.2
  • ipdb: event modules
  • ipdb: on-demand views
  • ipdb: rules management
  • ipdb: bridge controls
  • ipdb: #258 -- important Python compatibility fixes
  • netns: #257 -- pipe leak fix
  • netlink: support pickling for nlmsg
• 0.4.1
  • netlink: no buffer copying in the parser
  • netlink: parse NLA on demand
  • ipdb: #244 -- lwtunnel multipath fixes
  • iproute: #235 -- route types
  • docs updated
• 0.4.0
  • ACHTUNG: old kernels compatibility code is dropped
  • ACHTUNG: IPDB uses two separate sockets for monitoring and commands
  • ipdb: #244 -- multipath lwtunnel
  • ipdb: #242 -- AF_MPLS routes
  • ipdb: #241, #234 -- fix create(..., reuse=True)
  • ipdb: #239 -- route encap and metrics fixed
  • ipdb: #238 -- generic port management
  • ipdb: #235 -- support route scope and type
  • ipdb: #230, #232 -- routes GC (work in progress)
  • rtnl: #245 -- do not fail if /proc/net/psched doesn't exist
  • rtnl: #233 -- support VRF interfaces (requires net-next)
• 0.3.21
  • ipdb: #231 -- return ipdb.common as deprecated
• 0.3.20
  • iproute: vlan_filter()
  • iproute: #229 -- FDB management
  • general: exceptions re-exported via the root module
• 0.3.19
  • rtmsg: #227 -- MPLS lwtunnel basic support
  • iproute: route() docs updated
  • general: #228 -- exceptions layout changed
  • package-rh: rpm subpackages
• 0.3.18
  • version bump -- include docs in the release tarball
• 0.3.17
  • tcmsg: qdiscs and filters as plugins
  • tcmsg: #223 -- tc clsact and bpf direct-action
  • tcmsg: plug, codel, choke, drr qdiscs
  • tests: CI in VMs (see civm project)
  • tests: xunit output
  • ifinfmsg: tuntap support in i386, i686
  • ifinfmsg: #207 -- support vlan filters
  • examples: #226 -- included in the release tarball
  • ipdb: partial commits, initial support
• 0.3.16
  • ipdb: fix the multiple IPs in one commit case
  • rtnl: support veth peer attributes
  • netns: support 32bit i686
  • netns: fix MIPS support
  • netns: fix tun/tap creation
  • netns: fix interface move between namespaces
  • tcmsg: support hfsc, fq_codel, codel qdiscs
  • nftables: initial support
  • netlink: dump/load messages to/from simple types
• 0.3.15
  • netns: #194 -- fix fd leak
  • iproute: #184 -- fix routes dump
  • rtnl: TCA_ACT_BPF support
  • rtnl: ipvlan support
  • rtnl: OVS support removed
  • iproute: rule() improved to support all NLAs
  • project supported by Ericsson
• 0.3.14
  • package-rh: spec fixed
  • package-rh: both licenses added
  • remote: fixed the setup.py record
• 0.3.13
  • package-rh: new rpm for Fedora and CentOS
  • remote: new draft of the remote protocol
  • netns: refactored using the new remote protocol
  • ipdb: gretap support
• 0.3.12
  • ipdb: new Interface.wait_ip() routine
  • ipdb: #175 -- fix master attribute cleanup
  • ipdb: #171 -- support multipath routes
  • ipdb: memory consumption improvements
  • rtmsg: MPLS support
  • rtmsg: RTA_VIA support
  • iwutil: #174 -- fix FREQ_FIXED flag
• 0.3.11
  • ipdb: #161 -- fix memory allocations
  • nlsocket: #161 -- remove monitor mode
• 0.3.10
  • rtnl: added BPF filters
  • rtnl: LWtunnel support in ifinfmsg
  • ipdb: support address attributes
  • ipdb: global transactions, initial version
  • ipdb: routes refactored to use key index (speed up)
  • config: eventlet support embedded (thanks to Angus Lees)
  • iproute: replace tc classes
  • iproute: flush_addr(), flush_rules()
  • iproute: rule() refactored
  • netns: proxy file objects (stdin, stdout, stderr)
• 0.3.9
  • root imports: #109, #135 -- issubclass, isinstance
  • iwutil: multiple improvements
  • iwutil: initial tests
  • proxy: correctly forward NetlinkError
  • iproute: neighbour tables support
  • iproute: #147, filters on dump calls
  • config: initial usage of capabilities
• 0.3.8
  • docs: inheritance diagrams
  • nlsocket: #126, #132 -- resource deallocation
  • arch: #128, #131 -- MIPS support
  • setup.py: #133 -- syntax error during install on Python2
• 0.3.7
  • ipdb: new routing syntax
  • ipdb: sync interface movement between namespaces
  • ipdb: #125 -- fix route metrics
  • netns: new class NSPopen
  • netns: #119 -- i386 syscall
  • netns: #122 -- return correct errno
  • netlink: #126 -- fix socket reuse
• 0.3.6
  • dhcp: initial release DHCPv4
  • license: dual GPLv2+ and Apache v2.0
  • ovs: port add/delete
  • macvlan, macvtap: basic support
  • vxlan: basic support
  • ipset: basic support
• 0.3.5
  • netns: #90 -- netns setns support
  • generic: #99 -- support custom basic netlink socket classes
  • proxy-ng: #106 -- provide more diagnostics
  • nl80211: initial nl80211 support, iwutil module added
• 0.3.4
  • ipdb: #92 -- route metrics support
  • ipdb: #85 -- broadcast address specification
  • ipdb, rtnl: #84 -- veth support
  • ipdb, rtnl: tuntap support
  • netns: #84 -- network namespaces support, NetNS class
  • rtnl: proxy-ng API
  • pypi: #91 -- embed docs into the tarball
• 0.3.3
  • ipdb: restart on error
  • generic: handle non-existing family case
  • [fix]: #80 -- Python 2.6 unicode vs -O bug workaround
• 0.3.2
  • simple socket architecture
  • all the protocols now are based on NetlinkSocket, see examples
  • rpc: deprecated
  • iocore: deprecated
  • iproute: single-threaded socket object
  • ipdb: restart on errors
  • rtnl: updated ifinfmsg policies
• 0.3.1
  • module structure refactored
  • new protocol: ipq
  • new protocol: nfnetlink / nf-queue
  • new protocol: generic
  • threadless sockets for all the protocols
• 0.2.16
  • prepare the transition to 0.3.x
• 0.2.15
  • ipdb: fr #63 -- interface settings freeze
  • ipdb: fr #50, #51 -- bridge & bond options (initial version)
  • RHEL7 support
  • [fix]: #52 -- HTB: correct rtab compilation
  • [fix]: #53 -- RHEL6.5 bridge races
  • [fix]: #55 -- IPv6 on bridges
  • [fix]: #58 -- vlans as bridge ports
  • [fix]: #59 -- threads sync in iocore
• 0.2.14
  • [fix]: #44 -- incorrect netlink exceptions proxying
  • [fix]: #45 -- multiple issues with device targets
  • [fix]: #46 -- consistent exceptions
  • ipdb: LinkedSet cascade updates fixed
  • ipdb: allow to reuse existing interface in create()
• 0.2.13
  • [fix]: #43 -- pipe leak in the main I/O loop
  • tests: integrate examples, import into tests
  • iocore: use own TimeoutException instead of Queue.Empty
  • iproute: default routing table = 254
  • iproute: flush_routes() routine
  • iproute: fwmark parameter for rule() routine
  • iproute: destination and mask for rules
  • docs: netlink development guide
• 0.2.12
  • [fix]: #33 -- release resources only for bound sockets
  • [fix]: #37 -- fix commit targets
  • rtnl: HFSC support
  • rtnl: priomap fixed
• 0.2.11
  • ipdb: watchdogs to sync on RTNL events
  • ipdb: fix commit errors
  • generic: NLA operations, complement and intersection
  • docs: more autodocs in the code
  • tests: -W error: more strict testing now
  • tests: cover examples by the integration testing cycle
  • with -W error many resource leaks were fixed
• 0.2.10
  • ipdb: command chaining
  • ipdb: fix for RHEL6.5 Python "optimizations"
  • rtnl: support TCA_U32_ACT
  • [fix]: #32 -- NLA comparison
• 0.2.9
  • ipdb: support bridges and bonding interfaces on RHEL
  • ipdb: "shadow" interfaces (still in alpha state)
  • ipdb: minor fixes on routing and compat issues
  • ipdb: as a separate package (sub-module)
  • docs: include ipdb autodocs
  • rpc: include in setup.py
• 0.2.8
  • netlink: allow multiple NetlinkSocket allocation from one process
  • netlink: fix defragmentation for netlink-over-tcp
  • iocore: support forked IOCore and IOBroker as a separate process
  • ipdb: generic callbacks support
  • ipdb: routing support
  • rtnl: #30 -- support IFLA_INFO_DATA for bond interfaces
• 0.2.7
  • ipdb: use separate namespaces for utility functions and other stuff
  • ipdb: generic callbacks (see also IPDB.wait_interface())
  • iocore: initial multipath support
  • iocore: use of 16byte uuid4 for packet ids
• 0.2.6
  • rpc: initial version, REQ/REP, PUSH/PULL
  • iocore: shared IOLoop
  • iocore: AddrPool usage
  • iproute: policing in FW filter
  • python3 compatibility issues fixed
• 0.2.4
  • python3 compatibility issues fixed, tests passed
• 0.2.3
  • [fix]: #28 -- bundle issue
• 0.2.2
  • iocore: new component
  • iocore: separate IOCore and IOBroker
  • iocore: change from peer-to-peer to flat addresses
  • iocore: REP/REQ, PUSH/PULL
  • iocore: support for UDP PUSH/PULL
  • iocore: AddrPool component for addresses and nonces
  • generic: allow multiple re-encoding
• 0.1.12
  • ipdb: transaction commit callbacks
  • iproute: delete root qdisc (@chantra)
  • iproute: netem qdisc management (@chantra)
• 0.1.11
  • netlink: get qdiscs for particular interface
  • netlink: IPRSocket threadless objects
  • rtnl: u32 policy setup
  • iproute: filter actions, such as ok, drop and so on
  • iproute: changed syntax of commands, action → command
  • tests: htb, tbf tests added
• 0.1.10
  • [fix]: #8 -- default route fix, routes filtering
  • [fix]: #9 -- add/delete route routine improved
  • [fix]: #10 -- shutdown sequence fixed
  • [fix]: #11 -- close IPC pipes on release()
  • [fix]: #12 -- stop service threads on release()
  • netlink: debug mode added to be used with GUI
  • ipdb: interface removal
  • ipdb: fail on transaction sync timeout
  • tests: R/O mode added, use export PYROUTE2_TESTS_RO=True
• 0.1.9
  • tests: all races fixed
  • ipdb: half-sync commit(): wait for IPs and ports lists update
  • netlink: use pipes for in-process communication
  • Python 2.6 compatibility issue: remove copy.deepcopy() usage
  • QPython 2.7 for Android: works
• 0.1.8
  • complete refactoring of class names
  • Python 2.6 compatibility issues
  • tests: code coverage, multiple code fixes
  • plugins: ptrace message source
  • packaging: RH package
• 0.1.7
  • ipdb: interface creation: dummy, bond, bridge, vlan
  • ipdb: if_slaves interface obsoleted
  • ipdb: 'direct' mode
  • iproute: code refactored
  • examples: create() examples committed
• 0.1.6
  • netlink: tc ingress, sfq, tbf, htb, u32 partial support
  • ipdb: completely re-implemented transactional model (see docs)
  • generic: internal fields declaration API changed for nlmsg
  • tests: first unit tests committed
• 0.1.5
  • netlink: dedicated io buffering thread
  • netlink: messages reassembling
  • netlink: multi-uplink remote
  • netlink: masquerade remote requests
  • ipdb: represent interfaces hierarchy
  • iproute: decode VLAN info
• 0.1.4
  • netlink: remote netlink access
  • netlink: SSL/TLS server/client auth support
  • netlink: tcp and unix transports
  • docs: started sphinx docs
• 0.1.3
  • ipdb: context manager interface
  • ipdb: [fix] correctly handle ip addr changes in transaction
  • ipdb: [fix] make up()/down() methods transactional [#1]
  • iproute: mirror packets to 0 queue
  • iproute: [fix] handle primary ip address removal response
• 0.1.2
  • initial ipdb version
  • iproute fixes
• 0.1.1
  • initial release, iproute module