[MPLS] Why can we encapsulate outgoing label with reserved values?

[MPLS] Why can we encapsulate outgoing label with reserved values?

[Hangbin Liu]

Hi Robert, Eric,

In commit 5a9ab0176198 ("mpls: Prevent use of implicit NULL label as outgoing
label") I saw we disabled setting label 3. Is there a reason that why we did
not disable other reserved values(0-15)?

I saw function mpls_label_ok() checks the index and reject all reserved values.
With this two different handles, we can encap a reserved label, but could not
exchange or decapsulate the reserved labels. e.g.

# ip route add 10.10.10.2/32 encap mpls 3 via inet 10.3.3.1
Error: Implicit NULL Label (3) can not be used in encapsulation.
# ip route add 10.10.10.2/32 encap mpls 0 via inet 10.3.3.1
# ip -f mpls route add 0 via inet 10.3.3.1
Error: Invalid label - must be MPLS_LABEL_FIRST_UNRESERVED or higher.

Thanks
Hangbin