From: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
To: sbrivio@redhat.com, dgibson@redhat.com, jmaloy@redhat.com,
passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/8] flow: add mac address of LAN local remote hosts to flow
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:21:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250612042152.695879-4-jmaloy@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250612042152.695879-1-jmaloy@redhat.com>
When communicating with remote hosts on the local network, some guest
applications want to see the real mac address of that host instead
of passt/pasta's own tap address. The flowside structure is a convenient
location for storing that address, so we do that in this commit.
Note that we don´t add usage of this address in this commit, - that
will come in later commits.
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
---
flow.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
flow.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/flow.c b/flow.c
index da5c813..fffc817 100644
--- a/flow.c
+++ b/flow.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include "flow.h"
#include "flow_table.h"
#include "repair.h"
+#include "netlink.h"
const char *flow_state_str[] = {
[FLOW_STATE_FREE] = "FREE",
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ struct flowside *flow_target(const struct ctx *c, union flow *flow,
{
char estr[INANY_ADDRSTRLEN], fstr[INANY_ADDRSTRLEN];
struct flow_common *f = &flow->f;
- const struct flowside *ini = &f->side[INISIDE];
+ struct flowside *ini = &f->side[INISIDE];
struct flowside *tgt = &f->side[TGTSIDE];
uint8_t tgtpif = PIF_NONE;
@@ -446,10 +447,16 @@ struct flowside *flow_target(const struct ctx *c, union flow *flow,
ASSERT(f->type == FLOW_TYPE_NONE);
ASSERT(f->pif[INISIDE] != PIF_NONE && f->pif[TGTSIDE] == PIF_NONE);
ASSERT(flow->f.state == FLOW_STATE_INI);
+ memcpy(ini->mac, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_ALEN);
+ memcpy(tgt->mac, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_ALEN);
switch (f->pif[INISIDE]) {
case PIF_TAP:
tgtpif = fwd_nat_from_tap(c, proto, ini, tgt);
+
+ /* If remote host on local network - insert its mac address */
+ if (!memcmp(&tgt->eaddr, &ini->oaddr, sizeof(ini->oaddr)))
+ nl_mac_get(nl_sock, &ini->oaddr, ini->mac);
break;
case PIF_SPLICE:
@@ -458,6 +465,10 @@ struct flowside *flow_target(const struct ctx *c, union flow *flow,
case PIF_HOST:
tgtpif = fwd_nat_from_host(c, proto, ini, tgt);
+
+ /* If remote host on local network - insert its mac address */
+ if (!memcmp(&tgt->oaddr, &ini->eaddr, sizeof(ini->eaddr)))
+ nl_mac_get(nl_sock, &tgt->oaddr, tgt->mac);
break;
default:
diff --git a/flow.h b/flow.h
index cac618a..916951b 100644
--- a/flow.h
+++ b/flow.h
@@ -143,12 +143,14 @@ extern const uint8_t flow_proto[];
* @oaddr: Our address (local address from passt's PoV)
* @eport: Endpoint port
* @oport: Our port
+ * @mac: MAC address of remote endpoint
*/
struct flowside {
union inany_addr oaddr;
union inany_addr eaddr;
in_port_t oport;
in_port_t eport;
+ unsigned char mac[6];
};
/**
--
@@ -143,12 +143,14 @@ extern const uint8_t flow_proto[];
* @oaddr: Our address (local address from passt's PoV)
* @eport: Endpoint port
* @oport: Our port
+ * @mac: MAC address of remote endpoint
*/
struct flowside {
union inany_addr oaddr;
union inany_addr eaddr;
in_port_t oport;
in_port_t eport;
+ unsigned char mac[6];
};
/**
--
2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-12 4:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-12 4:21 [PATCH v2 0/8] use true mac address of LAN local remote hosts Jon Maloy
2025-06-12 4:21 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] netlink: Add function to extract mac addresses from arp table Jon Maloy
2025-06-12 15:17 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-06-13 6:11 ` David Gibson
2025-06-12 4:21 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] arp: respond with true mac address of LAN local remote hosts Jon Maloy
2025-06-12 15:17 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-06-12 4:21 ` Jon Maloy [this message]
2025-06-12 15:17 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] flow: add mac address of LAN local remote hosts to flow Stefano Brivio
2025-06-14 13:22 ` David Gibson
2025-06-12 4:21 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] udp: forward external source mac address through tap interface Jon Maloy
2025-06-12 15:17 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-06-12 4:21 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] tcp: " Jon Maloy
2025-06-12 15:17 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-06-12 4:21 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] tap: change signature of function tap_push_l2h() Jon Maloy
2025-06-12 15:17 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-06-12 4:21 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] tcp: make tcp_rst_no_conn() respond with correct mac address Jon Maloy
2025-06-12 15:17 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-06-12 4:21 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] icmp: let icmp use mac address from flowside structure Jon Maloy
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