From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>, passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH v4 04/14] conf, fwd: Record "auto" port forwards in forwarding table
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:50:35 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260115085045.3309818-5-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260115085045.3309818-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Currently the forwarding table records details of explicit port forwards,
but nothing for -[tTuU] auto. That looks a little odd on the debug output,
and will be a problem for future changes.
Extend the forward table to have rules for auto-scanned forwards,
using a new FWD_SCAN flag. For now the mechanism of auto port
forwarding isn't updated, and we will only create a single FWD_SCAN
rule per protocol and direction. We'll better integrate auto scanning
with other forward table mechanics in future.
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
conf.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
fwd.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
fwd.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 475dbe04..fb6a8118 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int parse_port_range(const char *s, char **endptr,
* @ifname: Listening interface
* @first: First port to forward
* @last: Last port to forward
- * @exclude: Bitmap of ports to exclude
+ * @exclude: Bitmap of ports to exclude (may be NULL)
* @to: Port to translate @first to when forwarding
* @flags: Flags for forwarding entries
*/
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ static void conf_ports_range_except(const struct ctx *c, char optname,
}
for (base = first; base <= last; base++) {
- if (bitmap_isset(exclude, base))
+ if (exclude && bitmap_isset(exclude, base))
continue;
for (i = base; i <= last; i++) {
- if (bitmap_isset(exclude, i))
+ if (exclude && bitmap_isset(exclude, i))
break;
if (bitmap_isset(fwd->map, i)) {
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ static void conf_ports_range_except(const struct ctx *c, char optname,
"Altering mapping of already mapped port number: %s", optarg);
}
- if (optname == 't')
+ if (!(flags & FWD_SCAN) && optname == 't')
fd = tcp_listen(c, PIF_HOST, addr, ifname, i);
- else if (optname == 'u')
+ else if (!(flags & FWD_SCAN) && optname == 'u')
fd = udp_listen(c, PIF_HOST, addr, ifname, i);
else
/* No way to check in advance for -T and -U */
@@ -2200,6 +2200,27 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
if (!c->udp.fwd_out.mode)
c->udp.fwd_out.mode = fwd_default;
+ if (c->tcp.fwd_in.mode == FWD_AUTO) {
+ conf_ports_range_except(c, 't', "auto", &c->tcp.fwd_in,
+ NULL, NULL, 1, NUM_PORTS - 1,
+ NULL, 1, FWD_SCAN);
+ }
+ if (c->tcp.fwd_out.mode == FWD_AUTO) {
+ conf_ports_range_except(c, 'T', "auto", &c->tcp.fwd_out,
+ NULL, "lo", 1, NUM_PORTS - 1,
+ NULL, 1, FWD_SCAN);
+ }
+ if (c->udp.fwd_in.mode == FWD_AUTO) {
+ conf_ports_range_except(c, 'u', "auto", &c->udp.fwd_in,
+ NULL, NULL, 1, NUM_PORTS - 1,
+ NULL, 1, FWD_SCAN);
+ }
+ if (c->udp.fwd_out.mode == FWD_AUTO) {
+ conf_ports_range_except(c, 'U', "auto", &c->udp.fwd_out,
+ NULL, "lo", 1, NUM_PORTS - 1,
+ NULL, 1, FWD_SCAN);
+ }
+
if (!c->quiet)
conf_print(c);
}
diff --git a/fwd.c b/fwd.c
index e80312fb..588bf24a 100644
--- a/fwd.c
+++ b/fwd.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ void fwd_rule_add(struct fwd_ports *fwd, uint8_t flags,
in_port_t first, in_port_t last, in_port_t to)
{
/* Flags which can be set from the caller */
- const uint8_t allowed_flags = FWD_WEAK;
+ const uint8_t allowed_flags = FWD_WEAK | FWD_SCAN;
struct fwd_rule *new;
unsigned port;
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ void fwd_rule_add(struct fwd_ports *fwd, uint8_t flags,
for (port = new->first; port <= new->last; port++) {
/* Fill in the legacy data structures to match the table */
- bitmap_set(fwd->map, port);
+ if (!(new->flags & FWD_SCAN))
+ bitmap_set(fwd->map, port);
fwd->delta[port] = new->to - new->first;
}
}
@@ -395,21 +396,25 @@ void fwd_rules_print(const struct fwd_ports *fwd)
for (i = 0; i < fwd->count; i++) {
const struct fwd_rule *rule = &fwd->rules[i];
const char *percent = *rule->ifname ? "%" : "";
+ const char *weak = "", *scan = "";
char addr[INANY_ADDRSTRLEN];
- const char *weak = "";
inany_ntop(fwd_rule_addr(rule), addr, sizeof(addr));
if (rule->flags & FWD_WEAK)
weak = " (best effort)";
+ if (rule->flags & FWD_SCAN)
+ scan = " (auto-scan)";
if (rule->first == rule->last) {
- info(" [%s]%s%s:%hu => %hu %s",
+ info(" [%s]%s%s:%hu => %hu %s%s",
addr, percent, rule->ifname,
- rule->first, rule->to, weak);
+ rule->first, rule->to, weak, scan);
} else {
- info(" [%s]%s%s:%hu-%hu => %hu-%hu %s",
- addr, percent, rule->ifname, rule->first, rule->last,
- rule->to, rule->last - rule->first + rule->to, weak);
+ info(" [%s]%s%s:%hu-%hu => %hu-%hu %s%s",
+ addr, percent, rule->ifname,
+ rule->first, rule->last,
+ rule->to, rule->last - rule->first + rule->to,
+ weak, scan);
}
}
}
diff --git a/fwd.h b/fwd.h
index d2a59c15..cc7e0aca 100644
--- a/fwd.h
+++ b/fwd.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ bool fwd_port_is_ephemeral(in_port_t port);
* @flags: Flag mask
* FWD_DUAL_STACK_ANY - match any IPv4 or IPv6 address (@addr should be ::)
* FWD_WEAK - Don't give an error if binds fail for some forwards
+ * FWD_SCAN - Only forward if the matching port in the target is listening
*
* FIXME: @addr and @ifname currently ignored for outbound tables
*/
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ struct fwd_rule {
in_port_t to;
#define FWD_DUAL_STACK_ANY BIT(0)
#define FWD_WEAK BIT(1)
+#define FWD_SCAN BIT(2)
uint8_t flags;
};
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-15 8:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-15 8:50 [PATCH v4 00/14] Introduce " David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] inany: Extend inany_ntop() to treat NULL as a fully unspecified address David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] conf, fwd: Keep a table of our port forwarding configuration David Gibson
2026-01-15 23:01 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-01-16 0:20 ` David Gibson
2026-01-16 0:25 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-01-16 0:48 ` David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] conf: Accurately record ifname and address for outbound forwards David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] fwd: Make space to store listening sockets in forward table David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] ip: Add ipproto_name() function David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] fwd, tcp, udp: Set up listening sockets based on forward table David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] tcp, udp: Remove old auto-forwarding socket arrays David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] conf, fwd: Check forwarding table for conflicting rules David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] fwd: Generate auto-forward exclusions from socket fd tables David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] flow, fwd: Consult rules table when forwarding a new flow from socket David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] fwd: Remap ports based directly on forwarding rule David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] fwd, tcp, udp: Add forwarding rule to listening socket epoll references David Gibson
2026-01-15 8:50 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] flow, fwd: Optimise forwarding rule lookup using epoll ref when possible David Gibson
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