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From: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
To: sbrivio@redhat.com, dgibson@redhat.com,
	david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, jmaloy@redhat.com,
	passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: [PATCH v6 00/13] Introduce multiple addresses and late binding
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:43:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260322004333.365713-1-jmaloy@redhat.com> (raw)


This series adds handling of multiple addresses into a unified address
array, so that a guest can see the same addresses on his own interface.

o All addresses are stored as union inany_addr
o User configured addresses are marked with a USER flag.
o Host provided addresses are marked with a HOST flag.
o Link local addresses are also marked with a LINKLOCAL flag.
o Addresses the guest is actually using are marked with an OBSERVED flag.
o Addresses eligible for DHCP assignments are marked with an DHCP flag.
o Addresses eligible for DHCPv6 advertisement are marked with an DHCPV6 flag.
o Addresses eligible for NDP advertisement are marked with an NDP flag.

v2:
  - Added the earlier standalone CIDR commit to the head of the series.
  - Replaced the guest namespace interface subscriptions with just
    an address observation feature, so that it works with both PASTA
    and PASST.
  - Unified 'no_copy_addrs' and 'copy_addrs' code paths, as suggested
    by David G.
  - Multiple other changes, also based on feedback from David.
  - Removed the host interface subscription patches, -for now.
    I intend to re-add them once this series is applied.
  - Outstanding question: When do we add an IPv4 link local address
    to the guest? Only in local/opaque mode? Only when
    explicitly requested? Always?

v3:
  - Unified the IPv4 and IPv6 arrays into one array
  - Changed prefix_len to always be in IPv6/IpV4 mapped format
  - Updated migration protocol to v3, handling multiple addresses
  - Many other smaller changes, based on feedback from the PASST team   

v4:
  - Numerous changes based on feedback
  - Added several new commits, mostly broken
    out of the pre-existing ones.

v5: - Re-introduced multiple OBSERVED addresses. This actually
      turned out to be cleaner and with more predictable behaviour
      than allowing only one.
    - Included the DHCP and NDP patches from previous versions,
      improved and updated according to feedback from the team.
    - Likewise re-included the host-side netlink commit to support
      late binding.

v6: - Skipped late binding commit for now.
    - Added commit for using a single print buffer in conf_print
    - Added commit for reading and adding all addresses from
      template interface.
    - Added commit for refactoring pasta_ns_conf().
    - Added separate address flags for DHCP, DHCPv6, and NDP,
      so that those are easy to recognize for their respective
      functions.
    - Split DHCP and DHCPv6 address selection into separate commits.
    - Updated migration protocol to v3 for multi-address support.
    - Numerous other smaller changes, both after feedback from
      David G. and issues I have identified myself.

Jon Maloy (13):
  conf: use a single buffer for print formatting in conf_print()
  ip: Introduce unified multi-address data structures
  fwd: Unify guest accessibility checks with unified address array
  arp: Check all configured addresses in ARP filtering
  conf: Allow multiple -a/--address options per address family
  netlink, conf: Read all addresses from template interface at startup
  ip: refactor function pasta_ns_conf()
  ip: Track observed guest IPv4 addresses in unified address array
  ip: Track observed guest IPv6 addresses in unified address array
  migrate: Update protocol to v3 for multi-address support
  dhcp: Select address for DHCP distribution
  dhcpv6: Select addresses for DHCPv6 distribution
  ndp: Support advertising multiple prefixes in Router Advertisements


 arp.c     |  17 +++-
 conf.c    | 225 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 dhcp.c    |  28 +++--
 dhcp.h    |   2 +-
 dhcpv6.c  | 120 +++++++++++++---------
 dhcpv6.h  |   2 +-
 fwd.c     | 300 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 fwd.h     |   8 ++
 igmp.c    |   1 +
 inany.h   |  13 +++
 ip.h      |   2 +
 migrate.c | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 ndp.c     | 129 ++++++++++++++++-------
 netlink.c |  66 ++++++------
 netlink.h |   5 +-
 passt.h   |  93 ++++++++++++++---
 pasta.c   | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 tap.c     |  75 ++++++++++----
 18 files changed, 1093 insertions(+), 459 deletions(-)

-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-22  0:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-22  0:43 Jon Maloy [this message]
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 01/13] conf: use a single buffer for print formatting in conf_print() Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 02/13] ip: Introduce unified multi-address data structures Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 03/13] fwd: Unify guest accessibility checks with unified address array Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 04/13] arp: Check all configured addresses in ARP filtering Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 05/13] conf: Allow multiple -a/--address options per address family Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 06/13] netlink, conf: Read all addresses from template interface at startup Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 07/13] ip: refactor function pasta_ns_conf() Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 08/13] ip: Track observed guest IPv4 addresses in unified address array Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 09/13] ip: Track observed guest IPv6 " Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 10/13] migrate: Update protocol to v3 for multi-address support Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 11/13] dhcp: Select address for DHCP distribution Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 12/13] dhcpv6: Select addresses for DHCPv6 distribution Jon Maloy
2026-03-22  0:43 ` [PATCH v6 13/13] ndp: Support advertising multiple prefixes in Router Advertisements Jon Maloy

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