From: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
To: sbrivio@redhat.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au,
jmaloy@redhat.com, passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: [PATCH v7 00/13] Introduce multiple addresses and late binding
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:53:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260413005319.3295910-1-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.
v7: - Replaced commit #1 with one that fixes a return address
issue with DHCPv6
- Modified for_each_addr() macro to take 4 arguments
- Many more fixes and changes based on feedback and own
findings.
Jon Maloy (13):
dhcpv6: Fix reply destination to match client's source address
passt, pasta: 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
netlink, pasta: refactor function pasta_ns_conf()
conf, pasta: Track observed guest IPv4 addresses in unified address
array
conf, pasta: 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 | 20 +++-
conf.c | 200 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
dhcp.c | 22 ++--
dhcpv6.c | 115 +++++++++++---------
dhcpv6.h | 2 +-
fwd.c | 305 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
fwd.h | 8 ++
inany.h | 44 ++++++++
ip.h | 2 +
migrate.c | 240 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
ndp.c | 131 ++++++++++++++++-------
netlink.c | 70 +++++++------
netlink.h | 7 +-
passt.1 | 7 +-
passt.h | 78 +++++++++++---
pasta.c | 224 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
tap.c | 37 ++-----
tap.h | 2 -
18 files changed, 1054 insertions(+), 460 deletions(-)
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2.52.0
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-13 0:53 Jon Maloy [this message]
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 01/13] dhcpv6: Fix reply destination to match client's source address Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 02/13] passt, pasta: Introduce unified multi-address data structures Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 03/13] fwd: Unify guest accessibility checks with unified address array Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 04/13] arp: Check all configured addresses in ARP filtering Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 05/13] conf: Allow multiple -a/--address options per address family Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 06/13] netlink, conf: Read all addresses from template interface at startup Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 07/13] netlink, pasta: refactor function pasta_ns_conf() Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 08/13] conf, pasta: Track observed guest IPv4 addresses in unified address array Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 09/13] conf, pasta: Track observed guest IPv6 " Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 10/13] migrate: Update protocol to v3 for multi-address support Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 11/13] dhcp: Select address for DHCP distribution Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 12/13] dhcpv6: Select addresses for DHCPv6 distribution Jon Maloy
2026-04-13 0:53 ` [PATCH v7 13/13] ndp: Support advertising multiple prefixes in Router Advertisements Jon Maloy
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