From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] fwd_rule: Parse target addresses for forwarding rules
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 17:32:14 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702073215.751291-2-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702073215.751291-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Extend the parsing of forwarding rules (-[tu]) to allow the destination
address on the target side to be specified. For now just parse them, and
give an error if we try to create rules with a specified target address.
We'll implement the actual forwarding logic in another patch.
Format (for either command line or pesto):
-t 2222:192.0.2.1/2222
This should work along with all the other bits, that is, say:
-t 192.0.2.1%eth0/2222-2225:192.0.2.2/22-25
FIXME: Ban for -[TU] for now
FIXME: Check interaction with splice handling
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
[dwg: Syntax from Stefano's earlier draft, largely rewritten on top of new
parsing helpers]
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
fwd_rule.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
passt.1 | 31 +++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fwd_rule.c b/fwd_rule.c
index ef35e1b4..bed29ed9 100644
--- a/fwd_rule.c
+++ b/fwd_rule.c
@@ -378,14 +378,17 @@ int fwd_rule_add(struct fwd_table *fwd, const struct fwd_rule *new)
* @first: First port to forward
* @last: Last port to forward
* @exclude: Bitmap of ports to exclude (may be NULL)
- * @to: Port to translate @first to when forwarding
+ * @tgt_addr: Destination address on the target side
+ * @tgt_first: Destination port to use for @first on the target side
* @flags: Flags for forwarding entries
*/
static void fwd_rule_range_except(struct fwd_table *fwd, bool del,
uint8_t proto, const union inany_addr *addr,
const char *ifname,
uint16_t first, uint16_t last,
- const uint8_t *exclude, uint16_t to,
+ const uint8_t *exclude,
+ const union inany_addr *tgt_addr,
+ uint16_t tgt_first,
uint8_t flags)
{
struct fwd_rule rule = {
@@ -394,10 +397,31 @@ static void fwd_rule_range_except(struct fwd_table *fwd, bool del,
.proto = proto,
.flags = flags,
};
+ unsigned delta = tgt_first - first;
char rulestr[FWD_RULE_STRLEN];
- unsigned delta = to - first;
unsigned base, i;
+ if (tgt_addr && !inany_is_unspecified(tgt_addr)) {
+ char astr[INANY_ADDRSTRLEN];
+
+ if (!inany_is_unicast(tgt_addr)) {
+ die("Target address %s is not unicast",
+ inany_ntop(tgt_addr, astr, sizeof(astr)));
+ }
+ if (!addr || !!inany_v4(addr) != !!inany_v4(tgt_addr)) {
+ char bstr[INANY_ADDRSTRLEN];
+
+ die(
+"Forwarding between IP versions (%s => %s) not implemented",
+ inany_ntop(addr, bstr, sizeof(bstr)),
+ inany_ntop(tgt_addr, astr, sizeof(astr)));
+ }
+
+ info("Target address: %s",
+ inany_ntop(tgt_addr, astr, sizeof(astr)));
+ die("Target address remapping not yet implemented");
+ }
+
if (!addr)
rule.flags |= FWD_DUAL_STACK_ANY;
if (ifname) {
@@ -458,19 +482,31 @@ enum fwd_port_chunk_kind {
* @cursor: Parsing point (see parse.c)
* @kindp: Updated with kind of chunk we parsed
* @lrange: Updated with listening port range (for INCLUDE & EXCLUDE)
+ * @taddr: Updated with target address (for INCLUDE & ALL)
* @trange: Updated with target port range (for INCLUDE)
*/
static bool parse_port_chunk(const char **cursor,
enum fwd_port_chunk_kind *kindp,
struct port_range *lrange,
+ union inany_addr *taddr,
struct port_range *trange)
{
struct port_range lr = { 0 }, tr = { 0 };
+ union inany_addr taddr_tmp = inany_any6;
enum fwd_port_chunk_kind kind;
const char *p = *cursor;
if (parse_literal(&p, "all")) {
+ const char *tgtspec = p;
+
kind = CHUNK_ALL;
+ if (p = tgtspec,
+ parse_literal(&p, ":") &&
+ parse_inany(&p, &taddr_tmp)) {
+ /* Target address */
+ } else {
+ p = tgtspec;
+ }
} else if (parse_literal(&p, "auto")) {
kind = CHUNK_AUTO;
} else if (parse_literal(&p, "~")) {
@@ -478,12 +514,29 @@ static bool parse_port_chunk(const char **cursor,
if (!parse_port_range(&p, &lr))
return false;
} else if (parse_port_range(&p, &lr)) {
- kind = CHUNK_INCLUDE;
+ const char *tgtspec = p;
- if (parse_literal(&p, ":")) {
- if (!parse_port_range(&p, &tr))
- return false;
+ kind = CHUNK_INCLUDE;
+ if (p = tgtspec,
+ parse_literal(&p, ":") &&
+ parse_inany(&p, &taddr_tmp) &&
+ parse_literal(&p, "/") &&
+ parse_port_range(&p, &tr)) {
+ /* Target address & range */
+ } else if (p = tgtspec,
+ parse_literal(&p, ":") &&
+ parse_inany(&p, &taddr_tmp)) {
+ /* Target address only */
+ tr = lr;
+ } else if (p = tgtspec,
+ parse_literal(&p, ":") &&
+ parse_port_range(&p, &tr)) {
+ /* Target range only */
+ taddr_tmp = inany_any6;
} else {
+ p = tgtspec;
+ /* No target specification */
+ taddr_tmp = inany_any6;
tr = lr;
}
} else {
@@ -492,6 +545,8 @@ static bool parse_port_chunk(const char **cursor,
*kindp = kind;
*lrange = lr;
+ if (taddr)
+ *taddr = taddr_tmp;
if (trange)
*trange = tr;
*cursor = p;
@@ -551,6 +606,7 @@ static void fwd_rule_parse_ports(struct fwd_table *fwd, bool del, uint8_t proto,
const char *spec)
{
uint8_t exclude[PORT_BITMAP_SIZE] = { 0 };
+ union inany_addr all_taddr = inany_any6;
enum fwd_port_chunk_kind kind;
struct port_range lrange;
bool exclude_only = true;
@@ -561,7 +617,7 @@ static void fwd_rule_parse_ports(struct fwd_table *fwd, bool del, uint8_t proto,
/* Consider excluded ranges and "auto" in the first pass */
p = spec;
do {
- if (!parse_port_chunk(&p, &kind, &lrange, NULL))
+ if (!parse_port_chunk(&p, &kind, &lrange, NULL, NULL))
goto bad;
switch (kind) {
@@ -586,14 +642,19 @@ static void fwd_rule_parse_ports(struct fwd_table *fwd, bool del, uint8_t proto,
p = spec;
do {
struct port_range trange;
+ union inany_addr taddr;
- if (!parse_port_chunk(&p, &kind, &lrange, &trange))
+ if (!parse_port_chunk(&p, &kind, &lrange, &taddr, &trange))
goto bad;
switch (kind) {
- case CHUNK_AUTO: /* already handled */
- case CHUNK_EXCLUDE: /* already handled */
- case CHUNK_ALL: /* handled later */
+ case CHUNK_AUTO:
+ case CHUNK_EXCLUDE:
+ continue; /* already handled */
+
+ case CHUNK_ALL:
+ /* Save the address to use later */
+ all_taddr = taddr;
continue;
case CHUNK_INCLUDE:
@@ -604,7 +665,8 @@ static void fwd_rule_parse_ports(struct fwd_table *fwd, bool del, uint8_t proto,
fwd_rule_range_except(fwd, del, proto, addr, ifname,
lrange.first, lrange.last,
- exclude, trange.first, flags);
+ exclude, &taddr, trange.first,
+ flags);
break;
default:
goto bad;
@@ -620,7 +682,7 @@ static void fwd_rule_parse_ports(struct fwd_table *fwd, bool del, uint8_t proto,
fwd_rule_range_except(fwd, del, proto, addr, ifname,
1, NUM_PORTS - 1, exclude,
- 1, flags | FWD_WEAK);
+ &all_taddr, 1, flags | FWD_WEAK);
}
return;
bad:
diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1
index c3722ef9..9ece0e0c 100644
--- a/passt.1
+++ b/passt.1
@@ -449,12 +449,15 @@ interface name (since Linux 5.7) can be specified.
\fIports\fR is a comma-separated list of entries which may be any of:
.TP
-\fIfirst\fR[\fB-\fR\fIlast\fR][\fB:\fR\fItofirst\fR[\fB-\fR\fItolast\fR]]
+\fIfirst\fR[\fB-\fR\fIlast\fR][\fB:\fR[\fItoaddr\fR\fB/\fR]\fItofirst\fR[\fB-\fR\fItolast\fR]]
+.TP
+\fIfirst\fR[\fB-\fR\fIlast\fR][\fB:\fR\fItoaddr\fR]
Include range. Forward port numbers between \fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR
-(inclusive) to ports between \fItofirst\fR and \fItolast\fR. If
-\fItofirst\fR and \fItolast\fR are omitted, assume the same as
-\fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR. If \fIlast\fR is omitted, assume the same
-as \fIfirst\fR.
+(inclusive) to ports between \fItofirst\fR and \fItolast\fR to address
+\fItoaddr\fR. If \fItoaddr\fR is omitted, automatically determine the
+guest or namespace address. If \fItofirst\fR and \fItolast\fR are
+omitted, assume the same as \fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR. If \fIlast\fR
+is omitted, assume the same as \fIfirst\fR.
.TP
\fB~\fR\fIfirst\fR[\fB-\fR\fIlast\fR]
@@ -462,11 +465,13 @@ Exclude range. Don't forward port numbers between \fIfirst\fR and
\fIlast\fR. This takes precedences over include ranges.
.TP
-.BR all
+.BR all\fR[\fB:\fItoaddr\fR]
Forward all unbound, non-ephemeral ports, not covered by exclude
-ranges above, as permitted by current capabilities. For low (< 1024)
-ports, see \fBNOTES\fR. No failures are reported for unavailable
-ports, unless no ports could be forwarded at all.
+ranges above, as permitted by current capabilities, to the
+corresponding ports on address \fItoaddr\fR. If \fItoaddr\fR is
+omitted, automatically determine the guest or namespace address. For
+low (< 1024) ports, see \fBNOTES\fR. No failures are reported for
+unavailable ports, unless no ports could be forwarded at all.
.TP
.BR auto
@@ -516,6 +521,14 @@ Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1 and interface eth0, to port 22
-t %eth0/22
Forward local port 22, bound to any address on interface eth0, to port 22
.TP
+-t 0.0.0.0/5000:192.0.2.5/6000
+Forward local port 5000, bound to any IPv4 address, to port 6000 on address 192.0.2.5.
+.TP
+-t 127.0.0.6/all:192.0.2.6
+For the local address 127.0.0.6 forward all unbound, non-ephemeral
+ports as permitted by current capabilities to the corresponding port
+on 192.0.2.6.
+.TP
-t 2000-5000,~3000-3010
Forward local ports between 2000 and 5000, except for those between 3000 and
3010
--
2.55.0
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