From: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
To: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>, passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>,
David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 14/18] pesto: Read current ruleset from passt/pasta and optionally display it
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 18:10:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <709b03c7-23b8-441a-a240-c55c4e4d9e36@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260503215601.823029-15-sbrivio@redhat.com>
On 5/3/26 23:55, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
>
> Implement serialisation of our current forwarding rules in conf.c,
> deserialising it to display in the pesto client. Doing this requires
> adding ip.c, inany.c, bitmap.c, lineread.c and fwd_rule.c to the pesto
> build. With previous preparations that now requires only a trivial change
> to lineread.c.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> [sbrivio: Use ntohs() for rule->to instead of htons() in
> fwd_rule_read(), reported by Jon Maloy]
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
With the "pc->fwd.count <= MAX_FWD_RULES" check added below, add:
Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
More cosmetics nit below
> ---
> Makefile | 17 +++++++++++++----
> conf.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> fwd_rule.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> fwd_rule.h | 4 ++++
> lineread.c | 2 +-
> pesto.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> pesto.h | 6 ++++++
> 7 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 6da76b4..057e4eb 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ PASST_SRCS = arch.c arp.c bitmap.c checksum.c conf.c dhcp.c dhcpv6.c \
> vhost_user.c virtio.c vu_common.c
> QRAP_SRCS = qrap.c
> PASST_REPAIR_SRCS = passt-repair.c
> -PESTO_SRCS = pesto.c serialise.c
> +PESTO_SRCS = pesto.c bitmap.c fwd_rule.c inany.c ip.c lineread.c serialise.c
> SRCS = $(PASST_SRCS) $(QRAP_SRCS) $(PASST_REPAIR_SRCS) $(PESTO_SRCS)
>
> MANPAGES = passt.1 pasta.1 pesto.1 qrap.1 passt-repair.1
> @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ PASST_HEADERS = arch.h arp.h bitmap.h checksum.h common.h conf.h dhcp.h \
> QRAP_HEADERS = arp.h ip.h passt.h util.h
> PASST_REPAIR_HEADERS = linux_dep.h
> PESTO_HEADERS = common.h pesto.h log.h serialise.h
Duplicate PESTO_HEADERS ^ v
> +PESTO_HEADERS = common.h pesto.h bitmap.h fwd_rule.h inany.h ip.h lineread.h \
> + log.h serialise.h
>
> C := \#include <sys/random.h>\nint main(){int a=getrandom(0, 0, 0);}
> ifeq ($(shell printf "$(C)" | $(CC) -S -xc - -o - >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?),0)
> @@ -223,15 +225,22 @@ cppcheck: passt.cppcheck passt-repair.cppcheck pesto.cppcheck qrap.cppcheck
> $(CPPCHECK) $(CPPCHECK_FLAGS) $(BASE_CPPFLAGS) $^
>
> passt.cppcheck: BASE_CPPFLAGS += -UPESTO
> -passt.cppcheck: CPPCHECK_FLAGS += --suppress=unusedFunction:serialise.c
> +passt.cppcheck: CPPCHECK_FLAGS += \
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:fwd_rule.c \
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:serialise.c
> passt.cppcheck: $(PASST_SRCS) $(PASST_HEADERS) seccomp.h
>
> passt-repair.cppcheck: $(PASST_REPAIR_SRCS) $(PASST_REPAIR_HEADERS) seccomp_repair.h
>
> pesto.cppcheck: BASE_CPPFLAGS += -DPESTO
> pesto.cppcheck: CPPCHECK_FLAGS += \
> - --suppress=unusedFunction:serialise.c \
> - --suppress=staticFunction:serialise.c
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:bitmap.c \
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:inany.h \
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:inany.c \
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:ip.h \
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:fwd_rule.c \
> + --suppress=staticFunction:fwd_rule.c \
> + --suppress=unusedFunction:serialise.c
> pesto.cppcheck: $(PESTO_SRCS) $(PESTO_HEADERS) seccomp_pesto.h
>
> qrap.cppcheck: BASE_CPPFLAGS += -DARCH=\"$(TARGET_ARCH)\"
> diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
> index 3b2fe42..5e4e81e 100644
> --- a/conf.c
> +++ b/conf.c
> @@ -1939,21 +1939,30 @@ static int conf_send_rules(const struct ctx *c, int fd)
> unsigned pif;
>
> for (pif = 0; pif < PIF_NUM_TYPES; pif++) {
> + struct fwd_table *fwd = c->fwd[pif];
> struct pesto_pif_info info;
> + unsigned i;
> int rc;
>
> - if (!c->fwd[pif])
> + if (!fwd)
> continue;
>
> assert(pif != PIF_NONE);
>
> rc = snprintf(info.name, sizeof(info.name), "%s", pif_name(pif));
> assert(rc >= 0 && (size_t)rc < sizeof(info.name));
> + info.caps = htonl(fwd->caps);
> + info.count = htonl(fwd->count);
>
> if (write_u8(fd, pif) < 0)
> return -1;
> if (write_all_buf(fd, &info, sizeof(info)) < 0)
> return -1;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < fwd->count; i++) {
> + if (fwd_rule_write(fd, &fwd->rules[i]))
> + return -1;
> + }
> }
>
> if (write_u8(fd, PIF_NONE) < 0)
> @@ -2006,6 +2015,7 @@ static void conf_accept(struct ctx *c)
> .magic = PESTO_SERVER_MAGIC,
> .version = htonl(PESTO_PROTOCOL_VERSION),
> .pif_name_size = htonl(PIF_NAME_SIZE),
> + .ifnamsiz = htonl(IFNAMSIZ),
> };
> union epoll_ref ref = { .type = EPOLL_TYPE_CONF };
> struct ucred uc = { 0 };
> diff --git a/fwd_rule.c b/fwd_rule.c
> index 7fd20dd..da9d893 100644
> --- a/fwd_rule.c
> +++ b/fwd_rule.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
> #include "fwd_rule.h"
> #include "lineread.h"
> #include "log.h"
> +#include "serialise.h"
>
> /* Ephemeral port range: values from RFC 6335 */
> static in_port_t fwd_ephemeral_min = (1 << 15) + (1 << 14);
> @@ -645,3 +646,43 @@ void fwd_rule_parse(char optname, const char *optarg, struct fwd_table *fwd)
>
> fwd_rule_parse_ports(fwd, proto, addr, ifname, spec);
> }
> +
> +
> +/**
> + * fwd_rule_read() - Read serialised rule from an fd
> + * @fd: fd to serialise to
should be "fd to deserialise from" (or something like that)
> + * @rule: Buffer to store rule into
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, -1 on error (with errno set)
> + */
> +int fwd_rule_read(int fd, struct fwd_rule *rule)
> +{
> + if (read_all_buf(fd, rule, sizeof(*rule)))
> + return -1;
> +
> + /* Byteswap for host */
> + rule->first = ntohs(rule->first);
> + rule->last = ntohs(rule->last);
> + rule->to = ntohs(rule->to);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * fwd_rule_write() - Serialise rule to an fd
> + * @fd: fd to serialise to
> + * @rule: Rule to send
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, -1 on error (with errno set)
> + */
> +int fwd_rule_write(int fd, const struct fwd_rule *rule)
> +{
> + struct fwd_rule tmp = *rule;
> +
> + /* Byteswap for transport */
> + tmp.first = htons(tmp.first);
> + tmp.last = htons(tmp.last);
> + tmp.to = htons(tmp.to);
> +
> + return write_all_buf(fd, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
> +}
> diff --git a/fwd_rule.h b/fwd_rule.h
> index f51f1b4..330d49e 100644
> --- a/fwd_rule.h
> +++ b/fwd_rule.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
> #define FWD_CAP_UDP BIT(3)
> #define FWD_CAP_SCAN BIT(4)
> #define FWD_CAP_IFNAME BIT(5)
> +#define FWD_CAP_ALL (FWD_CAP_IPV4 | FWD_CAP_IPV6 | FWD_CAP_TCP | \
> + FWD_CAP_UDP | FWD_CAP_SCAN | FWD_CAP_IFNAME)
>
> /**
> * struct fwd_rule - Forwarding rule governing a range of ports
> @@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ void fwd_probe_ephemeral(void);
> const union inany_addr *fwd_rule_addr(const struct fwd_rule *rule);
> const char *fwd_rule_fmt(const struct fwd_rule *rule, char *dst, size_t size);
> void fwd_rule_parse(char optname, const char *optarg, struct fwd_table *fwd);
> +int fwd_rule_read(int fd, struct fwd_rule *rule);
> +int fwd_rule_write(int fd, const struct fwd_rule *rule);
>
> /**
> * fwd_rules_dump() - Dump forwarding rules
> diff --git a/lineread.c b/lineread.c
> index b9ceae1..a4269a6 100644
> --- a/lineread.c
> +++ b/lineread.c
> @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
> #include <stdbool.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> +#include "common.h"
> #include "lineread.h"
> -#include "util.h"
>
> /**
> * lineread_init() - Prepare for line by line file reading without allocation
> diff --git a/pesto.c b/pesto.c
> index 77244b3..4bf9bd8 100644
> --- a/pesto.c
> +++ b/pesto.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
> #include "common.h"
> #include "seccomp_pesto.h"
> #include "serialise.h"
> +#include "fwd_rule.h"
> #include "pesto.h"
> #include "log.h"
>
> @@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ static void usage(const char *name, FILE *f, int status)
> struct pif_configuration {
> uint8_t pif;
> char name[PIF_NAME_SIZE];
> + struct fwd_table fwd;
> };
>
> struct configuration {
> @@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ static bool read_pif_conf(int fd, struct configuration *conf)
> struct pif_configuration *pc;
> struct pesto_pif_info info;
> uint8_t pif;
> + unsigned i;
>
> if (read_u8(fd, &pif) < 0)
> die("Error reading from control socket");
> @@ -151,8 +154,17 @@ static bool read_pif_conf(int fd, struct configuration *conf)
> static_assert(sizeof(info.name) == sizeof(pc->name),
> "Mismatching pif name lengths");
> memcpy(pc->name, info.name, sizeof(pc->name));
> -
> - debug("PIF %"PRIu8": %s", pc->pif, pc->name);
> + pc->fwd.caps = ntohl(info.caps);
> + pc->fwd.count = ntohl(info.count);
We should check that pc->fwd.count <= MAX_FWD_RULES to avoid overflow while scanning the
array.
> +
> + debug("PIF %"PRIu8": %s, %"PRIu32" rules, capabilities 0x%"PRIx32
> + ":%s%s%s%s%s%s", pc->pif, pc->name, pc->fwd.count, pc->fwd.caps,
> + pc->fwd.caps & FWD_CAP_IPV4 ? " IPv4" : "",
> + pc->fwd.caps & FWD_CAP_IPV6 ? " IPv6" : "",
> + pc->fwd.caps & FWD_CAP_TCP ? " TCP" : "",
> + pc->fwd.caps & FWD_CAP_UDP ? " UDP" : "",
> + pc->fwd.caps & FWD_CAP_SCAN ? " scan" : "",
> + pc->fwd.caps & FWD_CAP_IFNAME ? " ifname" : "");
>
> /* O(n^2), but n is bounded by MAX_PIFS */
> if (pif_conf_by_num(conf, pc->pif))
> @@ -162,6 +174,18 @@ static bool read_pif_conf(int fd, struct configuration *conf)
> if (pif_conf_by_name(conf, pc->name))
> die("Received duplicate interface name");
>
> + /* NOTE: We read the fwd rules directly into fwd.rules, rather than
> + * using fwd_rule_add(). This means we can read and display rules even
> + * if something has gone wrong (in pesto or passt) and we get rules that
> + * fwd_rule_add() would reject. It does have the side effect that we
> + * never assign socket space for the fwd rules, but we don't need that
> + * within pesto.
> + */
> + for (i = 0; i < pc->fwd.count; i++) {
> + if (fwd_rule_read(fd, &pc->fwd.rules[i]) < 0)
> + die("Error reading from control socket");
> + }
> +
> conf->npifs++;
> return true;
> }
> @@ -177,7 +201,8 @@ static void show_conf(const struct configuration *conf)
> for (i = 0; i < conf->npifs; i++) {
> const struct pif_configuration *pc = &conf->pif[i];
> printf(" %s\n", pc->name);
> - printf(" TBD\n");
> + fwd_rules_dump(printf, pc->fwd.rules, pc->fwd.count,
> + " ", "\n");
> }
> }
>
> @@ -290,6 +315,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> ntohl(hello.pif_name_size), PIF_NAME_SIZE);
> }
>
> + if (ntohl(hello.ifnamsiz) != IFNAMSIZ) {
> + die("Server has unexpected IFNAMSIZ (%"
> + PRIu32" not %"PRIu32"\n",
trailing '\n'
> + ntohl(hello.ifnamsiz), IFNAMSIZ);
> + }
> +
Trailing tab :)
> while (read_pif_conf(s, &conf))
> ;
>
> diff --git a/pesto.h b/pesto.h
> index 1879759..12b0b65 100644
> --- a/pesto.h
> +++ b/pesto.h
> @@ -26,11 +26,13 @@
> * @magic: PESTO_SERVER_MAGIC
> * @version: Version number
> * @pif_name_size: Server's value for PIF_NAME_SIZE
> + * @ifnamsiz: Server's value for IFNAMSIZ
> */
> struct pesto_hello {
> char magic[8];
> uint32_t version;
> uint32_t pif_name_size;
> + uint32_t ifnamsiz;
> } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
>
> static_assert(sizeof(PESTO_SERVER_MAGIC)
> @@ -40,9 +42,13 @@ static_assert(sizeof(PESTO_SERVER_MAGIC)
> /**
> * struct pesto_pif_info - Message with basic metadata about a pif
> * @name: Name (\0 terminated)
> + * @caps: Forwarding capabilities for this pif
> + * @count: Number of forwarding rules for this pif
> */
> struct pesto_pif_info {
> char name[PIF_NAME_SIZE];
> + uint32_t caps;
> + uint32_t count;
> } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
>
> #endif /* PESTO_H */
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-04 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-03 21:55 [PATCH v6 00/18] Dynamic configuration update implementation Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 01/18] conf, fwd: Stricter rule checking in fwd_rule_add() Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 8:38 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 02/18] fwd_rule: Move ephemeral port probing to fwd_rule.c Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 03/18] fwd, conf: Move rule parsing code to fwd_rule.[ch] Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 04/18] fwd_rule: Move conflict checking back within fwd_rule_add() Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 05/18] fwd: Generalise fwd_rules_info() Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 06/18] pif: Limit pif names to 128 bytes Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 9:12 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 23:10 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 07/18] fwd_rule: Fix some format specifiers Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 9:59 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 08/18] pesto: Introduce stub configuration tool Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 10:51 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 23:10 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 09/18] pesto, log: Share log.h (but not log.c) with pesto tool Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 9:49 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 23:11 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 10/18] pesto, conf: Have pesto connect to passt and check versions Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 12:01 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 12:13 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 11/18] pesto: Expose list of pifs to pesto and optionally display Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 14:34 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 23:10 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 12/18] ip: Prepare ip.[ch] for sharing with pesto tool Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 14:52 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 23:10 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 13/18] inany: Prepare inany.[ch] " Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 15:37 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 14/18] pesto: Read current ruleset from passt/pasta and optionally display it Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 16:10 ` Laurent Vivier [this message]
2026-05-04 23:11 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 15/18] pesto: Parse and add new rules from command line Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 16:44 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 23:11 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:18 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:55 ` [PATCH v6 16/18] pesto, conf: Send updated rules from pesto back to passt/pasta Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:56 ` [PATCH v6 17/18] conf, fwd: Allow switching to new rules received from pesto Stefano Brivio
2026-05-03 21:56 ` [PATCH v6 18/18] fwd_rule: Fix static checkers warnings in fwd_rule_add() Stefano Brivio
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