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 v7 15/18] pesto: Parse and add new rules from command line
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 09:31:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8a902129-d32c-4dd5-b138-7765b7d137bf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260504231142.1118652-16-sbrivio@redhat.com>
On 5/5/26 01:11, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
>
> This adds parsing of options using fwd_rule_parse(), validates them and
> adds them to the existing rules. It doesn't yet send those rules back to
> passt or pasta.
>
> Message-ID: <20260322141843.4095972-3-sbrivio@redhat.com>
> [dwg: Based on an early draft by Stefano]
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> [sbrivio: Recycled usage messages for -T and -U from conf.c as
> suggested by Laurent, dropped unrelated whitespace change]
> [sbrivio: Add description of -t, -u, -T, -U to pesto.1]
-T, -U, -s are still missing in pesto.1
otherwise:
Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
Thanks,
Laurent
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
> ---
> Makefile | 1 +
> fwd_rule.c | 2 +-
> fwd_rule.h | 1 +
> pesto.1 | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> pesto.c | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 5 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 9e99dd1..c746b55 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ cppcheck: passt.cppcheck passt-repair.cppcheck pesto.cppcheck qrap.cppcheck
> passt.cppcheck: BASE_CPPFLAGS += -UPESTO
> passt.cppcheck: CPPCHECK_FLAGS += \
> --suppress=unusedFunction:fwd_rule.c \
> + --suppress=staticFunction:fwd_rule.c \
> --suppress=unusedFunction:serialise.c
> passt.cppcheck: $(PASST_SRCS) $(PASST_HEADERS) seccomp.h
>
> diff --git a/fwd_rule.c b/fwd_rule.c
> index c2824d5..b55e4df 100644
> --- a/fwd_rule.c
> +++ b/fwd_rule.c
> @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static bool fwd_rule_conflicts(const struct fwd_rule *a, const struct fwd_rule *
> *
> * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure
> */
> -static int fwd_rule_add(struct fwd_table *fwd, const struct fwd_rule *new)
> +int fwd_rule_add(struct fwd_table *fwd, const struct fwd_rule *new)
> {
> /* Flags which can be set from the caller */
> const uint8_t allowed_flags = FWD_WEAK | FWD_SCAN | FWD_DUAL_STACK_ANY;
> diff --git a/fwd_rule.h b/fwd_rule.h
> index 330d49e..f43b37d 100644
> --- a/fwd_rule.h
> +++ b/fwd_rule.h
> @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ 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);
> +int fwd_rule_add(struct fwd_table *fwd, const struct fwd_rule *new);
>
> /**
> * fwd_rules_dump() - Dump forwarding rules
> diff --git a/pesto.1 b/pesto.1
> index b06433d..32d6ed1 100644
> --- a/pesto.1
> +++ b/pesto.1
> @@ -31,6 +31,123 @@ Be verbose.
> .BR \-h ", " \-\-help
> Display a help message and exit.
>
> +.TP
> +.BR \-t ", " \-\-tcp-ports " " \fIspec
> +Configure TCP port forwarding to guest or namespace. \fIspec\fR can be one of:
> +.RS
> +
> +.TP
> +.BR none
> +Don't forward any ports
> +
> +.TP
> +[\fIaddress\fR[\fB%\fR\fIinterface\fR]\fB/\fR]\fIports\fR ...
> +Specific ports to forward. Optionally, a specific listening address
> +and interface name (since Linux 5.7) can be specified. \fIports\fR
> +may be either:
> +.RS
> +.TP
> +\fBall\fR
> +Forward all unbound, non-ephemeral ports, as permitted by current capabilities.
> +No failures are reported for unavailable ports, unless no ports could be
> +forwarded at all.
> +.RE
> +
> +.RS
> +or 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]]
> +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.
> +
> +.TP
> +\fB~\fR\fIfirst\fR[\fB-\fR\fIlast\fR]
> +Exclude range. Don't forward port numbers between \fIfirst\fR and
> +\fIlast\fR. This takes precedences over include ranges.
> +
> +.TP
> +.BR auto
> +\fBpasta\fR only. Only forward ports in the specified set if the
> +target ports are bound in the namespace. The list of ports is
> +periodically derived (every second) from listening sockets reported by
> +\fI/proc/net/tcp\fR and \fI/proc/net/tcp6\fR, see \fBproc\fR(5).
> +.RE
> +
> +Specifying excluded ranges only implies that all other non-ephemeral
> +ports are forwarded. Specifying no ranges at all implies forwarding
> +all non-ephemeral ports permitted by current capabilities. In this
> +case, no failures are reported for unavailable ports, unless no ports
> +could be forwarded at all.
> +
> +Examples:
> +.RS
> +.TP
> +-t all
> +Forward all unbound, non-ephemeral ports as permitted by current
> +capabilities to the corresponding port on the guest or namespace
> +.TP
> +-t ::1/all
> +For the local address ::1, forward all unbound, non-ephemeral ports as
> +permitted by current capabilities
> +.TP
> +-t 22
> +Forward local port 22 to port 22 on the guest or namespace
> +.TP
> +-t 22:23
> +Forward local port 22 to port 23 on the guest or namespace
> +.TP
> +-t 22,25
> +Forward local ports 22 and 25 to ports 22 and 25 on the guest or namespace
> +.TP
> +-t 22-80
> +Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to corresponding ports on the guest or
> +namespace
> +.TP
> +-t 22-80:32-90
> +Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to ports between 32 and 90 on the guest or
> +namespace
> +.TP
> +-t 192.0.2.1/22
> +Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1, to port 22 on the guest or namespace
> +.TP
> +-t 192.0.2.1%eth0/22
> +Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1 and interface eth0, to port 22
> +.TP
> +-t %eth0/22
> +Forward local port 22, bound to any address on interface eth0, to port 22
> +.TP
> +-t 2000-5000,~3000-3010
> +Forward local ports between 2000 and 5000, except for those between 3000 and
> +3010
> +.TP
> +-t 192.0.2.1/20-30,~25
> +For the local address 192.0.2.1, forward ports between 20 and 24 and between 26
> +and 30
> +.TP
> +-t ~20000-20010
> +Forward all ports to the guest, except for the range from 20000 to 20010
> +.TP
> +-t auto
> +Automatically forward any ports which are bound in the namespace
> +.TP
> +-t ::1/auto
> +Automatically forward any ports which are bound in the namespace,
> +listening only on local port ::1
> +.TP
> +-t 8000-8010,auto
> +Forward ports in the range 8000-8010 if and only if they are bound in
> +the namespace
> +.RE
> +.RE
> +
> +.TP
> +.BR \-u ", " \-\-udp-ports " " \fIspec
> +Configure UDP port forwarding to guest. \fIspec\fR is as described for TCP
> +above.
> +
> .TP
> .BR \-\-version
> Show version and exit.
> diff --git a/pesto.c b/pesto.c
> index 92a8cb2..16b3a5a 100644
> --- a/pesto.c
> +++ b/pesto.c
> @@ -55,6 +55,43 @@ static void usage(const char *name, FILE *f, int status)
> FPRINTF(f, "Usage: %s [OPTION]... PATH\n", name);
> FPRINTF(f,
> "\n"
> + " -t, --tcp-ports SPEC TCP inbound port forwarding\n"
> + " can be specified multiple times\n"
> + " SPEC can be:\n"
> + " 'none': don't forward any ports\n"
> + " [ADDR[%%IFACE]/]PORTS: forward specific ports\n"
> + " PORTS is either 'all' (forward all unbound, non-ephemeral\n"
> + " ports), or a comma-separated list of ports, optionally\n"
> + " ranged with '-' and optional target ports after ':'.\n"
> + " Ranges can be reduced by excluding ports or ranges\n"
> + " prefixed by '~'.\n"
> + " The 'auto' keyword may be given to only forward\n"
> + " ports which are bound in the target namespace\n"
> + " Examples:\n"
> + " -t all Forward all ports\n"
> + " -t 127.0.0.1/all Forward all ports from local address\n"
> + " 127.0.0.1\n"
> + " -t 22 Forward local port 22 to 22\n"
> + " -t 22:23 Forward local port 22 to 23\n"
> + " -t 22,25 Forward ports 22, 25 to ports 22, 25\n"
> + " -t 22-80 Forward ports 22 to 80\n"
> + " -t 22-80:32-90 Forward ports 22 to 80 to\n"
> + " corresponding port numbers plus 10\n"
> + " -t 192.0.2.1/5 Bind port 5 of 192.0.2.1\n"
> + " -t 5-25,~10-20 Forward ports 5 to 9, and 21 to 25\n"
> + " -t ~25 Forward all ports except for 25\n"
> + " -t auto Forward all ports bound in namespace\n"
> + " -t 192.0.2.2/auto Forward ports from 192.0.2.2 if\n"
> + " they are bound in the namespace\n"
> + " -t 8000-8010,auto Forward ports 8000-8010 if they\n"
> + " are bound in the namespace\n"
> + " -u, --udp-ports SPEC UDP inbound port forwarding\n"
> + " SPEC is as described for TCP above\n"
> + " -T, --tcp-ns SPEC TCP port forwarding to init namespace\n"
> + " SPEC is as described above\n"
> + " -U, --udp-ns SPEC UDP port forwarding to init namespace\n"
> + " SPEC is as described above\n"
> + " -s, --show Show configuration before and after\n"
> " -d, --debug Print debugging messages\n"
> " -h, --help Display this help message and exit\n"
> " --version Show version and exit\n");
> @@ -207,6 +244,8 @@ static void show_conf(const struct configuration *conf)
> fwd_rules_dump(printf, pc->fwd.rules, pc->fwd.count,
> " ", "\n");
> }
> + /* Flush stdout, so this doesn't get misordered with later debug()s */
> + (void)fflush(stdout);
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -218,7 +257,7 @@ static void show_conf(const struct configuration *conf)
> *
> * #syscalls:pesto socket s390x:socketcall i686:socketcall
> * #syscalls:pesto connect shutdown close
> - * #syscalls:pesto exit_group fstat read write
> + * #syscalls:pesto exit_group fstat read write openat
> */
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
> @@ -226,11 +265,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {"debug", no_argument, NULL, 'd' },
> {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
> {"version", no_argument, NULL, 1 },
> + {"tcp-ports", required_argument, NULL, 't' },
> + {"udp-ports", required_argument, NULL, 'u' },
> + {"tcp-ns", required_argument, NULL, 'T' },
> + {"udp-ns", required_argument, NULL, 'U' },
> + {"show", no_argument, NULL, 's' },
> { 0 },
> };
> + struct pif_configuration *inbound, *outbound;
> struct sockaddr_un a = { AF_UNIX, "" };
> + const char *optstring = "dht:u:T:U:s";
> struct configuration conf = { 0 };
> - const char *optstring = "dh";
> + bool update = false, show = false;
> struct pesto_hello hello;
> struct sock_fprog prog;
> int optname, ret, s;
> @@ -251,6 +297,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> if (setvbuf(stdout, stdout_buf, _IOFBF, sizeof(stdout_buf)))
> die_perror("Failed to set stdout buffer");
>
> + fwd_probe_ephemeral();
> +
> do {
> optname = getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring, options, NULL);
>
> @@ -258,6 +306,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> case -1:
> case 0:
> break;
> + case 't':
> + case 'u':
> + case 'T':
> + case 'U':
> + /* Parse these options after we've read state from passt/pasta */
> + update = true;
> + break;
> + case 's':
> + show = true;
> + break;
> case 'h':
> usage(argv[0], stdout, EXIT_SUCCESS);
> break;
> @@ -290,6 +348,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> die_perror("Failed to connect to %s", a.sun_path);
> }
>
> + debug("Connected to passt/pasta control socket");
> +
> ret = read_all_buf(s, &hello, sizeof(hello));
> if (ret < 0)
> die_perror("Couldn't read server greeting");
> @@ -327,9 +387,52 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> while (read_pif_conf(s, &conf))
> ;
>
> - printf("passt/pasta configuration (%s)\n", a.sun_path);
> - show_conf(&conf);
> + if (!update) {
> + printf("passt/pasta configuration (%s)\n", a.sun_path);
> + show_conf(&conf);
> + goto noupdate;
> + }
> +
> + if (show) {
> + printf("Previous configuration (%s)\n", a.sun_path);
> + show_conf(&conf);
> + }
> +
> + inbound = pif_conf_by_name(&conf, "HOST");
> + outbound = pif_conf_by_name(&conf, "SPLICE");
> +
> + optind = 0;
> + do {
> + optname = getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring, options, NULL);
> +
> + switch (optname) {
> + case 't':
> + case 'u':
> + if (!inbound) {
> + die("Can't use -%c, no inbound interface",
> + optname);
> + }
> + fwd_rule_parse(optname, optarg, &inbound->fwd);
> + break;
> + case 'T':
> + case 'U':
> + if (!outbound) {
> + die("Can't use -%c, no outbound interface",
> + optname);
> + }
> + fwd_rule_parse(optname, optarg, &outbound->fwd);
> + break;
> + default:
> + continue;
> + }
> + } while (optname != -1);
> +
> + if (show) {
> + printf("Updated configuration (%s)\n", a.sun_path);
> + show_conf(&conf);
> + }
>
> +noupdate:
> if (shutdown(s, SHUT_RDWR) < 0 || close(s) < 0)
> die_perror("Error shutting down control socket");
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-05 7:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-04 23:11 [PATCH v7 00/18] Dynamic configuration update implementation Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 01/18] conf, fwd: Stricter rule checking in fwd_rule_add() Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 02/18] fwd_rule: Move ephemeral port probing to fwd_rule.c Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 03/18] fwd, conf: Move rule parsing code to fwd_rule.[ch] Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 04/18] fwd_rule: Move conflict checking back within fwd_rule_add() Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 05/18] fwd: Generalise fwd_rules_info() Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 06/18] pif: Limit pif names to 128 bytes Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 07/18] fwd_rule: Fix some format specifiers Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 08/18] pesto: Introduce stub configuration tool Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 7:06 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 09/18] pesto, log: Share log.h (but not log.c) with pesto tool Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 10/18] pesto, conf: Have pesto connect to passt and check versions Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 11/18] pesto: Expose list of pifs to pesto and display them Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 12/18] ip: Prepare ip.[ch] for sharing with pesto tool Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 13/18] inany: Prepare inany.[ch] " Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 14/18] pesto: Read current ruleset from passt/pasta and optionally display it Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 15/18] pesto: Parse and add new rules from command line Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 7:31 ` Laurent Vivier [this message]
2026-05-05 23:47 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 16/18] pesto, conf: Send updated rules from pesto back to passt/pasta Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 7:53 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-05 9:58 ` David Gibson
2026-05-05 10:04 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 17/18] conf, fwd: Allow switching to new rules received from pesto Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 9:08 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-05 9:53 ` David Gibson
2026-05-05 10:15 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 10:20 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-05 14:29 ` David Gibson
2026-05-05 10:04 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 14:32 ` David Gibson
2026-05-05 23:47 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-04 23:11 ` [PATCH v7 18/18] fwd_rule: Fix static checkers warnings in fwd_rule_add() Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 6:22 ` David Gibson
2026-05-05 10:13 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-05 14:41 ` David Gibson
2026-05-06 7:46 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-05-06 8:00 ` David Gibson
2026-05-06 8:25 ` Stefano Brivio
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