From: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
To: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>,
passt-dev@passt.top, sbrivio@redhat.com
Cc: jmaloy@redhat.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] conf: Add --dhcp-opt command-line option
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 09:23:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8d2622c5-b85d-423a-a1fa-3ca16557e31e@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260526123115.1226166-2-anskuma@redhat.com>
On 5/26/26 14:31, Anshu Kumari wrote:
> Introduce the --dhcp-opt flag that allows setting arbitrary DHCP
> options from command-line in the form of [Option CODE,VALUE].
> This patch adds the option storage in struct ctx and CLI parsing;
> the type-aware value parser and DHCP reply injection follow
> in subsequent patches.
>
> Link: https://bugs.passt.top/show_bug.cgi?id=192
> Signed-off-by: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
UEFI With:
--dhcp-boot
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.23/releases/x86_64/alpine-virt-3.23.2-x86_64.iso
--dhcp-opt 60,HTTPClient
IPv4 only, full series applied.
> ---
> v2:
> - Added kerneldoc for @custom_opts, @custom_opts.code, @custom_opts.str, and @custom_opts_count in struct ctx
> - Removed len and val[255] fields from struct (moved to patch 3)
> - Removed braces from case 33, moved declarations (optcode, comma, end) to function scope
> - Renamed code → optcode to follow function-scope convention
> ---
> conf.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> passt.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
> index 029b9c7..89d2127 100644
> --- a/conf.c
> +++ b/conf.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
> #include "lineread.h"
> #include "isolation.h"
> #include "log.h"
> +#include "dhcp.h"
> #include "vhost_user.h"
> #include "epoll_ctl.h"
> #include "conf.h"
> @@ -616,7 +617,8 @@ static void usage(const char *name, FILE *f, int status)
> " -S, --search LIST Space-separated list, search domains\n"
> " a single, empty option disables the DNS search list\n"
> " -H, --hostname NAME Hostname to configure client with\n"
> - " --fqdn NAME FQDN to configure client with\n");
> + " --fqdn NAME FQDN to configure client with\n"
> + " --dhcp-opt CODE,VAL Set DHCP option by code\n");
> if (strstr(name, "pasta"))
> FPRINTF(f, " default: don't use any search list\n");
> else
> @@ -844,6 +846,10 @@ static void conf_print(const struct ctx *c)
> info(" router: %s",
> inet_ntop(AF_INET, &c->ip4.guest_gw,
> buf, sizeof(buf)));
> + for (i = 0; i < c->custom_opts_count; i++)
> + info(" option %u: %s",
> + c->custom_opts[i].code,
> + c->custom_opts[i].str);
> }
>
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(c->ip4.dns); i++) {
> @@ -1233,6 +1239,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
> {"migrate-no-linger", no_argument, NULL, 30 },
> {"stats", required_argument, NULL, 31 },
> {"conf-path", required_argument, NULL, 'c' },
> + {"dhcp-opt", required_argument, NULL, 33 },
> { 0 },
> };
> const char *optstring = "+dqfel:hs:c:F:I:p:P:m:a:n:M:g:i:o:D:S:H:461t:u:T:U:";
> @@ -1248,10 +1255,13 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
> uint8_t prefix_len_from_opt = 0;
> unsigned int ifi4 = 0, ifi6 = 0;
> const char *logfile = NULL;
> + unsigned long optcode;
> char *runas = NULL;
> size_t logsize = 0;
> + const char *comma;
> long fd_tap_opt;
> int name, ret;
> + char *end;
> uid_t uid;
> gid_t gid;
>
> @@ -1465,6 +1475,28 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
> die("Can't display statistics if not running in foreground");
> c->stats = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
> break;
> + case 33:
> + comma = strchr(optarg, ',');
> + if (!comma)
> + die("--dhcp-opt requires Option CODE,VALUE format");
> +
> + optcode = strtoul(optarg, &end, 0);
> + if (end != comma || optcode < 1 || optcode > 254)
> + die("DHCP option code must be 1-254: %s",
> + optarg);
> +
> + if (c->custom_opts_count >= MAX_CUSTOM_DHCP_OPTS)
> + die("Too many --dhcp-opt entries (max %d)",
> + MAX_CUSTOM_DHCP_OPTS);
> +
> + c->custom_opts[c->custom_opts_count].code = optcode;
> + if (snprintf_check(c->custom_opts[c->custom_opts_count].str,
> + sizeof(c->custom_opts[0].str),
> + "%s", comma + 1))
> + die("DHCP option value too long: %s",
> + comma + 1);
> + c->custom_opts_count++;
> + break;
> case 'd':
> c->debug = 1;
> c->quiet = 0;
> diff --git a/passt.h b/passt.h
> index 1726965..3a0816f 100644
> --- a/passt.h
> +++ b/passt.h
> @@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ struct ip6_ctx {
> * @dns_search: DNS search list
> * @hostname: Guest hostname
> * @fqdn: Guest FQDN
> + * @custom_opts: User-specified DHCP options from --dhcp-opt
> + * @custom_opts.code: DHCP option code
> + * @custom_opts.str: Original string value from command line
> + * @custom_opts_count: Number of entries in @custom_opts
> * @ifi6: Template interface for IPv6, -1: none, 0: IPv6 disabled
> * @ip6: IPv6 configuration
> * @pasta_ifn: Name of namespace interface for pasta
> @@ -263,6 +267,14 @@ struct ctx {
> char hostname[PASST_MAXDNAME];
> char fqdn[PASST_MAXDNAME];
>
> +#define MAX_CUSTOM_DHCP_OPTS 32
> +
> + struct {
> + uint8_t code;
> + char str[256];
> + } custom_opts[MAX_CUSTOM_DHCP_OPTS];
> + int custom_opts_count;
> +
> int ifi6;
> struct ip6_ctx ip6;
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-27 7:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-26 12:31 [PATCH v2 0/6] Add --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt options Anshu Kumari
2026-05-26 12:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] conf: Add --dhcp-opt command-line option Anshu Kumari
2026-05-26 13:19 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-27 2:51 ` David Gibson
2026-05-28 5:02 ` Anshu Kumari
2026-05-28 5:22 ` David Gibson
2026-05-27 7:23 ` Laurent Vivier [this message]
2026-05-26 12:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] conf: Add --dhcp-boot " Anshu Kumari
2026-05-26 13:25 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-27 2:52 ` David Gibson
2026-05-28 5:14 ` Anshu Kumari
2026-05-27 6:59 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-26 12:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] dhcp: Add option type table and value parser Anshu Kumari
2026-05-26 16:05 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-27 3:00 ` David Gibson
2026-05-28 5:39 ` Anshu Kumari
2026-05-28 5:45 ` David Gibson
2026-05-27 3:26 ` David Gibson
2026-05-26 12:31 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] dhcp: Refactor fill_one() to operate on a generic buffer Anshu Kumari
2026-05-26 16:13 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-27 3:46 ` David Gibson
2026-05-26 12:31 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] dhcp: Add option overload Anshu Kumari
2026-05-26 17:42 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-05-27 4:03 ` David Gibson
2026-05-28 7:18 ` Anshu Kumari
2026-05-26 12:31 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] doc: Add --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt to man page Anshu Kumari
2026-05-27 4:16 ` David Gibson
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