From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Cc: sbrivio@redhat.com, dgibson@redhat.com, passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 8/9] icmp: let icmp use mac address from flowside structure
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:51:21 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aKZ7mSRcG1fsWmdp@zatzit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250820031005.2725591-9-jmaloy@redhat.com>
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On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 11:10:04PM -0400, Jon Maloy wrote:
> Even ICMP needs to be updated to use the external MAC address instead
> of just the own tap address when applicable. We do that here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
> ---
> icmp.c | 4 ++--
> ndp.c | 2 +-
> tap.c | 10 ++++++----
> tap.h | 4 ++--
> udp.c | 12 ++++++++----
> 5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/icmp.c b/icmp.c
> index 95f38c1..aa42cc3 100644
> --- a/icmp.c
> +++ b/icmp.c
> @@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ void icmp_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref)
> const struct in_addr *daddr = inany_v4(&ini->eaddr);
>
> ASSERT(saddr && daddr); /* Must have IPv4 addresses */
> - tap_icmp4_send(c, *saddr, *daddr, buf, n);
> + tap_icmp4_send(c, *saddr, *daddr, buf, pingf->f.tap_omac, n);
> } else if (pingf->f.type == FLOW_PING6) {
> const struct in6_addr *saddr = &ini->oaddr.a6;
> const struct in6_addr *daddr = &ini->eaddr.a6;
>
> - tap_icmp6_send(c, saddr, daddr, buf, n);
> + tap_icmp6_send(c, saddr, daddr, buf, pingf->f.tap_omac, n);
> }
> return;
>
> diff --git a/ndp.c b/ndp.c
> index 9912f80..19b9b28 100644
> --- a/ndp.c
> +++ b/ndp.c
> @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void ndp_send(const struct ctx *c, const struct in6_addr *dst,
> {
> const struct in6_addr *src = &c->ip6.our_tap_ll;
>
> - tap_icmp6_send(c, src, dst, buf, l4len);
> + tap_icmp6_send(c, src, dst, buf, c->our_tap_mac, l4len);
> }
>
> /**
> diff --git a/tap.c b/tap.c
> index 0349835..443928a 100644
> --- a/tap.c
> +++ b/tap.c
> @@ -278,13 +278,14 @@ void tap_udp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, in_port_t sport,
> * @src: IPv4 source address
> * @dst: IPv4 destination address
> * @in: ICMP packet, including ICMP header
> + * @src_mac: MAC address to be used as source for message
> * @l4len: ICMP packet length, including ICMP header
> */
> void tap_icmp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, struct in_addr dst,
> - const void *in, size_t l4len)
> + const void *in, const void *src_mac, size_t l4len)
> {
> char buf[USHRT_MAX];
> - struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, NULL, ETH_P_IP);
> + struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, src_mac, ETH_P_IP);
> struct icmphdr *icmp4h = tap_push_ip4h(ip4h, src, dst,
> l4len, IPPROTO_ICMP);
>
> @@ -385,14 +386,15 @@ void tap_udp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
> * @src: IPv6 source address
> * @dst: IPv6 destination address
> * @in: ICMP packet, including ICMP header
> + * @src_mac: MAC address to be used as source for message
> * @l4len: ICMP packet length, including ICMP header
> */
> void tap_icmp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
> const struct in6_addr *src, const struct in6_addr *dst,
> - const void *in, size_t l4len)
> + const void *in, const void *src_mac, size_t l4len)
> {
> char buf[USHRT_MAX];
> - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, NULL, ETH_P_IPV6);
> + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, src_mac, ETH_P_IPV6);
> struct icmp6hdr *icmp6h = tap_push_ip6h(ip6h, src, dst, l4len,
> IPPROTO_ICMPV6, 0);
>
> diff --git a/tap.h b/tap.h
> index 6ec171d..ce0b9a6 100644
> --- a/tap.h
> +++ b/tap.h
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void tap_udp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, in_port_t sport,
> struct in_addr dst, in_port_t dport,
> const void *in, size_t dlen);
> void tap_icmp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, struct in_addr dst,
> - const void *in, size_t l4len);
> + const void *in, const void *src_mac, size_t l4len);
> const struct in6_addr *tap_ip6_daddr(const struct ctx *c,
> const struct in6_addr *src);
> void *tap_push_ip6h(struct ipv6hdr *ip6h,
> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void tap_udp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
> uint32_t flow, void *in, size_t dlen);
> void tap_icmp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
> const struct in6_addr *src, const struct in6_addr *dst,
> - const void *in, size_t l4len);
> + const void *in, const void *src_mac, size_t l4len);
> void tap_send_single(const struct ctx *c, const void *data, size_t l2len);
> size_t tap_send_frames(const struct ctx *c, const struct iovec *iov,
> size_t bufs_per_frame, size_t nframes);
> diff --git a/udp.c b/udp.c
> index 30937dd..8d43646 100644
> --- a/udp.c
> +++ b/udp.c
> @@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ static void udp_tap_prepare(const struct mmsghdr *mmh,
> * udp_send_tap_icmp4() - Construct and send ICMPv4 to local peer
> * @c: Execution context
> * @ee: Extended error descriptor
> + * @uflow: UDP flow
> * @toside: Destination side of flow
> * @saddr: Address of ICMP generating node
> * @in: First bytes (max 8) of original UDP message body
> @@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ static void udp_tap_prepare(const struct mmsghdr *mmh,
> */
> static void udp_send_tap_icmp4(const struct ctx *c,
> const struct sock_extended_err *ee,
> + const struct udp_flow *uflow,
> const struct flowside *toside,
> struct in_addr saddr,
> const void *in, size_t dlen)
> @@ -421,7 +423,7 @@ static void udp_send_tap_icmp4(const struct ctx *c,
> tap_push_uh4(&msg.uh, eaddr, eport, oaddr, oport, in, dlen);
> memcpy(&msg.data, in, dlen);
>
> - tap_icmp4_send(c, saddr, eaddr, &msg, msglen);
> + tap_icmp4_send(c, saddr, eaddr, &msg, uflow->f.tap_omac, msglen);
This is only correct when saddr == toside->oaddr; i.e. when the ICMP
is coming from the flow peer. An ICMP can come from an intermediate
node, which we'd need a separate MAC lookup for.
> }
>
>
> @@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ static void udp_send_tap_icmp4(const struct ctx *c,
> * udp_send_tap_icmp6() - Construct and send ICMPv6 to local peer
> * @c: Execution context
> * @ee: Extended error descriptor
> + * @uflow: UDP flow
> * @toside: Destination side of flow
> * @saddr: Address of ICMP generating node
> * @in: First bytes (max 1232) of original UDP message body
> @@ -437,6 +440,7 @@ static void udp_send_tap_icmp4(const struct ctx *c,
> */
> static void udp_send_tap_icmp6(const struct ctx *c,
> const struct sock_extended_err *ee,
> + const struct udp_flow *uflow,
> const struct flowside *toside,
> const struct in6_addr *saddr,
> void *in, size_t dlen, uint32_t flow)
> @@ -466,7 +470,7 @@ static void udp_send_tap_icmp6(const struct ctx *c,
> tap_push_uh6(&msg.uh, eaddr, eport, oaddr, oport, in, dlen);
> memcpy(&msg.data, in, dlen);
>
> - tap_icmp6_send(c, saddr, eaddr, &msg, msglen);
> + tap_icmp6_send(c, saddr, eaddr, &msg, uflow->f.tap_omac, msglen);
Ditto.
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -626,12 +630,12 @@ static int udp_sock_recverr(const struct ctx *c, int s, flow_sidx_t sidx,
> if (hdr->cmsg_level == IPPROTO_IP &&
> (o4 = inany_v4(&otap)) && inany_v4(&toside->eaddr)) {
> dlen = MIN(dlen, ICMP4_MAX_DLEN);
> - udp_send_tap_icmp4(c, ee, toside, *o4, data, dlen);
> + udp_send_tap_icmp4(c, ee, uflow, toside, *o4, data, dlen);
> return 1;
> }
>
> if (hdr->cmsg_level == IPPROTO_IPV6 && !inany_v4(&toside->eaddr)) {
> - udp_send_tap_icmp6(c, ee, toside, &otap.a6, data, dlen,
> + udp_send_tap_icmp6(c, ee, uflow, toside, &otap.a6, data, dlen,
> FLOW_IDX(uflow));
> return 1;
> }
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-21 2:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-20 3:09 [PATCH v4 0/9] Use true MAC address of LAN local remote hosts Jon Maloy
2025-08-20 3:09 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] netlink: add function to extract MAC addresses from NDP/ARP table Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 0:57 ` David Gibson
2025-08-20 3:09 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] arp/ndp: respond with true MAC address of LAN local remote hosts Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 1:18 ` David Gibson
2025-08-20 3:09 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] flow: add MAC address of LAN local remote hosts to flow Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 1:28 ` David Gibson
2025-08-20 3:10 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] udp: forward external source MAC address through tap interface Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 1:32 ` David Gibson
2025-08-20 3:10 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] tcp: " Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 1:37 ` David Gibson
2025-08-20 3:10 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] tap: change signature of function tap_push_l2h() Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 1:39 ` David Gibson
2025-08-20 3:10 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] tcp: make tcp_rst_no_conn() respond with correct MAC address Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 1:46 ` David Gibson
2025-08-20 3:10 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] icmp: let icmp use mac address from flowside structure Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 1:51 ` David Gibson [this message]
2025-08-20 3:10 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] fwd: Added cache table for ARP/NDP contents Jon Maloy
2025-08-21 2:03 ` David Gibson
2025-08-21 10:53 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-08-25 1:48 ` David Gibson
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