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 v6 7/8] tap: change signature of function tap_push_l2h()
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:54:24 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aMDoYL5vmzQjp-DS@zatzit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250910015919.173414-8-jmaloy@redhat.com>
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On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 09:59:18PM -0400, Jon Maloy wrote:
> In the following commits it must be possible for the callers of
> function tap_push_l2h() to specify which source MAC address should
> be added to the ethernet header sent over the tap interface. As
> a preparation, we now add a new argument to that function, still
> without actually using it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
>
> ---
> v3: -Improved comment for src_mac argument, as suggested by Stefano.
> v4: -Re-added comment in tap.c and remove redundant argument check
> in tap_push_l2()
> v5: -Ensured that MAC argument to tap_push_l2h() never is NULL.
> v6: -Clarification of comment about ARP lookup
> ---
> tap.c | 16 +++++++++-------
> tap.h | 3 ++-
> tcp.c | 5 +++--
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tap.c b/tap.c
> index 74557e1..a390be8 100644
> --- a/tap.c
> +++ b/tap.c
> @@ -171,17 +171,19 @@ const struct in6_addr *tap_ip6_daddr(const struct ctx *c,
> * tap_push_l2h() - Build an L2 header for an inbound packet
> * @c: Execution context
> * @buf: Buffer address at which to generate header
> + * @src_mac: MAC address to be used as source for message.
> * @proto: Ethernet protocol number for L3
> *
> * Return: pointer at which to write the packet's payload
> */
> -void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf, uint16_t proto)
> +void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf,
> + const void *src_mac, uint16_t proto)
> {
> struct ethhdr *eh = (struct ethhdr *)buf;
>
> - /* TODO: ARP table lookup */
> + /* TODO: ARP lookup on tap side */
> memcpy(eh->h_dest, c->guest_mac, ETH_ALEN);
> - memcpy(eh->h_source, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_ALEN);
> + memcpy(eh->h_source, src_mac, ETH_ALEN);
> eh->h_proto = ntohs(proto);
> return eh + 1;
> }
> @@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ void tap_udp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, in_port_t sport,
> {
> size_t l4len = dlen + sizeof(struct udphdr);
> char buf[USHRT_MAX];
> - struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IP);
> + struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IP);
> struct udphdr *uh = tap_push_ip4h(ip4h, src, dst, l4len, IPPROTO_UDP);
> char *data = tap_push_uh4(uh, src, sport, dst, dport, in, dlen);
>
> @@ -281,7 +283,7 @@ void tap_icmp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, struct in_addr dst,
> const void *in, size_t l4len)
> {
> char buf[USHRT_MAX];
> - struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IP);
> + struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IP);
> struct icmphdr *icmp4h = tap_push_ip4h(ip4h, src, dst,
> l4len, IPPROTO_ICMP);
>
> @@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ void tap_udp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
> {
> size_t l4len = dlen + sizeof(struct udphdr);
> char buf[USHRT_MAX];
> - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IPV6);
> + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IPV6);
> struct udphdr *uh = tap_push_ip6h(ip6h, src, dst,
> l4len, IPPROTO_UDP, flow);
> char *data = tap_push_uh6(uh, src, sport, dst, dport, in, dlen);
> @@ -389,7 +391,7 @@ void tap_icmp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
> const void *in, size_t l4len)
> {
> char buf[USHRT_MAX];
> - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IPV6);
> + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_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 21db4d2..02f7761 100644
> --- a/tap.h
> +++ b/tap.h
> @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ static inline void tap_hdr_update(struct tap_hdr *thdr, size_t l2len)
> }
>
> unsigned long tap_l2_max_len(const struct ctx *c);
> -void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf, uint16_t proto);
> +void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf,
> + const void *src_mac, uint16_t proto);
> void *tap_push_ip4h(struct iphdr *ip4h, struct in_addr src,
> struct in_addr dst, size_t l4len, uint8_t proto);
> void *tap_push_uh4(struct udphdr *uh, struct in_addr src, in_port_t sport,
> diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
> index 76fc0e4..b44fa62 100644
> --- a/tcp.c
> +++ b/tcp.c
> @@ -1922,7 +1922,8 @@ static void tcp_rst_no_conn(const struct ctx *c, int af,
> return;
>
> if (af == AF_INET) {
> - struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IP);
> + struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac,
> + ETH_P_IP);
> const struct in_addr *rst_src = daddr;
> const struct in_addr *rst_dst = saddr;
>
> @@ -1932,7 +1933,7 @@ static void tcp_rst_no_conn(const struct ctx *c, int af,
> *rst_src, *rst_dst);
>
> } else {
> - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IPV6);
> + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IPV6);
> const struct in6_addr *rst_src = daddr;
> const struct in6_addr *rst_dst = saddr;
>
> --
> 2.50.1
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-10 2:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-10 1:59 [PATCH v6 0/8] Use true MAC address of LAN local remote hosts Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] netlink: add function to extract MAC addresses from NDP/ARP table Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] fwd: Added cache table for ARP/NDP contents Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 2:48 ` David Gibson
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] arp/ndp: respond with true MAC address of LAN local remote hosts Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 2:50 ` David Gibson
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] flow: add MAC address of LAN local remote hosts to flow Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] udp: forward external source MAC address through tap interface Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] tcp: " Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 2:53 ` David Gibson
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] tap: change signature of function tap_push_l2h() Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 2:54 ` David Gibson [this message]
2025-09-10 1:59 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] icmp: let icmp use mac address from flowside structure Jon Maloy
2025-09-10 2:57 ` David Gibson
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