linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PPPoL2TP: Add more code snippets

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20230418085323.h6xij7w6d2o4kxxi@begin>
Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:53:23 +0200
From:   Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:     Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
Cc:     James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>, tparkin@...alix.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, corbet@....net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PPPoL2TP: Add more code snippets

Guillaume Nault, le mar. 18 avril 2023 10:34:03 +0200, a ecrit:
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 12:07:04AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> >          sax.sa_family = AF_PPPOX;
> >          sax.sa_protocol = PX_PROTO_OL2TP;
> >          sax.pppol2tp.fd = tunnel_fd;
> > @@ -406,12 +407,64 @@ Sample userspace code:
> >          /* session_fd is the fd of the session's PPPoL2TP socket.
> >           * tunnel_fd is the fd of the tunnel UDP / L2TPIP socket.
> >           */
> > -        fd = connect(session_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sax, sizeof(sax));
> > -        if (fd < 0 ) {
> > +        ret = connect(session_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sax, sizeof(sax));
> > +        if (ret < 0 ) {
> 
> Now you also need to close session_fd.

? No, we need it for PPPIOCGCHAN, and also PPPIOCGL2TPSTATS.

I'll put return session_fd instead.

> > +The ppp<ifunit> interface can then be configured as usual with SIOCSIFMTU,
> > +SIOCSIFADDR, SIOCSIFDSTADDR, SIOCSIFNETMASK, and activated by setting IFF_UP
> > +with SIOCSIFFLAGS
> > +
> > +  - Tunnel switching is supported by bridging channels::
> 
> This is a PPP feature not an L2TP one.
> 
> PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN's description
> belongs to Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst, where it's already
> documented.

Yes but that's hard to find out when you're looking from the L2TP end.

> If necessary, you can link to ppp_generic.rst here.
> 
> Also, calling this feature 'tunnel switching' is misleading.

That's how I have seen it is called in L2TP jargon.

Samuel