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Message-ID: <799c2171-7b41-4202-9ea4-e28952f81a65@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:46:44 +0200
From: Richard Gobert <richardbgobert@...il.com>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>
Cc: andrew+netdev@...n.ch, daniel@...earbox.net, davem@...emloft.net,
 donald.hunter@...il.com, dsahern@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 horms@...nel.org, idosch@...dia.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, martin.lau@...nel.org,
 menglong8.dong@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 petrm@...dia.com, razor@...ckwall.org, shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/5] net: vxlan: add netlink option to bind
 vxlan sockets to local addresses

Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> From: Richard Gobert <richardbgobert@...il.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:51:52 +0200
>> Currently, VXLAN sockets always bind to 0.0.0.0, even when a local
>> address is defined. This commit adds a netlink option to change
>> this behavior.
>>
>> If two VXLAN endpoints are connected through two separate subnets,
>> they are each able to receive traffic through both subnets, regardless
>> of the local address. The new option will break this behavior.
>>
>> Disable the option by default.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Gobert <richardbgobert@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c     | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  include/net/vxlan.h                |  1 +
>>  include/uapi/linux/if_link.h       |  1 +
>>  tools/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h |  1 +
>>  4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
>> index f32be2e301f2..15fe9d83c724 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
>> @@ -3406,6 +3406,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy vxlan_policy[IFLA_VXLAN_MAX + 1] = {
>>  	[IFLA_VXLAN_LABEL_POLICY]       = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, VXLAN_LABEL_MAX),
>>  	[IFLA_VXLAN_RESERVED_BITS] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct vxlanhdr)),
>>  	[IFLA_VXLAN_MC_ROUTE]		= NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, 1),
>> +	[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND]	= NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, 1),
> 
> Flagging FREEBIND sounds rather NONLOCAL to me.
> 
> More specific name would be better.  NON_WILDCARD_BIND ? idk..
> 
> $ cat include/net/inet_sock.h
> ...
> static inline bool inet_can_nonlocal_bind(struct net *net,
> 					  struct inet_sock *inet)
> {
> 	return READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind) ||
> 		test_bit(INET_FLAGS_FREEBIND, &inet->inet_flags) ||
> 		test_bit(INET_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT, &inet->inet_flags);
> }
> 
> 
>>  };
>>  
>>  static int vxlan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
>> @@ -4044,15 +4045,37 @@ static int vxlan_nl2conf(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
>>  		conf->vni = vni;
>>  	}
>>  
>> +	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND]) {
>> +		if (changelink) {
>> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND], "Cannot rebind locally");
>> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +		}
> 
> Are these two "if" necessary ?

Creating a vxlan interface without localbind then adding localbind won't
result in the socket being rebound. I might implement this in the future,
but for simplicity, I didn't implement this yet.

> 
> 
>> +
>> +		err = vxlan_nl2flag(conf, data, IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND,
>> +				    VXLAN_F_LOCALBIND, changelink,
>> +				    false, extack);
>> +		if (err)
>> +			return err;
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]) {
>> +		__be32 addr = nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]);
>> +
>>  		if (changelink && (conf->remote_ip.sa.sa_family != AF_INET)) {
>>  			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP], "New group address family does not match old group");
>>  			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>  		}
>>  
>> -		conf->remote_ip.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]);
>> +		if ((conf->flags & VXLAN_F_LOCALBIND) && ipv4_is_multicast(addr)) {
>> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP], "Cannot add multicast group when bound locally");
>> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		conf->remote_ip.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = addr;
>>  		conf->remote_ip.sa.sa_family = AF_INET;
>>  	} else if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP6]) {
>> +		struct in6_addr addr = nla_get_in6_addr(data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP6]);
>> +
>>  		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)) {
>>  			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP6], "IPv6 support not enabled in the kernel");
>>  			return -EPFNOSUPPORT;
>> @@ -4063,7 +4086,12 @@ static int vxlan_nl2conf(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
>>  			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>  		}
>>  
>> -		conf->remote_ip.sin6.sin6_addr = nla_get_in6_addr(data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP6]);
>> +		if ((conf->flags & VXLAN_F_LOCALBIND) && ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&addr)) {
>> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP6], "Cannot add multicast group when bound locally");
>> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		conf->remote_ip.sin6.sin6_addr = addr;
>>  		conf->remote_ip.sa.sa_family = AF_INET6;
>>  	}
>>  
>> @@ -4071,6 +4099,9 @@ static int vxlan_nl2conf(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
>>  		if (changelink && (conf->saddr.sa.sa_family != AF_INET)) {
>>  			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCAL], "New local address family does not match old");
>>  			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +		} else if (changelink && (conf->flags & VXLAN_F_LOCALBIND)) {
>> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCAL], "Cannot change local address when bound locally");
>> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		conf->saddr.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCAL]);
>> @@ -4084,6 +4115,9 @@ static int vxlan_nl2conf(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
>>  		if (changelink && (conf->saddr.sa.sa_family != AF_INET6)) {
>>  			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCAL6], "New local address family does not match old");
>>  			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +		} else if (changelink && (conf->flags & VXLAN_F_LOCALBIND)) {
>> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCAL6], "Cannot change local address when bound locally");
>> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		/* TODO: respect scope id */
>> @@ -4517,6 +4551,7 @@ static size_t vxlan_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
>>  		nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_VXLAN_VNIFILTER */
>>  		/* IFLA_VXLAN_RESERVED_BITS */
>>  		nla_total_size(sizeof(struct vxlanhdr)) +
>> +		nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND */
>>  		0;
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -4596,7 +4631,9 @@ static int vxlan_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
>>  	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_VXLAN_REMCSUM_RX,
>>  		       !!(vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_REMCSUM_RX)) ||
>>  	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS,
>> -		       !!(vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_LOCALBYPASS)))
>> +		       !!(vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_LOCALBYPASS)) ||
>> +	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND,
>> +		       !!(vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_LOCALBIND)))
>>  		goto nla_put_failure;
>>  
>>  	if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_VXLAN_PORT_RANGE, sizeof(ports), &ports))
>> diff --git a/include/net/vxlan.h b/include/net/vxlan.h
>> index 0ee50785f4f1..e356b5294535 100644
>> --- a/include/net/vxlan.h
>> +++ b/include/net/vxlan.h
>> @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ struct vxlan_dev {
>>  #define VXLAN_F_MDB			0x40000
>>  #define VXLAN_F_LOCALBYPASS		0x80000
>>  #define VXLAN_F_MC_ROUTE		0x100000
>> +#define VXLAN_F_LOCALBIND		0x200000
>>  
>>  /* Flags that are used in the receive path. These flags must match in
>>   * order for a socket to be shareable
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>> index 784ace3a519c..7350129b1444 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>> @@ -1399,6 +1399,7 @@ enum {
>>  	IFLA_VXLAN_LABEL_POLICY, /* IPv6 flow label policy; ifla_vxlan_label_policy */
>>  	IFLA_VXLAN_RESERVED_BITS,
>>  	IFLA_VXLAN_MC_ROUTE,
>> +	IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND,
>>  	__IFLA_VXLAN_MAX
>>  };
>>  #define IFLA_VXLAN_MAX	(__IFLA_VXLAN_MAX - 1)
>> diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>> index 7e46ca4cd31b..eee934cc2cf4 100644
>> --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>> +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>> @@ -1396,6 +1396,7 @@ enum {
>>  	IFLA_VXLAN_VNIFILTER, /* only applicable with COLLECT_METADATA mode */
>>  	IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS,
>>  	IFLA_VXLAN_LABEL_POLICY, /* IPv6 flow label policy; ifla_vxlan_label_policy */
>> +	IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBIND,
>>  	__IFLA_VXLAN_MAX
>>  };
>>  #define IFLA_VXLAN_MAX	(__IFLA_VXLAN_MAX - 1)
>> -- 
>> 2.36.1


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