netdev - Re: problems with L2TP

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Date:	Mon, 6 Jul 2015 19:16:30 +0300
From:	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>
To:	Tom Parkin <tparkin@...alix.com>
Cc:	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: problems with L2TP

Thanks for your reply, Tom!

> How is the tunnel/session being created on the server side?

My server is xl2tpd. If I understand correctly, session and tunnel are
being created in start_pppd() function, see [1].
Judging from xl2tpd logs (see [2]), start_pppd() function is executed,
in turn, from control_finish() (see [3]), when "c->msgtype" switch is
in "case ICCN:" (marked as "Incoming-Call-Connected" in log).
Tunnel ID and call ID for server side are generated in new_tunnel()
and new_call() functions, accordingly.
Tunnel ID and call ID for client side, I believe, are being received
from client in this code: [4] (see get_call() and get_tunnel()
functions calls).

> How are you deriving the session and tunnel IDs?

If you mean how they are generated at client side -- they are
basically random values (I'm using modified "mtpd" tool from Android):
 - session ID -- see "local_session" variable at [5]
 - tunnel ID -- see "local_tunnel" variable at [6].

I will try to play with tunnel_id/session_id values for both tunnel
and session sockets (in code from my first message) and see if it
helps.

Thanks!

References:

[1] https://github.com/xelerance/xl2tpd/blob/master/xl2tpd.c#L421
[2] xl2tpd log (with debug options enabled): http://pastebin.com/f0kfz37E
[3] https://github.com/xelerance/xl2tpd/blob/master/control.c#L998
[4] https://github.com/xelerance/xl2tpd/blob/master/network.c#L597
[5] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/mtpd/+/0269612ac00a0700997dda333faf0a3c33a388b8/l2tp.c#479
[6] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/mtpd/+/0269612ac00a0700997dda333faf0a3c33a388b8/l2tp.c#319
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