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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.11.1604082328460.2124@ja.home.ssi.bg>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 23:35:58 +0300 (EEST)
From: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To: Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...driver.com>
cc: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] route: do not cache fib route info on local routes
with oif
Hello,
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Chris Friesen wrote:
> For local routes that require a particular output interface we do not want to
> cache the result. Caching the result causes incorrect behaviour when there are
> multiple source addresses on the interface. The end result being that if the
> intended recipient is waiting on that interface for the packet he won't receive
> it because it will be delivered on the loopback interface and the IP_PKTINFO
> ipi_ifindex will be set to the loopback interface as well.
>
> This can be tested by running a program such as "dhcp_release" which attempts
> to inject a packet on a particular interface so that it is received by another
> program on the same board. The receiving process should see an IP_PKTINFO
> ipi_ifndex value of the source interface (e.g., eth1) instead of the loopback
> interface (e.g., lo). The packet will still appear on the loopback interface
> in tcpdump but the important aspect is that the CMSG info is correct.
>
> Sample dhcp_release command line:
>
> dhcp_release eth1 192.168.204.222 02:11:33:22:44:66
>
> Signed-off-by: Allain Legacy <allain.legacy@...driver.com>
> Signed off-by: Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...driver.com>
Sorry, forgot to mention that patch has other errors:
scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict /tmp/file3.patch
Its recommendations:
- prefer a maximum 75 chars per line
- code indent should use tabs where possible
> ---
> net/ipv4/route.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
> index 02c6229..437a377 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/route.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
> @@ -2045,6 +2045,18 @@ static struct rtable *__mkroute_output(const struct fib_result *res,
> */
> if (fi && res->prefixlen < 4)
> fi = NULL;
> + } else if ((type == RTN_LOCAL) && (orig_oif != 0) &&
> + (orig_oif != dev_out->ifindex)) {
> + /* For local routes that require a particular output interface
> + * we do not want to cache the result. Caching the result
> + * causes incorrect behaviour when there are multiple source
> + * addresses on the interface, the end result being that if the
> + * intended recipient is waiting on that interface for the
> + * packet he won't receive it because it will be delivered on
> + * the loopback interface and the IP_PKTINFO ipi_ifindex will
> + * be set to the loopback interface as well.
> + */
> + fi = NULL;
> }
>
> fnhe = NULL;
Regards
--
Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
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