netdev - [PATCH iproute2-next v2] ip-link: add support for nolocalbypass in vxlan

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Message-Id: <20230516140457.22366-1-vladimir@nikishkin.pw>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 22:04:57 +0800
From: Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
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	Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2-next v2] ip-link: add support for nolocalbypass in vxlan

Add userspace support for the [no]localbypass vxlan netlink
attribute. With localbypass on (default), the vxlan driver processes
the packets destined to the local machine by itself, bypassing the
nework stack. With nolocalbypass the packets are always forwarded to
the userspace network stack, so usepspace programs, such as tcpdump
have a chance to process them.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Nikishkin <vladimir@...ishkin.pw>
---
v2: this patch matches commit 69474a8a5837be63f13c6f60a7d622b98ed5c539
in the main tree.

 ip/iplink_vxlan.c     | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ip/iplink_vxlan.c b/ip/iplink_vxlan.c
index c7e0e1c4..98fbc65c 100644
--- a/ip/iplink_vxlan.c
+++ b/ip/iplink_vxlan.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static void print_explain(FILE *f)
 		"		[ [no]remcsumtx ] [ [no]remcsumrx ]\n"
 		"		[ [no]external ] [ gbp ] [ gpe ]\n"
 		"		[ [no]vnifilter ]\n"
+		"		[ [no]localbypass ]\n"
 		"\n"
 		"Where:	VNI	:= 0-16777215\n"
 		"	ADDR	:= { IP_ADDRESS | any }\n"
@@ -276,6 +277,12 @@ static int vxlan_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
 		} else if (!matches(*argv, "noudpcsum")) {
 			check_duparg(&attrs, IFLA_VXLAN_UDP_CSUM, *argv, *argv);
 			addattr8(n, 1024, IFLA_VXLAN_UDP_CSUM, 0);
+		} else if (0 == strcmp(*argv, "localbypass")) {
+			check_duparg(&attrs, IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS, *argv, *argv);
+			addattr8(n, 1024, IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS, 1);
+		} else if (0 == strcmp(*argv, "nolocalbypass")) {
+			check_duparg(&attrs, IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS, *argv, *argv);
+			addattr8(n, 1024, IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS, 0);
 		} else if (!matches(*argv, "udp6zerocsumtx")) {
 			check_duparg(&attrs, IFLA_VXLAN_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX,
 				     *argv, *argv);
@@ -613,6 +620,18 @@ static void vxlan_print_opt(struct link_util *lu, FILE *f, struct rtattr *tb[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS]) {
+		__u8 localbypass = rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_VXLAN_LOCALBYPASS]);
+
+		if (is_json_context()) {
+			print_bool(PRINT_ANY, "localbypass", NULL, localbypass);
+		} else {
+			if (!localbypass)
+				fputs("no", f);
+			fputs("localbypass ", f);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (tb[IFLA_VXLAN_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX]) {
 		__u8 csum6 = rta_getattr_u8(tb[IFLA_VXLAN_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX]);
 
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index bf3605a9..e53efc45 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -630,6 +630,8 @@ the following additional arguments are supported:
 ] [
 .RB [ no ] udpcsum
 ] [
+.RB [ no ] localbypass
+] [
 .RB [ no ] udp6zerocsumtx
 ] [
 .RB [ no ] udp6zerocsumrx
@@ -734,6 +736,14 @@ are entered into the VXLAN device forwarding database.
 .RB [ no ] udpcsum
 - specifies if UDP checksum is calculated for transmitted packets over IPv4.
 
+.sp
+.RB [ no ] localbypass
+- if fdb destination is local, with nolocalbypass set, forward packets
+to the userspace network stack. If there is a userspace process
+listening for these packets, it will have a chance to process them.
+If localbypass is active (default), bypass the network stack and
+inject the packet into the driver directly.
+
 .sp
 .RB [ no ] udp6zerocsumtx
 - skip UDP checksum calculation for transmitted packets over IPv6.
-- 
2.35.8

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