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[net-next,08/10] net: ipv6: Emit notification when fib hardware flags are changed

Message ID 20210126132311.3061388-9-idosch@idosch.org (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Add notifications when route hardware flags change | expand

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Ido Schimmel Jan. 26, 2021, 1:23 p.m. UTC
From: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>

After installing a route to the kernel, user space receives an
acknowledgment, which means the route was installed in the kernel,
but not necessarily in hardware.

The asynchronous nature of route installation in hardware can lead
to a routing daemon advertising a route before it was actually installed in
hardware. This can result in packet loss or mis-routed packets until the
route is installed in hardware.

It is also possible for a route already installed in hardware to change
its action and therefore its flags. For example, a host route that is
trapping packets can be "promoted" to perform decapsulation following
the installation of an IPinIP/VXLAN tunnel.

Emit RTM_NEWROUTE notifications whenever RTM_F_OFFLOAD/RTM_F_TRAP flags
are changed. The aim is to provide an indication to user-space
(e.g., routing daemons) about the state of the route in hardware.

Introduce a sysctl that controls this behavior.

Keep the default value at 0 (i.e., do not emit notifications) for several
reasons:
- Multiple RTM_NEWROUTE notification per-route might confuse existing
  routing daemons.
- Convergence reasons in routing daemons.
- The extra notifications will negatively impact the insertion rate.
- Not all users are interested in these notifications.

Move fib6_info_hw_flags_set() to C file because it is no longer a short
function.

Signed-off-by: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 20 ++++++++++++
 include/net/ip6_fib.h                  | 10 ++----
 include/net/netns/ipv6.h               |  1 +
 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c                    |  1 +
 net/ipv6/route.c                       | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c             |  9 ++++++
 6 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Comments

David Ahern Jan. 27, 2021, 5:14 a.m. UTC | #1
On 1/26/21 6:23 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> From: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
> 
> After installing a route to the kernel, user space receives an
> acknowledgment, which means the route was installed in the kernel,
> but not necessarily in hardware.
> 
> The asynchronous nature of route installation in hardware can lead
> to a routing daemon advertising a route before it was actually installed in
> hardware. This can result in packet loss or mis-routed packets until the
> route is installed in hardware.
> 
> It is also possible for a route already installed in hardware to change
> its action and therefore its flags. For example, a host route that is
> trapping packets can be "promoted" to perform decapsulation following
> the installation of an IPinIP/VXLAN tunnel.
> 
> Emit RTM_NEWROUTE notifications whenever RTM_F_OFFLOAD/RTM_F_TRAP flags
> are changed. The aim is to provide an indication to user-space
> (e.g., routing daemons) about the state of the route in hardware.
> 
> Introduce a sysctl that controls this behavior.
> 
> Keep the default value at 0 (i.e., do not emit notifications) for several
> reasons:
> - Multiple RTM_NEWROUTE notification per-route might confuse existing
>   routing daemons.
> - Convergence reasons in routing daemons.
> - The extra notifications will negatively impact the insertion rate.
> - Not all users are interested in these notifications.
> 
> Move fib6_info_hw_flags_set() to C file because it is no longer a short
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 20 ++++++++++++
>  include/net/ip6_fib.h                  | 10 ++----
>  include/net/netns/ipv6.h               |  1 +
>  net/ipv6/af_inet6.c                    |  1 +
>  net/ipv6/route.c                       | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c             |  9 ++++++
>  6 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
David Ahern Jan. 28, 2021, 3:36 a.m. UTC | #2
On 1/26/21 6:23 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> From: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
> 
> After installing a route to the kernel, user space receives an
> acknowledgment, which means the route was installed in the kernel,
> but not necessarily in hardware.
> 
> The asynchronous nature of route installation in hardware can lead
> to a routing daemon advertising a route before it was actually installed in
> hardware. This can result in packet loss or mis-routed packets until the
> route is installed in hardware.
> 
> It is also possible for a route already installed in hardware to change
> its action and therefore its flags. For example, a host route that is
> trapping packets can be "promoted" to perform decapsulation following
> the installation of an IPinIP/VXLAN tunnel.
> 
> Emit RTM_NEWROUTE notifications whenever RTM_F_OFFLOAD/RTM_F_TRAP flags
> are changed. The aim is to provide an indication to user-space
> (e.g., routing daemons) about the state of the route in hardware.
> 
> Introduce a sysctl that controls this behavior.
> 
> Keep the default value at 0 (i.e., do not emit notifications) for several
> reasons:
> - Multiple RTM_NEWROUTE notification per-route might confuse existing
>   routing daemons.
> - Convergence reasons in routing daemons.
> - The extra notifications will negatively impact the insertion rate.
> - Not all users are interested in these notifications.
> 
> Move fib6_info_hw_flags_set() to C file because it is no longer a short
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 20 ++++++++++++
>  include/net/ip6_fib.h                  | 10 ++----
>  include/net/netns/ipv6.h               |  1 +
>  net/ipv6/af_inet6.c                    |  1 +
>  net/ipv6/route.c                       | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c             |  9 ++++++
>  6 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 01927b36bbee..11f10b8f4a83 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -1795,6 +1795,26 @@  nexthop_compat_mode - BOOLEAN
 	and extraneous notifications.
 	Default: true (backward compat mode)
 
+fib_notify_on_flag_change - INTEGER
+        Whether to emit RTM_NEWROUTE notifications whenever RTM_F_OFFLOAD/
+        RTM_F_TRAP flags are changed.
+
+        After installing a route to the kernel, user space receives an
+        acknowledgment, which means the route was installed in the kernel,
+        but not necessarily in hardware.
+        It is also possible for a route already installed in hardware to change
+        its action and therefore its flags. For example, a host route that is
+        trapping packets can be "promoted" to perform decapsulation following
+        the installation of an IPinIP/VXLAN tunnel.
+        The notifications will indicate to user-space the state of the route.
+
+        Default: 0 (Do not emit notifications.)
+
+        Possible values:
+
+        - 0 - Do not emit notifications.
+        - 1 - Emit notifications.
+
 IPv6 Fragmentation:
 
 ip6frag_high_thresh - INTEGER
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index cc189e668adf..1e262b23c68b 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -336,14 +336,6 @@  static inline void fib6_info_release(struct fib6_info *f6i)
 		call_rcu(&f6i->rcu, fib6_info_destroy_rcu);
 }
 
-static inline void
-fib6_info_hw_flags_set(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i, bool offload,
-		       bool trap)
-{
-	f6i->offload = offload;
-	f6i->trap = trap;
-}
-
 enum fib6_walk_state {
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
 	FWS_S,
@@ -546,6 +538,8 @@  static inline bool fib6_metric_locked(struct fib6_info *f6i, int metric)
 {
 	return !!(f6i->fib6_metrics->metrics[RTAX_LOCK - 1] & (1 << metric));
 }
+void fib6_info_hw_flags_set(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i,
+			    bool offload, bool trap);
 
 #if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_IPV6) && defined(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL)
 struct bpf_iter__ipv6_route {
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
index 5ec054473d81..21c0debbd39e 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@  struct netns_sysctl_ipv6 {
 	int max_hbh_opts_len;
 	int seg6_flowlabel;
 	bool skip_notify_on_dev_down;
+	int fib_notify_on_flag_change;
 };
 
 struct netns_ipv6 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 8e9c3e9ea36e..0e9994e0ecd7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@  static int __net_init inet6_net_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.max_hbh_opts_cnt = IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_HBH_OPTS_CNT;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.max_dst_opts_len = IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_DST_OPTS_LEN;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.max_hbh_opts_len = IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_HBH_OPTS_LEN;
+	net->ipv6.sysctl.fib_notify_on_flag_change = 0;
 	atomic_set(&net->ipv6.fib6_sernum, 1);
 
 	err = ipv6_init_mibs(net);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 188e114b29b4..dcf28240541d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -6063,6 +6063,50 @@  void fib6_rt_update(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt,
 		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_ROUTE, err);
 }
 
+void fib6_info_hw_flags_set(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i,
+			    bool offload, bool trap)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int err;
+
+	if (f6i->offload == offload && f6i->trap == trap)
+		return;
+
+	f6i->offload = offload;
+	f6i->trap = trap;
+
+	if (!rcu_access_pointer(f6i->fib6_node))
+		/* The route was removed from the tree, do not send
+		 * notfication.
+		 */
+		return;
+
+	if (!net->ipv6.sysctl.fib_notify_on_flag_change)
+		return;
+
+	skb = nlmsg_new(rt6_nlmsg_size(f6i), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skb) {
+		err = -ENOBUFS;
+		goto errout;
+	}
+
+	err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, f6i, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, RTM_NEWROUTE, 0,
+			    0, 0);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		/* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in rt6_nlmsg_size() */
+		WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		goto errout;
+	}
+
+	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_ROUTE, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return;
+
+errout:
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_ROUTE, err);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fib6_info_hw_flags_set);
+
 static int ip6_route_dev_notify(struct notifier_block *this,
 				unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
index 5b60a4bdd36a..392ef01e3366 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@  static struct ctl_table ipv6_table_template[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "fib_notify_on_flag_change",
+		.data		= &init_net.ipv6.sysctl.fib_notify_on_flag_change,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1         = SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2         = SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
 	{ }
 };