Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] Allow user to set metric on default route learned via Router Advertisement.

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

On 1/19/21 2:29 PM, Praveen Chaudhary wrote:
> For IPv4, default route is learned via DHCPv4 and user is allowed to change
> metric using config etc/network/interfaces. But for IPv6, default route can
> be learned via RA, for which, currently a fixed metric value 1024 is used.
> 
> Ideally, user should be able to configure metric on default route for IPv6
> similar to IPv4. This fix adds sysctl for the same.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Praveen Chaudhary <pchaudhary@linkedin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhenggen Xu <zxu@linkedin.com>
> 
> Changes in v1.
> 1.) Correct the call to rt6_add_dflt_router.
> 
> Changes in v2.
> 1.) Replace accept_ra_defrtr_metric to ra_defrtr_metric.
> 2.) Change Type to __u32 instead of __s32.
> 3.) Change description in Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst.
> 4.) Use proc_douintvec instead of proc_dointvec.
> 5.) Code style in ndisc_router_discovery().
> 6.) Change Type to u32 instead of unsigned int.
> 
> Changes in v3:
> 1.) Removed '---' and '```' from description.
> 2.) Remove stray ' after accept_ra_defrtr.
> 3.) Fix tab in net/ipv6/addrconf.c.
> 
> Logs:
> 
> For IPv4:
> 
> Config in etc/network/interfaces:
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>     metric 4261413864
> 
> IPv4 Kernel Route Table:
> $ ip route list
> default via 172.21.47.1 dev eth0 metric 4261413864
> 
> FRR Table, if a static route is configured:
> [In real scenario, it is useful to prefer BGP learned default route over DHCPv4 default route.]
> Codes: K - kernel route, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP,
>        O - OSPF, I - IS-IS, B - BGP, P - PIM, E - EIGRP, N - NHRP,
>        T - Table, v - VNC, V - VNC-Direct, A - Babel, D - SHARP,
>        > - selected route, * - FIB route
> 
> S>* 0.0.0.0/0 [20/0] is directly connected, eth0, 00:00:03
> K   0.0.0.0/0 [254/1000] via 172.21.47.1, eth0, 6d08h51m
> 
> i.e. User can prefer Default Router learned via Routing Protocol in IPv4.
> Similar behavior is not possible for IPv6, without this fix.
> 
> After fix [for IPv6]:
> sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.eth0.net.ipv6.conf.eth0.ra_defrtr_metric=1996489705
> 
> IP monitor: [When IPv6 RA is received]
> default via fe80::xx16:xxxx:feb3:ce8e dev eth0 proto ra metric 1996489705  pref high
> 
> Kernel IPv6 routing table
> $ ip -6 route list
> default via fe80::be16:65ff:feb3:ce8e dev eth0 proto ra metric 1996489705 expires 21sec hoplimit 64 pref high
> 
> FRR Table, if a static route is configured:
> [In real scenario, it is useful to prefer BGP learned default route over IPv6 RA default route.]
> Codes: K - kernel route, C - connected, S - static, R - RIPng,
>        O - OSPFv3, I - IS-IS, B - BGP, N - NHRP, T - Table,
>        v - VNC, V - VNC-Direct, A - Babel, D - SHARP,
>        > - selected route, * - FIB route
> 
> S>* ::/0 [20/0] is directly connected, eth0, 00:00:06
> K   ::/0 [119/1001] via fe80::xx16:xxxx:feb3:ce8e, eth0, 6d07h43m
> 
> If the metric is changed later, the effect will be seen only when next IPv6
> RA is received, because the default route must be fully controlled by RA msg.
> Below metric is changed from 1996489705 to 1996489704.
> 
> $ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.eth0.ra_defrtr_metric=1996489704
> net.ipv6.conf.eth0.ra_defrtr_metric = 1996489704
> 
> IP monitor:
> [On next IPv6 RA msg, Kernel deletes prev route and installs new route with updated metric]
> 
> Deleted default via fe80::xx16:xxxx:feb3:ce8e dev eth0 proto ra metric 1996489705  expires 3sec hoplimit 64 pref high
> default via fe80::xx16:xxxx:feb3:ce8e dev eth0 proto ra metric 1996489704  pref high
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
>  include/linux/ipv6.h                   |  1 +
>  include/net/ip6_route.h                |  3 ++-
>  include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h              |  1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h            |  1 +
>  net/ipv6/addrconf.c                    | 10 ++++++++++
>  net/ipv6/ndisc.c                       | 14 ++++++++++----
>  net/ipv6/route.c                       |  5 +++--
>  8 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

LGTM. I can't think of a better way to do this than a sysctl. Shame that
the metric/priority is not an RA option.

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>