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* [PATCH net-next 0/3] ipv4: First steps toward removing RTO_ONLINK
@ 2022-04-20 23:21 Guillaume Nault
  2022-04-20 23:21 ` [PATCH net-next 1/3] ipv4: Don't reset ->flowi4_scope in ip_rt_fix_tos() Guillaume Nault
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  0 siblings, 5 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Guillaume Nault @ 2022-04-20 23:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
  Cc: netdev, Hideaki YOSHIFUJI, David Ahern, dccp

RTO_ONLINK is a flag that allows to reduce the scope of route lookups.
It's stored in a normally unused bit of the ->flowi4_tos field, in
struct flowi4. However it has several problems:

 * This bit is also used by ECN. Although ECN bits are supposed to be
   cleared before doing a route lookup, it happened that some code
   paths didn't properly sanitise their ->flowi4_tos. So this mechanism
   is fragile and we had bugs in the past where ECN bits slipped in and
   could end up being erroneously interpreted as RTO_ONLINK.

 * A dscp_t type was recently introduced to ensure ECN bits are cleared
   during route lookups. ->flowi4_tos is the most important structure
   field to convert, but RTO_ONLINK prevents such conversion, as dscp_t
   mandates that ECN bits (where RTO_ONLINK is stored) be zero.

Therefore we need to stop using RTO_ONLINK altogether. Fortunately
RTO_ONLINK isn't a necessity. Instead of passing a flag in ->flowi4_tos
to tell the route lookup function to restrict the scope, we can simply
initialise the scope correctly.

Patch 1 does some preparatory work: it stops resetting ->flowi4_scope
automatically before a route lookup, thus allowing callers to set their
desired scope without having to rely on the RTO_ONLINK flag.

Patch 2-3 convert a few code paths to avoid relying on RTO_ONLINK.

More conversions will have to take place before we can eventually
remove this flag.

Guillaume Nault (3):
  ipv4: Don't reset ->flowi4_scope in ip_rt_fix_tos().
  ipv4: Avoid using RTO_ONLINK with ip_route_connect().
  ipv4: Initialise ->flowi4_scope properly in ICMP handlers.

 include/net/route.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 net/dccp/ipv4.c     |  5 ++---
 net/ipv4/af_inet.c  |  6 +++---
 net/ipv4/datagram.c |  7 +++----
 net/ipv4/route.c    | 41 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c |  5 ++---
 6 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

-- 
2.21.3


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2022-04-22  2:30   ` David Ahern
2022-04-22 10:53     ` Guillaume Nault
2022-04-22 14:40       ` David Ahern
2022-04-25 10:04         ` Guillaume Nault
2022-04-20 23:21 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] ipv4: Avoid using RTO_ONLINK with ip_route_connect() Guillaume Nault
2022-04-22  2:32   ` David Ahern
2022-04-20 23:21 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] ipv4: Initialise ->flowi4_scope properly in ICMP handlers Guillaume Nault
2022-04-22  3:08   ` David Ahern
2022-04-22  3:10 ` [PATCH net-next 0/3] ipv4: First steps toward removing RTO_ONLINK David Ahern
2022-04-22 11:02   ` Guillaume Nault
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