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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com
Subject: [PATCH net] uapi: linux: restore IPPROTO_MAX to 256
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:47:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230111214719.194027-1-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)

IPPROTO_MAX used to be 256, but with the introduction of IPPROTO_MPTCP
definition, IPPROTO_MAX was bumped to 263.

IPPROTO_MPTCP definition is used for the socket interface from
userspace. It is never used in the layer 4 protocol field of
IP headers.

IPPROTO_* definitions are used anywhere in the kernel as well as in
userspace to set the layer 4 protocol field in IP headers.

At least in Netfilter, there is code in userspace that relies on
IPPROTO_MAX (not inclusive) to check for the maximum layer 4 protocol.

This patch restores IPPROTO_MAX to 256.

Fixes: faf391c3826c ("tcp: Define IPPROTO_MPTCP")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
Alternatively, I can also define an internal __IPPROTO_MAX to 256 in
userspace.  I understand an update on uapi at this stage might be
complicated. Another possibility is to add a new definition
IPPROTO_FIELD_MAX to uapi and set it to 256 that userspace could start
using.

 include/uapi/linux/in.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in.h b/include/uapi/linux/in.h
index 07a4cb149305..0600b03b49ee 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/in.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/in.h
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ enum {
   IPPROTO_ETHERNET = 143,	/* Ethernet-within-IPv6 Encapsulation	*/
 #define IPPROTO_ETHERNET	IPPROTO_ETHERNET
   IPPROTO_RAW = 255,		/* Raw IP packets			*/
+  IPPROTO_MAX = 256,
 #define IPPROTO_RAW		IPPROTO_RAW
   IPPROTO_MPTCP = 262,		/* Multipath TCP connection		*/
 #define IPPROTO_MPTCP		IPPROTO_MPTCP
-  IPPROTO_MAX
 };
 #endif
 
-- 
2.30.2


             reply	other threads:[~2023-01-11 21:47 UTC|newest]

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2023-01-11 21:47 Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2023-01-12 10:54 ` [PATCH net] uapi: linux: restore IPPROTO_MAX to 256 Pablo Neira Ayuso

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