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ipv4 icmp_reflect() source address selection optimisation
On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 10:39:24AM +0200, Alexandr Nedvedicky wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 09:21:25AM +1000, David Gwynne wrote:
> </snip>
> >
> > after talking to claudio, i think the actual source address selection in
> > icmp_reflect can be improved.
> >
> > this diff still delegates setting the source address based on a
> > destination route lookup to ip_output(), but it adds some extra attempts
> > in icmp_reflect() itself to pick a good source address.
> >
> > if original packet is for a local address on the host, then we use the
> > local address as the source for the icmp reflected packet, as we do now.
> >
> > however, if we're routing the packet, the way we pick a source address
> > now has some extra steps. firstly, we try and use a "route sourceaddr"
> > as we do for socket addresses. this means if we have a link local or
> > host route for the icmp packet destination we prefer to use that, and
> > then fall through to using the address configured with "route
> > sourceaddr" next. if that doesn't exist then we try and use an ip
> > address from the interface the icmp packet was received on. if all that
> > fails, we let ip_output set it.
> >
> > why do we care about this when the status quo has been fine for so long
> > you ask?
> >
> > our stack is a lot more complicated now, and things like pf and ipsec
> > mean that it is possible to reroute packets that would otherwise be
> > dropped. the pf_forward regress test demonstrates some of them, but the
> > most interesting one is when we generate an icmp reply that's supposed
> > to head toward a blackholed prefix, but pf reply-to tries to fix it up.
> > blackhole routes are only really supported on loopback interfaces, which
> > means pretty much every icmp reflected packet ends up using the local ip
> > on lo0. without pf, these replies would be dropped, but with reply-to we
> > suddnely want to send an icmp packet with the local ip from lo0, which
> > is 127.0.0.1, which also should never appear on the wire.
> >
> > these changes mean we try a lot harder to use a usable ip as the source
> > address on icmp reflected packets, and will hopefully let us clean up a
> > fixup in pf_route for handling packets that were generated with loopback
> > ips on them.
> >
>
> it all make sense. It's definitely an improvement to what we have.
> I have one comment/question to your diff. see in-line.
>
> >
> > Index: ip_icmp.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c,v
> > diff -u -p -r1.196 ip_icmp.c
> > --- ip_icmp.c 14 Jul 2024 18:53:39 -0000 1.196
> > +++ ip_icmp.c 28 Jul 2024 22:59:21 -0000
> > @@ -684,7 +684,8 @@ icmp_reflect(struct mbuf *m, struct mbuf
> > struct ip *ip = mtod(m, struct ip *);
> > struct mbuf *opts = NULL;
> > struct sockaddr_in sin;
> > - struct rtentry *rt = NULL;
> > + struct rtentry *rt;
> > + struct in_addr ip_src = { INADDR_ANY };
> > int optlen = (ip->ip_hl << 2) - sizeof(struct ip);
> > u_int rtableid;
> > u_int8_t pfflags;
> > @@ -701,10 +702,6 @@ icmp_reflect(struct mbuf *m, struct mbuf
> > return (ELOOP);
> > }
> > rtableid = m->m_pkthdr.ph_rtableid;
> > - pfflags = m->m_pkthdr.pf.flags;
> > - m_resethdr(m);
> > - m->m_pkthdr.ph_rtableid = rtableid;
> > - m->m_pkthdr.pf.flags = pfflags & PF_TAG_GENERATED;
> >
> > /*
> > * If the incoming packet was addressed directly to us,
> > @@ -718,19 +715,24 @@ icmp_reflect(struct mbuf *m, struct mbuf
> > sin.sin_addr = ip->ip_dst;
> >
> > rt = rtalloc(sintosa(&sin), 0, rtableid);
> > - if (rtisvalid(rt) &&
> > - ISSET(rt->rt_flags, RTF_LOCAL|RTF_BROADCAST))
> > - ia = ifatoia(rt->rt_ifa);
> > - }
> > + if (rtisvalid(rt)) {
> > + if (ISSET(rt->rt_flags, RTF_LOCAL))
> > + ip_src = ip->ip_dst;
> > + else if (ISSET(rt->rt_flags, RTF_BROADCAST)) {
> > + ia = ifatoia(rt->rt_ifa);
> > + ip_src = ia->ia_addr.sin_addr;
> > + }
> > + }
> > + rtfree(rt);
> > + } else
> > + ip_src = ia->ia_addr.sin_addr;
> >
> I would expect to find ip_src address in ->ia_list. Are we sure
> ia_addr holds IP address attached to interface?
> From seeing the places where we call icmp_reflect() this else
> branch seems to handle some MPLS case. So there is a chance
> you code is still right and I miss something here.
I there a funtional difference in this chunk? When a route lookup
to ip->ip_dst returns a RTF_LOCAL route, then
ifatoia(rt->rt_ifa)->ia_addr.sin_addr it must be the same as
ip->ip_dst.
bluhm
ipv4 icmp_reflect() source address selection optimisation