Re: [PATCH net-next v2] openvswitch: add TTL decrement action

From: Pravin Shelar
Date: Tue Dec 17 2019 - 22:06:54 EST


On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 7:51 AM Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> New action to decrement TTL instead of setting it to a fixed value.
> This action will decrement the TTL and, in case of expired TTL, drop it
> or execute an action passed via a nested attribute.
> The default TTL expired action is to drop the packet.
>
> Supports both IPv4 and IPv6 via the ttl and hop_limit fields, respectively.
>
> Tested with a corresponding change in the userspace:
>
> # ovs-dpctl dump-flows
> in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800), packets:0, bytes:0, used:never, actions:dec_ttl{ttl<=1 action:(drop)},1,1
> in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800), packets:0, bytes:0, used:never, actions:dec_ttl{ttl<=1 action:(drop)},1,2
> in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806), packets:0, bytes:0, used:never, actions:2
> in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806), packets:0, bytes:0, used:never, actions:1
>
> # ping -c1 192.168.0.2 -t 42
> IP (tos 0x0, ttl 41, id 61647, offset 0, flags [DF], proto ICMP (1), length 84)
> 192.168.0.1 > 192.168.0.2: ICMP echo request, id 386, seq 1, length 64
> # ping -c1 192.168.0.2 -t 120
> IP (tos 0x0, ttl 119, id 62070, offset 0, flags [DF], proto ICMP (1), length 84)
> 192.168.0.1 > 192.168.0.2: ICMP echo request, id 388, seq 1, length 64
> # ping -c1 192.168.0.2 -t 1
> #
>
> Co-authored-by: Bindiya Kurle <bindiyakurle@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bindiya Kurle <bindiyakurle@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h | 22 +++++++
> net/openvswitch/actions.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++
> net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 198 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
> index a87b44cd5590..b6684bc04883 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
> @@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ enum ovs_action_attr {
> OVS_ACTION_ATTR_METER, /* u32 meter ID. */
> OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE, /* Nested OVS_CLONE_ATTR_*. */
> OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CHECK_PKT_LEN, /* Nested OVS_CHECK_PKT_LEN_ATTR_*. */
> + OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL, /* Nested OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_*. */
>
> __OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX, /* Nothing past this will be accepted
> * from userspace. */
> @@ -939,6 +940,23 @@ enum ovs_action_attr {
> };
>
> #define OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX (__OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX - 1)
> +enum ovs_dec_ttl_attr {
> + OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_UNSPEC,
> + OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION_TYPE, /* Action Type u32 */
> + OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION, /* nested action */
> + __OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_MAX,
> +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> + OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ARG /* struct sample_arg */
> +#endif
> +};
> +

I do not see need for type or OVS_DEC_TTL_ACTION_DROP, if there are no
nested action the datapath can drop the packet.

> +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> +struct dec_ttl_arg {
> + u32 action_type; /* dec_ttl action type.*/
> +};
> +#endif
> +
> +#define OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_MAX (__OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_MAX - 1)
>
> /* Meters. */
> #define OVS_METER_FAMILY "ovs_meter"
> @@ -1009,6 +1027,10 @@ enum ovs_ct_limit_attr {
> __OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_MAX
> };
>
> +enum ovs_dec_ttl_action { /*Actions supported by dec_ttl */
> + OVS_DEC_TTL_ACTION_DROP,
> + OVS_DEC_TTL_ACTION_USER_SPACE
> +};
> #define OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_MAX (__OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_MAX - 1)
>
> #define OVS_ZONE_LIMIT_DEFAULT_ZONE -1
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
> index 4c8395462303..5329668732b1 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
> @@ -960,6 +960,31 @@ static int output_userspace(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
> return ovs_dp_upcall(dp, skb, key, &upcall, cutlen);
> }
>
> +static int dec_ttl(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
> + struct sw_flow_key *fk, const struct nlattr *attr, bool last)
> +{
> + struct nlattr *actions;
> + struct nlattr *dec_ttl_arg;
> + int rem = nla_len(attr);
> + const struct dec_ttl_arg *arg;
> +
> + /* The first action is always OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ARG. */
> + dec_ttl_arg = nla_data(attr);
> + arg = nla_data(dec_ttl_arg);
> + actions = nla_next(dec_ttl_arg, &rem);
> +
> + switch (arg->action_type) {
> + case OVS_DEC_TTL_ACTION_DROP:
> + consume_skb(skb);
> + break;
> +
> + case OVS_DEC_TTL_ACTION_USER_SPACE:
> + return clone_execute(dp, skb, fk, 0, actions, rem, last, false);
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> /* When 'last' is true, sample() should always consume the 'skb'.
> * Otherwise, sample() should keep 'skb' intact regardless what
> * actions are executed within sample().
> @@ -1176,6 +1201,44 @@ static int execute_check_pkt_len(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
> nla_len(actions), last, clone_flow_key);
> }
>
> +static int execute_dec_ttl(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key)
> +{
> + int err;
> +
> + if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
> + struct ipv6hdr *nh = ipv6_hdr(skb);
> +
> + err = skb_ensure_writable(skb, skb_network_offset(skb) +
> + sizeof(*nh));
There is no need to initialize 'nh', just use 'struct ipv6hdr' to get the size.
> + if (unlikely(err))
> + return err;
> +
> + if (nh->hop_limit <= 1)
> + return -EHOSTUNREACH;
> +
> + key->ip.ttl = --nh->hop_limit;
> + } else {
> + struct iphdr *nh = ip_hdr(skb);
> + u8 old_ttl;
> +
> + err = skb_ensure_writable(skb, skb_network_offset(skb) +
> + sizeof(*nh));
same as above.
> + if (unlikely(err))
> + return err;
> +
> + nh = ip_hdr(skb);
> + if (nh->ttl <= 1)
> + return -EHOSTUNREACH;
> +
> + old_ttl = nh->ttl--;
> + csum_replace2(&nh->check, htons(old_ttl << 8),
> + htons(nh->ttl << 8));
> + key->ip.ttl = nh->ttl;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> /* Execute a list of actions against 'skb'. */
> static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct sw_flow_key *key,
> @@ -1347,6 +1410,14 @@ static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
>
> break;
> }
> +
> + case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL:
> + err = execute_dec_ttl(skb, key);
> + if (err == -EHOSTUNREACH) {
Can you use unlikely().

> + err = dec_ttl(dp, skb, key, a, true);
> + return err;
> + }
> + break;
> }
>
> if (unlikely(err)) {
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> index 65c2e3458ff5..a9eea2ffb8b0 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static bool actions_may_change_flow(const struct nlattr *actions)
> case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_RECIRC:
> case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC:
> case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE:
> + case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL:
> break;
>
> case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT:
> @@ -2494,6 +2495,59 @@ static int validate_and_copy_sample(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int validate_and_copy_dec_ttl(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
> + const struct sw_flow_key *key,
> + struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
> + __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
> + u32 mpls_label_count, bool log)
> +{
> + struct nlattr *attrs[OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_MAX + 1] = { 0 };
> + const struct nlattr *action_type, *action;
> + struct nlattr *a;
> + int rem, start, err;
> + struct dec_ttl_arg arg;
> +
Here we need to validate if eth_type is IPv4 or IPv6.



> + nla_for_each_nested(a, attr, rem) {
> + int type = nla_type(a);
> +
> + if (!type || type > OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_MAX || attrs[type])
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + attrs[type] = a;
> + }
> + if (rem)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + action_type = attrs[OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION_TYPE];
> + if (!action_type || nla_len(action_type) != sizeof(u32))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + start = add_nested_action_start(sfa, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL, log);
> + if (start < 0)
> + return start;
> +
> + arg.action_type = nla_get_u32(action_type);
> + err = ovs_nla_add_action(sfa, OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ARG,
> + &arg, sizeof(arg), log);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + if (arg.action_type == OVS_DEC_TTL_ACTION_USER_SPACE) {
> + action = attrs[OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION];
> + if (!action || (nla_len(action) && nla_len(action) < NLA_HDRLEN))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, action, key, sfa, eth_type,
> + vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + }
> +
> + add_nested_action_end(*sfa, start);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static int validate_and_copy_clone(struct net *net,
> const struct nlattr *attr,
> const struct sw_flow_key *key,
> @@ -3005,6 +3059,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
> [OVS_ACTION_ATTR_METER] = sizeof(u32),
> [OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE] = (u32)-1,
> [OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CHECK_PKT_LEN] = (u32)-1,
> + [OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL] = (u32)-1,
> };
> const struct ovs_action_push_vlan *vlan;
> int type = nla_type(a);
> @@ -3233,6 +3288,15 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
> break;
> }
>
> + case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL:
> + err = validate_and_copy_dec_ttl(net, a, key, sfa,
> + eth_type, vlan_tci,
> + mpls_label_count, log);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + skip_copy = true;
> + break;
> +
> default:
> OVS_NLERR(log, "Unknown Action type %d", type);
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -3404,6 +3468,41 @@ static int check_pkt_len_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
> return err;
> }
>
> +static int dec_ttl_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *att, struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + struct nlattr *start, *ac_start = NULL, *dec_ttl;
> + int err = 0, rem = nla_len(att);
> + const struct dec_ttl_arg *arg;
> + struct nlattr *actions;
> +
> + start = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL);
> + if (!start)
> + return -EMSGSIZE;
> +
> + dec_ttl = nla_data(att);
> + arg = nla_data(dec_ttl);
> + actions = nla_next(dec_ttl, &rem);
> +
> + if (nla_put_u32(skb, OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION_TYPE, arg->action_type)) {
> + nla_nest_cancel(skb, start);
> + return -EMSGSIZE;
> + }
> +
> + if (arg->action_type == OVS_DEC_TTL_ACTION_USER_SPACE) {
> + ac_start = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION);
> + if (!ac_start) {
> + nla_nest_cancel(skb, ac_start);
> + nla_nest_cancel(skb, start);
> + return -EMSGSIZE;
> + }
> + err = ovs_nla_put_actions(actions, rem, skb);
> + nla_nest_end(skb, ac_start);
> + }
> + nla_nest_end(skb, start);
> +
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> static int set_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *a, struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> const struct nlattr *ovs_key = nla_data(a);
> @@ -3504,6 +3603,12 @@ int ovs_nla_put_actions(const struct nlattr *attr, int len, struct sk_buff *skb)
> return err;
> break;
>
> + case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL:
> + err = dec_ttl_action_to_attr(a, skb);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + break;
> +
> default:
> if (nla_put(skb, type, nla_len(a), nla_data(a)))
> return -EMSGSIZE;
> --
> 2.23.0
>