Re: [PATCH net-next v3 03/10] net/sched: cls_flower: prepare fl_{set,dump}_key_flags() for ENC_FLAGS

From: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
Date: Fri Jul 12 2024 - 21:15:31 EST


Hi Jakub,

On 7/12/24 1:54 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 16:38:17 +0000 Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
+ if (NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(extack, NULL, tb, fl_mask)) {

Does this work with nest as NULL?

It does, but it gives less information:

* struct netlink_ext_ack - netlink extended ACK report struct
[..]
* @miss_nest: nest missing an attribute (%NULL if missing top level attr)

NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK() doesn't check the value of nest, it just sets it.

That line originates from Davide's patch and is already in net-next:
1d17568e74de ("net/sched: cls_flower: add support for matching tunnel control flags")

It was added to that patch, after Jamal requested it.
https://lore.kernel.org/CAM0EoMkE3kzL28jg-nZiwQ0HnrFtm9HNBJwU1SJk7Z++yHzrMw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

tb here is corresponding to attrs from tca[TCA_OPTIONS], so IIRC we need
to pass tca[TCA_OPTIONS] as nest here. Otherwise the decoder will look
for attribute with ID fl_mask at the root level, and the root attrs are
from the TCA_ enum.

Looks like Donald covered flower in Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml
so you should be able to try to hit this using the Python ynl CLI:
https://docs.kernel.org/next/userspace-api/netlink/intro-specs.html#simple-cli
But to be honest I'm not 100% sure if the YNL reverse parser works with
TC and its "sub-message" polymorphism ;)

After extending the spec to know about the enc_flags keys, I get this:

$ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml --do newtfilter --json '{"chain": 0, "family": 0, "handle": 4, "ifindex": 22, "info": 262152, "kind": "flower", "options": { "flags": 0, "key-enc-flags": 8, "key-eth-type": 2048}, "parent": 4294967283}'
Netlink error: Invalid argument
nl_len = 68 (52) nl_flags = 0x300 nl_type = 2
error: -22
extack: {'msg': 'Missing flags mask', 'miss-type': 111}

After propagating tca[TCA_OPTIONS] through:

Netlink error: Invalid argument
nl_len = 76 (60) nl_flags = 0x300 nl_type = 2
error: -22
extack: {'msg': 'Missing flags mask', 'miss-type': 111, 'miss-nest': 56}

In v4, I have added the propagation as the last patch.

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Best regards
Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
Network Engineer
Fiberby - AS42541