[Devel] Re: [patch 2/2][NETNS][RFD] use dst_entries to retrieve the network namespace pointer

Denis V. Lunev den at sw.ru
Tue Dec 11 09:00:25 PST 2007


Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The objective we have is to remove the fl_net field from the struct flowi.
> 
> In the previous patch, we make the network namespace to go up to the dst_entry.
> This patch makes an example in how we can use the dst_entry/rtable combined with
> a container_of to retrieve the network namespace when we have the flowi parameter.
> 
> One restriction is we should pass always a flowi parameter coming from a struct
> dst_entry.
this is an obfuscation IMHO. You use rtable instead of flowi, so
- rtable obtain flowi meaning and keeps original meaning
- stack usage in increased

So, for the case, I think it is better to have an additional parameter
on IP route output path. (There is a device on the input one).

Regards,
	Den

> 
> ---
>  include/net/ip_fib.h |    3 -
>  net/ipv4/route.c     |  111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-netns/net/ipv4/route.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-netns.orig/net/ipv4/route.c
> +++ linux-2.6-netns/net/ipv4/route.c
> @@ -1788,15 +1788,18 @@ static int ip_route_input_slow(struct sk
>  	struct net *net = dev->nd_net;
>  	struct fib_result res;
>  	struct in_device *in_dev = in_dev_get(dev);
> -	struct flowi fl = { .fl_net = net,
> -			    .nl_u = { .ip4_u =
> -				      { .daddr = daddr,
> -					.saddr = saddr,
> -					.tos = tos,
> -					.scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE,
> -				      } },
> -			    .mark = skb->mark,
> -			    .iif = dev->ifindex };
> +	struct rtable rt = {
> +		.u.dst.net = net,
> +		.fl = { .fl_net = net,
> +			.nl_u = { .ip4_u =
> +				  { .daddr = daddr,
> +				    .saddr = saddr,
> +				    .tos = tos,
> +				    .scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE,
> +				  } },
> +			.mark = skb->mark,
> +			.iif = dev->ifindex },
> +	};
>  	unsigned	flags = 0;
>  	u32		itag = 0;
>  	struct rtable * rth;
> @@ -1832,7 +1835,7 @@ static int ip_route_input_slow(struct sk
>  	/*
>  	 *	Now we are ready to route packet.
>  	 */
> -	if ((err = fib_lookup(&fl, &res)) != 0) {
> +	if ((err = fib_lookup(&rt.fl, &res)) != 0) {
>  		if (!IN_DEV_FORWARD(in_dev))
>  			goto e_hostunreach;
>  		goto no_route;
> @@ -1862,7 +1865,7 @@ static int ip_route_input_slow(struct sk
>  	if (res.type != RTN_UNICAST)
>  		goto martian_destination;
>  
> -	err = ip_mkroute_input(skb, &res, &fl, in_dev, daddr, saddr, tos);
> +	err = ip_mkroute_input(skb, &res, &rt.fl, in_dev, daddr, saddr, tos);
>  done:
>  	in_dev_put(in_dev);
>  	if (free_res)
> @@ -1898,7 +1901,6 @@ local_input:
>  	rth->u.dst.flags= DST_HOST;
>  	if (IN_DEV_CONF_GET(in_dev, NOPOLICY))
>  		rth->u.dst.flags |= DST_NOPOLICY;
> -	rth->fl.fl_net	= net;
>  	rth->fl.fl4_dst	= daddr;
>  	rth->rt_dst	= daddr;
>  	rth->fl.fl4_tos	= tos;
> @@ -1923,7 +1925,7 @@ local_input:
>  		rth->rt_flags 	&= ~RTCF_LOCAL;
>  	}
>  	rth->rt_type	= res.type;
> -	hash = rt_hash(daddr, saddr, fl.iif);
> +	hash = rt_hash(daddr, saddr, rt.fl.iif);
>  	err = rt_intern_hash(hash, rth, (struct rtable**)&skb->dst);
>  	goto done;
>  
> @@ -2173,18 +2175,21 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>  {
>  	u32 tos	= RT_FL_TOS(oldflp);
>  	struct net *net = oldflp->fl_net;
> -	struct flowi fl = { .fl_net = net,
> -			    .nl_u = { .ip4_u =
> -				      { .daddr = oldflp->fl4_dst,
> -					.saddr = oldflp->fl4_src,
> -					.tos = tos & IPTOS_RT_MASK,
> -					.scope = ((tos & RTO_ONLINK) ?
> -						  RT_SCOPE_LINK :
> -						  RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE),
> -				      } },
> -			    .mark = oldflp->mark,
> -			    .iif = net->loopback_dev->ifindex,
> -			    .oif = oldflp->oif };
> +	struct rtable rt = {
> +		.u.dst.net = net,
> +		.fl = { .fl_net = net,
> +			.nl_u = { .ip4_u =
> +				  { .daddr = oldflp->fl4_dst,
> +				    .saddr = oldflp->fl4_src,
> +				    .tos = tos & IPTOS_RT_MASK,
> +				    .scope = ((tos & RTO_ONLINK) ?
> +					      RT_SCOPE_LINK :
> +					      RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE),
> +				  } },
> +			.mark = oldflp->mark,
> +			.iif = net->loopback_dev->ifindex,
> +			.oif = oldflp->oif },
> +	};
>  	struct fib_result res;
>  	unsigned flags = 0;
>  	struct net_device *dev_out = NULL;
> @@ -2234,7 +2239,7 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>  			   Luckily, this hack is good workaround.
>  			 */
>  
> -			fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
> +			rt.fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
>  			goto make_route;
>  		}
>  		if (dev_out)
> @@ -2256,36 +2261,36 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>  		}
>  
>  		if (LOCAL_MCAST(oldflp->fl4_dst) || oldflp->fl4_dst == htonl(0xFFFFFFFF)) {
> -			if (!fl.fl4_src)
> -				fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> -							      RT_SCOPE_LINK);
> +			if (!rt.fl.fl4_src)
> +				rt.fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> +								 RT_SCOPE_LINK);
>  			goto make_route;
>  		}
> -		if (!fl.fl4_src) {
> +		if (!rt.fl.fl4_src) {
>  			if (MULTICAST(oldflp->fl4_dst))
> -				fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> -							      fl.fl4_scope);
> +				rt.fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> +								 rt.fl.fl4_scope);
>  			else if (!oldflp->fl4_dst)
> -				fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> -							      RT_SCOPE_HOST);
> +				rt.fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> +								 RT_SCOPE_HOST);
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!fl.fl4_dst) {
> -		fl.fl4_dst = fl.fl4_src;
> -		if (!fl.fl4_dst)
> -			fl.fl4_dst = fl.fl4_src = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
> +	if (!rt.fl.fl4_dst) {
> +		rt.fl.fl4_dst = rt.fl.fl4_src;
> +		if (!rt.fl.fl4_dst)
> +			rt.fl.fl4_dst = rt.fl.fl4_src = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
>  		if (dev_out)
>  			dev_put(dev_out);
>  		dev_out = net->loopback_dev;
>  		dev_hold(dev_out);
> -		fl.oif = net->loopback_dev->ifindex;
> +		rt.fl.oif = net->loopback_dev->ifindex;
>  		res.type = RTN_LOCAL;
>  		flags |= RTCF_LOCAL;
>  		goto make_route;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (fib_lookup(&fl, &res)) {
> +	if (fib_lookup(&rt.fl, &res)) {
>  		res.fi = NULL;
>  		if (oldflp->oif) {
>  			/* Apparently, routing tables are wrong. Assume,
> @@ -2306,9 +2311,9 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>  			   likely IPv6, but we do not.
>  			 */
>  
> -			if (fl.fl4_src == 0)
> -				fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> -							      RT_SCOPE_LINK);
> +			if (rt.fl.fl4_src == 0)
> +				rt.fl.fl4_src = inet_select_addr(dev_out, 0,
> +								 RT_SCOPE_LINK);
>  			res.type = RTN_UNICAST;
>  			goto make_route;
>  		}
> @@ -2320,13 +2325,13 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>  	free_res = 1;
>  
>  	if (res.type == RTN_LOCAL) {
> -		if (!fl.fl4_src)
> -			fl.fl4_src = fl.fl4_dst;
> +		if (!rt.fl.fl4_src)
> +			rt.fl.fl4_src = rt.fl.fl4_dst;
>  		if (dev_out)
>  			dev_put(dev_out);
>  		dev_out = net->loopback_dev;
>  		dev_hold(dev_out);
> -		fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
> +		rt.fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
>  		if (res.fi)
>  			fib_info_put(res.fi);
>  		res.fi = NULL;
> @@ -2336,24 +2341,24 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
>  	if (res.fi->fib_nhs > 1 && fl.oif == 0)
> -		fib_select_multipath(&fl, &res);
> +		fib_select_multipath(&rt.fl, &res);
>  	else
>  #endif
> -	if (!res.prefixlen && res.type == RTN_UNICAST && !fl.oif)
> -		fib_select_default(&fl, &res);
> +	if (!res.prefixlen && res.type == RTN_UNICAST && !rt.fl.oif)
> +		fib_select_default(&rt.fl, &res);
>  
> -	if (!fl.fl4_src)
> -		fl.fl4_src = FIB_RES_PREFSRC(res);
> +	if (!rt.fl.fl4_src)
> +		rt.fl.fl4_src = FIB_RES_PREFSRC(res);
>  
>  	if (dev_out)
>  		dev_put(dev_out);
>  	dev_out = FIB_RES_DEV(res);
>  	dev_hold(dev_out);
> -	fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
> +	rt.fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
>  
>  
>  make_route:
> -	err = ip_mkroute_output(rp, &res, &fl, oldflp, dev_out, flags);
> +	err = ip_mkroute_output(rp, &res, &rt.fl, oldflp, dev_out, flags);
>  
>  
>  	if (free_res)
> Index: linux-2.6-netns/include/net/ip_fib.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-netns.orig/include/net/ip_fib.h
> +++ linux-2.6-netns/include/net/ip_fib.h
> @@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ static inline struct fib_table *fib_new_
>  
>  static inline int fib_lookup(const struct flowi *flp, struct fib_result *res)
>  {
> -	struct net *net = flp->fl_net;
> +	struct rtable *rt = container_of(flp, struct rtable, fl);
> +	struct net *net = rt->u.dst.net;
>  	struct fib_table *local_table = net->ip_fib_local_table;
>  	struct fib_table *main_table = net->ip_fib_main_table;
>  	if (local_table->tb_lookup(local_table, flp, res) &&
> 

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