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    ipv4: Ignore ECN bits for fib lookups in fib_compute_spec_dst() · 21fdca22
    Guillaume Nault authored
    
    
    RT_TOS() only clears one of the ECN bits. Therefore, when
    fib_compute_spec_dst() resorts to a fib lookup, it can return
    different results depending on the value of the second ECN bit.
    
    For example, ECT(0) and ECT(1) packets could be treated differently.
    
      $ ip netns add ns0
      $ ip netns add ns1
      $ ip link add name veth01 netns ns0 type veth peer name veth10 netns ns1
      $ ip -netns ns0 link set dev lo up
      $ ip -netns ns1 link set dev lo up
      $ ip -netns ns0 link set dev veth01 up
      $ ip -netns ns1 link set dev veth10 up
    
      $ ip -netns ns0 address add 192.0.2.10/24 dev veth01
      $ ip -netns ns1 address add 192.0.2.11/24 dev veth10
    
      $ ip -netns ns1 address add 192.0.2.21/32 dev lo
      $ ip -netns ns1 route add 192.0.2.10/32 tos 4 dev veth10 src 192.0.2.21
      $ ip netns exec ns1 sysctl -wq net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0
    
    With TOS 4 and ECT(1), ns1 replies using source address 192.0.2.21
    (ping uses -Q to set all TOS and ECN bits):
    
      $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -c 1 -b -Q 5 192.0.2.255
      [...]
      64 bytes from 192.0.2.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.544 ms
    
    But with TOS 4 and ECT(0), ns1 replies using source address 192.0.2.11
    because the "tos 4" route isn't matched:
    
      $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -c 1 -b -Q 6 192.0.2.255
      [...]
      64 bytes from 192.0.2.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.597 ms
    
    After this patch the ECN bits don't affect the result anymore:
    
      $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -c 1 -b -Q 6 192.0.2.255
      [...]
      64 bytes from 192.0.2.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.591 ms
    
    Fixes: 35ebf65e ("ipv4: Create and use fib_compute_spec_dst() helper.")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGuillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    21fdca22
    ipv4: Ignore ECN bits for fib lookups in fib_compute_spec_dst()
    Guillaume Nault authored
    
    
    RT_TOS() only clears one of the ECN bits. Therefore, when
    fib_compute_spec_dst() resorts to a fib lookup, it can return
    different results depending on the value of the second ECN bit.
    
    For example, ECT(0) and ECT(1) packets could be treated differently.
    
      $ ip netns add ns0
      $ ip netns add ns1
      $ ip link add name veth01 netns ns0 type veth peer name veth10 netns ns1
      $ ip -netns ns0 link set dev lo up
      $ ip -netns ns1 link set dev lo up
      $ ip -netns ns0 link set dev veth01 up
      $ ip -netns ns1 link set dev veth10 up
    
      $ ip -netns ns0 address add 192.0.2.10/24 dev veth01
      $ ip -netns ns1 address add 192.0.2.11/24 dev veth10
    
      $ ip -netns ns1 address add 192.0.2.21/32 dev lo
      $ ip -netns ns1 route add 192.0.2.10/32 tos 4 dev veth10 src 192.0.2.21
      $ ip netns exec ns1 sysctl -wq net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0
    
    With TOS 4 and ECT(1), ns1 replies using source address 192.0.2.21
    (ping uses -Q to set all TOS and ECN bits):
    
      $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -c 1 -b -Q 5 192.0.2.255
      [...]
      64 bytes from 192.0.2.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.544 ms
    
    But with TOS 4 and ECT(0), ns1 replies using source address 192.0.2.11
    because the "tos 4" route isn't matched:
    
      $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -c 1 -b -Q 6 192.0.2.255
      [...]
      64 bytes from 192.0.2.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.597 ms
    
    After this patch the ECN bits don't affect the result anymore:
    
      $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -c 1 -b -Q 6 192.0.2.255
      [...]
      64 bytes from 192.0.2.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.591 ms
    
    Fixes: 35ebf65e ("ipv4: Create and use fib_compute_spec_dst() helper.")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGuillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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