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net/ipv6: Allow onlink routes to have a device mismatch if it is the default route

PATCH In review David Ahern 2 participants 2 messages Oct 25, 2018

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PATCH 1/1 net/ipv6: Allow onlink routes to have a device mismatch if it is the default route

From: David Ahern <[email protected]>

The intent of ip6_route_check_nh_onlink is to make sure the gateway given for an onlink route is not actually on a connected route for a different interface (e.g., 2001:db8:1::/64 is on dev eth1 and then an onlink route has a via 2001:db8:1::1 dev eth2). If the gateway lookup hits the default route then it most likely will be a different interface than the onlink route which is ok.

Update ip6_route_check_nh_onlink to disregard the device mismatch if the gateway lookup hits the default route. Turns out the existing onlink tests are passing because there is no default route or it is an unreachable default, so update the onlink tests to have a default route other than unreachable.

Fixes fc1e64e1092f6 ("net/ipv6: Add support for onlink flag")
---
 net/ipv6/route.c                                |  2 ++
 tools/testing/selftests/net/fib-onlink-tests.sh | 14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
net/ipv6/route.c +2 -0
index e3226284e480..2a7423c39456 100644
@@ -2745,6 +2745,8 @@ static int ip6_route_check_nh_onlink(struct net *net,
 	grt = ip6_nh_lookup_table(net, cfg, gw_addr, tbid, 0);
 	if (grt) {
 		if (!grt->dst.error &&
+		    /* ignore match if it is the default route */
+		    grt->from && !ipv6_addr_any(&grt->from->fib6_dst.addr) &&
 		    (grt->rt6i_flags & flags || dev != grt->dst.dev)) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 				       "Nexthop has invalid gateway or device mismatch");
tools/testing/selftests/net/fib-onlink-tests.sh +7 -7
index 3991ad1a368d..864f865eee55 100755
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ setup()
 	# add vrf table
 	ip li add ${VRF} type vrf table ${VRF_TABLE}
 	ip li set ${VRF} up
-	ip ro add table ${VRF_TABLE} unreachable default
-	ip -6 ro add table ${VRF_TABLE} unreachable default
+	ip ro add table ${VRF_TABLE} unreachable default metric 8192
+	ip -6 ro add table ${VRF_TABLE} unreachable default metric 8192
 
 	# create test interfaces
 	ip li add ${NETIFS[p1]} type veth peer name ${NETIFS[p2]}
@@ -185,20 +185,20 @@ setup()
 	for n in 1 3 5 7; do
 		ip li set ${NETIFS[p${n}]} up
 		ip addr add ${V4ADDRS[p${n}]}/24 dev ${NETIFS[p${n}]}
-		ip addr add ${V6ADDRS[p${n}]}/64 dev ${NETIFS[p${n}]}
+		ip addr add ${V6ADDRS[p${n}]}/64 dev ${NETIFS[p${n}]} nodad
 	done
 
 	# move peer interfaces to namespace and add addresses
 	for n in 2 4 6 8; do
 		ip li set ${NETIFS[p${n}]} netns ${PEER_NS} up
 		ip -netns ${PEER_NS} addr add ${V4ADDRS[p${n}]}/24 dev ${NETIFS[p${n}]}
-		ip -netns ${PEER_NS} addr add ${V6ADDRS[p${n}]}/64 dev ${NETIFS[p${n}]}
+		ip -netns ${PEER_NS} addr add ${V6ADDRS[p${n}]}/64 dev ${NETIFS[p${n}]} nodad
 	done
 
-	set +e
+	ip -6 ro add default via ${V6ADDRS[p3]/::[0-9]/::64}
+	ip -6 ro add table ${VRF_TABLE} default via ${V6ADDRS[p7]/::[0-9]/::64}
 
-	# let DAD complete - assume default of 1 probe
-	sleep 1
+	set +e
 }
 
 cleanup()
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From: David Ahern <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:58:39 -0700

Quoted 9 lines

From: David Ahern <[email protected]>

The intent of ip6_route_check_nh_onlink is to make sure the gateway given for an onlink route is not actually on a connected route for a different interface (e.g., 2001:db8:1::/64 is on dev eth1 and then an onlink route has a via 2001:db8:1::1 dev eth2). If the gateway lookup hits the default route then it most likely will be a different interface than the onlink route which is ok.

Quoted 8 lines

Update ip6_route_check_nh_onlink to disregard the device mismatch if the gateway lookup hits the default route. Turns out the existing onlink tests are passing because there is no default route or it is an unreachable default, so update the onlink tests to have a default route other than unreachable.

Fixes fc1e64e1092f6 ("net/ipv6: Add support for onlink flag")

Applied and queued up for -stable.