Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipv4/icmp: l3mdev: Perform icmp error route lookup on source device routing table

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Aug 12 2020 - 17:43:37 EST


From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:50:02 -0400

> @@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ static struct rtable *icmp_route_lookup(struct net *net,
> int type, int code,
> struct icmp_bxm *param)
> {
> + struct net_device *route_lookup_dev = NULL;
> struct rtable *rt, *rt2;
> struct flowi4 fl4_dec;
> int err;
> @@ -479,7 +480,17 @@ static struct rtable *icmp_route_lookup(struct net *net,
> fl4->flowi4_proto = IPPROTO_ICMP;
> fl4->fl4_icmp_type = type;
> fl4->fl4_icmp_code = code;
> - fl4->flowi4_oif = l3mdev_master_ifindex(skb_dst(skb_in)->dev);
> + /*
> + * The device used for looking up which routing table to use is
> + * preferably the source whenever it is set, which should ensure
> + * the icmp error can be sent to the source host, else fallback
> + * on the destination device.
> + */
> + if (skb_in->dev)
> + route_lookup_dev = skb_in->dev;
> + else if (skb_dst(skb_in))
> + route_lookup_dev = skb_dst(skb_in)->dev;
> + fl4->flowi4_oif = l3mdev_master_ifindex(route_lookup_dev);

The caller of icmp_route_lookup() uses the opposite prioritization of
devices for determining the network namespace to use:

if (rt->dst.dev)
net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev);
else if (skb_in->dev)
net = dev_net(skb_in->dev);
else
goto out;

Do we have to reverse the ordering there too?

And when I read fallback in your commit message description, I
imagined that you would have a two tiered lookup scheme. First you
would be trying the skb_in->dev for a lookup (to accomodate the VRF
case), and if that failed you'd try again with skb_dst()->dev.