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    bpf: Derive source IP addr via bpf_*_fib_lookup() · dab4e1f0
    Martynas Pumputis authored
    Extend the bpf_fib_lookup() helper by making it to return the source
    IPv4/IPv6 address if the BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_SRC flag is set.
    
    For example, the following snippet can be used to derive the desired
    source IP address:
    
        struct bpf_fib_lookup p = { .ipv4_dst = ip4->daddr };
    
        ret = bpf_skb_fib_lookup(skb, p, sizeof(p),
                BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_SRC | BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_SKIP_NEIGH);
        if (ret != BPF_FIB_LKUP_RET_SUCCESS)
            return TC_ACT_SHOT;
    
        /* the p.ipv4_src now contains the source address */
    
    The inability to derive the proper source address may cause malfunctions
    in BPF-based dataplanes for hosts containing netdevs with more than one
    routable IP address or for multi-homed hosts.
    
    For example, Cilium implements packet masquerading in BPF. If an
    egressing netdev to which the Cilium's BPF prog is attached has
    multiple IP addresses, then only one [hardcoded] IP address can be used for
    masquerading. This breaks connectivity if any other IP address should have
    been selected instead, for example, when a public and private addresses
    are attached to the same egress interface.
    
    The change was tested with Cilium [1].
    
    Nikolay Aleksandrov helped to figure out the IPv6 addr selection.
    
    [1]: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/28283Signed-off-by: default avatarMartynas Pumputis <m@lambda.lt>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231007081415.33502-2-m@lambda.ltSigned-off-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
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