inotify and /proc?
C. Scott Ananian
is, the kernel can send change notifications to userland via the
inotify mechanism. I've found fsnotify_modify() (in
include/linux/fsnotify.h) which seems to do what I want, but it takes
a struct dentry * -- how can I get a dentry from a struct
proc_dir_entry and increment its ref count to keep it around? Any
help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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C. Scott Ananian
> On Thursday 21 June 2007, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> > I'd like to make a read-only /proc file which supports inotify -- that
> > is, the kernel can send change notifications to userland via the
> > inotify mechanism. I've found fsnotify_modify() (in
> > include/linux/fsnotify.h) which seems to do what I want, but it takes
> > a struct dentry * -- how can I get a dentry from a struct
> > proc_dir_entry and increment its ref count to keep it around? Any
> > help would be appreciated. Thanks!
> inotify on /proc, it should work on all files I guess, but that's
> an immense amount of work.
No, clearly inotify on all files in /proc is not the right thing to
do. But I'm writing support for "RDNSS in RA" -- IPv6 Router
Advertisement messages can include a DNS server specification, which
makes IPv6 completely autoconfiguring.
Side note for a second: glibc's resolver is really brain dead! Only
reading /etc/resolv.conf once at startup is clearly the Wrong Thing
for any sort of mobile application, where applications can easily
persist across suspend/resume into multiple networks. Glibc should
use inotify on /etc/resolv.conf and re-read the DNS configuration when
network-manager (say) updates it.
Back to kernel-land: in an IPv6 only world, it might make sense to
export a /proc file compatible with the format of /etc/resolv.conf,
with one DNS server address per line. If glibc uses/used inotify on
/etc/resolv.conf, then symlinking /etc/resolv.conf to
/proc/net/ipv6_dns allows glibc to get kernel DNS autoconfiguration
updates without a special case. [Assuming that glibc was smart enough
to watch the referenced file and not the symlink...]
A draft patch to implement /proc/net/ipv6_dns is attached, just to
make the discussion concrete. [Not guaranteed to apply cleanly, as I'm
not sure that gmail won't munge the whitespace. But it should be
readable at least.]
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diff -ruHpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/include/net/ip6_fib.h
linux-2.6.22-rc5/include/net/ip6_fib.h
--- linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/include/net/ip6_fib.h 2007-06-16
22:09:12.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/include/net/ip6_fib.h 2007-06-20 14:17:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct rt6key
};
struct fib6_table;
+struct rdns6_info;
struct rt6_info
{
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ struct rt6_info
struct rt6key rt6i_src;
u8 rt6i_protocol;
+
+ struct rdns6_info *rt6i_rdnss;
};
static inline struct inet6_dev *ip6_dst_idev(struct dst_entry *dst)
diff -ruHpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/include/net/ip6_rdnss.h
linux-2.6.22-rc5/include/net/ip6_rdnss.h
--- linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/include/net/ip6_rdnss.h 1969-12-31
19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/include/net/ip6_rdnss.h 2007-06-21 18:16:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#ifndef _NET_IP6_RDNSS_H
+#define _NET_IP6_RDNSS_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/in6.h>
+
+struct nd_opt_rdnss {
+ __u8 type;
+ __u8 length;
+#if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
+ __u8 priority:4,
+ open:1,
+ reserved1:3;
+#elif defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
+ __u8 reserved1:3,
+ open:1,
+ priority:4;
+#else
+# error not little or big endian
+#endif
+ __u8 reserved2;
+ __be32 lifetime;
+ struct in6_addr rdnss[1]; /* 1 or more */
+};
+
+struct rdns6_entry {
+ struct rdns6_entry * next;
+ struct in6_addr rdnss;
+ __u8 priority;
+ __u8 open;
+ __u32 lifetime;
+ unsigned long expires;
+};
+
+struct rdns6_info {
+ rwlock_t lock;
+ struct timer_list expiry_timer;
+ struct rdns6_entry * rdnss_list;
+ struct inet6_dev * in6_dev; /* back pointer for netlink notify */
+ int expire_all : 1, /* remove entries on ifdown */
+ free_me : 1; /* safely free this struct */
+};
+
+/* Receive and process an RA message with the given RDNSS options. */
+extern void rdns6_ra_rcv(struct inet6_dev *dev, struct rt6_info *rt,
+ struct nd_opt_rdnss **opts, int opt_cnt);
+/* Expire all of the dns server info from a route (as on an ifdown). */
+extern void rdns6_info_expire_all(struct rt6_info *rt);
+/* Delete the DNS list information from a struct rt6_info. */
+extern void rdns6_info_del(struct rt6_info *rt);
+
+/* Generate the /proc/net/ipv6_dns file. */
+extern int rdns6_proc_info(char *buffer, char **start,
+ off_t offset, int length);
+
+#endif
+#endif
diff -ruHpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/include/net/ndisc.h
linux-2.6.22-rc5/include/net/ndisc.h
--- linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/include/net/ndisc.h 2007-06-16
22:09:12.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/include/net/ndisc.h 2007-06-18 15:30:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ enum {
ND_OPT_MTU = 5, /* RFC2461 */
__ND_OPT_ARRAY_MAX,
ND_OPT_ROUTE_INFO = 24, /* RFC4191 */
+ ND_OPT_RDNSS_INFO = 25, /* draft/radvd */
__ND_OPT_MAX
};
diff -ruHpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/Makefile
linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/Makefile 2007-06-16 22:09:12.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/Makefile 2007-06-18 16:39:02.000000000 -0400
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ipv6-objs := af_inet6.o anycast.o ip6_ou
route.o ip6_fib.o ipv6_sockglue.o ndisc.o udp.o udplite.o \
raw.o protocol.o icmp.o mcast.o reassembly.o tcp_ipv6.o \
exthdrs.o sysctl_net_ipv6.o datagram.o \
- ip6_flowlabel.o inet6_connection_sock.o
+ ip6_flowlabel.o inet6_connection_sock.o ip6_rdnss.o
ipv6-$(CONFIG_XFRM) += xfrm6_policy.o xfrm6_state.o xfrm6_input.o \
xfrm6_output.o
diff -ruHpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/ip6_rdnss.c
linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/ip6_rdnss.c
--- linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/ip6_rdnss.c 1969-12-31
19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/ip6_rdnss.c 2007-06-22 13:36:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+/*
+ * Recursive DNS Server autoconfiguration for IPv6
+ * Linux INET6 implementation. Listens to RDNSS options to
+ * Router Advertisement messages, as specified in
+ * http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-jeong-dnsop-ipv6-dns-discovery-12
+ * and implemented in radvd (http://www.litech.org/radvd/).
+ * The published DNS server list is exported via /proc/net/ipv6_dns
+ * (for human readability) and via netlink.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * C. Scott Ananian <cana...@alumni.princeton.edu>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+#include <linux/in6.h>
+#include <linux/ipv6.h>
+#include <linux/icmpv6.h>
+
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
+#include <net/ip6_fib.h>
+#include <net/ip6_rdnss.h>
+
+/* From the specification: */
+#define INFINITY_LIFE_TIME 0xFFFFFFFF
+/* The maximum number of recursive DNS servers we'll remember per
+ * router. We have to set some limit to prevent an easy DoS, and
+ * 3 DNS servers seems to be standard practice. */
+#define __RDNS6_MAX_ENTRIES 3
+
+static void rdns6_expire(unsigned long);
+
+/* Functions to manage the dns server entry list. */
+
+static void rdns6_entry_del(struct rdns6_entry **p) {
+ struct rdns6_entry *r6e = (*p);
+ *p = (*p)->next;
+ kfree(r6e);
+}
+
+static int rdns6_entry_update(struct rdns6_entry **p, struct in6_addr *addr,
+ int priority, int open, uint32_t lifetime) {
+ int changed = false;
+ /* if lifetime is zero, delete this entry */
+ if (lifetime == 0) {
+ rdns6_entry_del(p);
+ return true;
+ }
+ /* otherwise, update lifetime and expiration time. */
+ if (priority != (*p)->priority) {
+ (*p)->priority = priority;
+ changed = true;
+ }
+ if (open != (*p)->open) {
+ (*p)->open = open;
+ changed = true;
+ }
+ if (lifetime > (*p)->lifetime) {
+ (*p)->lifetime = lifetime;
+ changed = true;
+ }
+ if ((*p)->lifetime != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
+ unsigned long nexpires = jiffies + lifetime * HZ;
+ if (time_before((*p)->expires, nexpires))
+ (*p)->expires = nexpires;
+ }
+ return changed;
+}
+
+/* According to the draft RFC, if we need to delete an entry, "delete the
+ * entry with the smallest expiration time that will expire first". */
+static int rdns6_entry_cmp(struct rdns6_entry *a, struct rdns6_entry *b) {
+ if ( a->lifetime != b->lifetime )
+ return a->lifetime < b->lifetime ? -1 : 1;
+ if (time_before( a->expires, b->expires ))
+ return -1;
+ if (time_after( a->expires, b->expires ))
+ return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Look for an entry in the DNS server list which is 'worse' than this one;
+ * delete it if found. */
+static int rdns6_expire_worse(struct rdns6_info *info,
+ struct rdns6_entry *nentry){
+ struct rdns6_entry **worst = NULL, **p;
+ for (p = &(info->rdnss_list); *p != NULL; p = &((*p)->next)) {
+ if (worst==NULL ||
+ rdns6_entry_cmp(*worst, *p) < 0)
+ worst = p;
+ }
+ if (worst && rdns6_entry_cmp(*worst, nentry) < 0) {
+ rdns6_entry_del(worst);
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
+/* Create a new rdns6_entry entry. */
+static struct rdns6_entry *rdns6_create_entry(struct in6_addr *addr,
+ int priority, int open,
+ uint32_t lifetime) {
+ struct rdns6_entry *result;
+ result = kzalloc(sizeof(*result), GFP_KERNEL); /* blocks */
+ if (result) {
+ ipv6_addr_copy(&(result->rdnss), addr);
+ result->priority = priority;
+ result->open = open;
+ result->lifetime = lifetime;
+ result->expires = (lifetime==INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) ? 0 :
+ jiffies + lifetime * HZ;
+ }
+ return result;
+}
+
+/* Create a rdns6_info structure if there isn't already one attached to the
+ * struct rt6_info. */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(init_lock);
+struct rdns6_info *rdns6_info(struct inet6_dev *in6_dev, struct rt6_info *rt){
+ struct rdns6_info *info;
+
+ info = rt->rt6i_rdnss;
+ if (info) return info;
+
+ /* we need to create a new rt6_info structure for this route */
+ info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL); /* blocks */
+ if (!info) return info; /* failure */
+ info->in6_dev = in6_dev;
+ rwlock_init(&(info->lock));
+ setup_timer(&(info->expiry_timer),
+ rdns6_expire, (unsigned long) info);
+
+ spin_lock(&init_lock);
+ if (rt->rt6i_rdnss) {
+ kfree(info);
+ info = rt->rt6i_rdnss;
+ } else {
+ rt->rt6i_rdnss = info;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&init_lock);
+ return info;
+}
+/* Expire all DNS servers attached to this router. */
+void rdns6_info_expire_all(struct rt6_info *rt) {
+ struct rdns6_info *info;
+ info = rt->rt6i_rdnss;
+ write_lock(&(info->lock));
+ info->expire_all = true;
+ /* wake up soon to do the expiry. */
+ mod_timer(&(info->expiry_timer), round_jiffies(jiffies));
+ write_unlock(&(info->lock));
+}
+/* Expire all DNS servers attached to this router, and then free the
+ * rdns6_info struct. */
+void rdns6_info_del(struct rt6_info *rt) {
+ struct rdns6_info *info;
+
+ spin_lock(&init_lock);
+ info = rt->rt6i_rdnss;
+ rt->rt6i_rdnss = NULL;
+ spin_unlock(&init_lock);
+
+ write_lock(&(info->lock));
+ info->expire_all = true;
+ info->free_me = true;
+ /* wake up soon to free this structure. */
+ mod_timer(&(info->expiry_timer), round_jiffies(jiffies));
+ write_unlock(&(info->lock));
+}
+
+/* Process a newly-received RDNSS option from a Router Advertisement
+ * message. */
+void rdns6_ra_rcv(struct inet6_dev *in6_dev, struct rt6_info *rt,
+ struct nd_opt_rdnss **opts, int opt_cnt) {
+ /* A word about locking: */
+ /* rdns6_rcv is called from ndisc_router_discovery which is holding
+ * references to 'in6_dev' and 'rt' (don't need to worry about
+ * them going away while we're working). However, we do need to
+ * protect against concurrent executions of this method, and
+ * concurrent runs of the expiry routine. We protect the rdnss
+ * list with a read/write lock in the container, rdns6_info. */
+ struct rdns6_entry **p, **insert_point;
+ struct rdns6_info *info;
+ int i, j, changed = false, num_entries = 0;
+ uint32_t lifetime;
+
+ /* acquire a write lock, since we're almost certainly going to mutate
+ * our server list, if only to update expiry times. */
+ info = rdns6_info(in6_dev, rt); /* creates if necessary */
+ if (!info) return; /* bail: dns isn't important enough to oops over */
+
+ /* safety check. */
+ if (info->free_me) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "RA received after route destroyed.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ write_lock(&(info->lock));
+
+ /* first, count the # of dns server list entries we've already got */
+ for (p = &(info->rdnss_list); *p != NULL; p = &((*p)->next)) {
+ num_entries++;
+ }
+ /* now let's process all the RDNSS options in the RA */
+ insert_point = &(info->rdnss_list); /* add to the start of the list */
+ for (i=0; i<opt_cnt; i++) {
+ int len = ((int)opts[i]->length) << 3;
+ if (len < sizeof(struct nd_opt_rdnss)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "ICMPv6 RA: bad RDNSS option length\n");
+ continue;
+ }
+ lifetime = ntohl(opts[i]->lifetime);
+ for (j=0; (j+1)*sizeof(struct in6_addr) <= len-8; j++) {
+ struct in6_addr *addr = &(opts[i]->rdnss[j]);
+ int priority = opts[i]->priority;
+ int open = opts[i]->open;
+ /* find this entry in the list. */
+ struct rdns6_entry **p;
+ for (p = &(info->rdnss_list);
+ *p != NULL;
+ p = &((*p)->next)) {
+ if (ipv6_addr_equal(addr, &((*p)->rdnss)))
+ break;
+ }
+ if (*p) {
+ /* we found an existing entry, update it. */
+ if (rdns6_entry_update(p, addr, priority,
+ open, lifetime))
+ changed = true;
+ if (lifetime == 0)
+ num_entries--;
+ else
+ insert_point = &((*p)->next);
+ } else if (lifetime) {
+ /* no existing entry. make one. */
+ struct rdns6_entry *nentry =
+ rdns6_create_entry(addr, priority,
+ open, lifetime);
+ /* make room if we must (and if we can) */
+ if (num_entries >= __RDNS6_MAX_ENTRIES) {
+ /* see if we can expire an entry */
+ if (rdns6_expire_worse(info, nentry))
+ num_entries--;
+ }
+ /* if we have room now, add an entry. */
+ if (num_entries < __RDNS6_MAX_ENTRIES) {
+ nentry->next = *insert_point;
+ *insert_point = nentry;
+ insert_point = &(nentry->next);
+ changed = true;
+ num_entries++;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ /* okay, we're done looking at this batch of options. */
+
+ /* run the expiry timer sometime soon to recompute next expiry time */
+ mod_timer(&(info->expiry_timer), round_jiffies(jiffies));
+
+ write_unlock(&(info->lock)); /* release rdnss list lock */
+
+ /* notify userland if our DNS list changed */
+ if (changed)
+ inet6_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, in6_dev);
+
+#if 0
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "RDNSS RA from gateway %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x"
+ "%s\n",
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[0]),
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[1]),
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[2]),
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[3]),
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[4]),
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[5]),
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[6]),
+ ntohs(rt->rt6i_gateway.s6_addr16[7]),
+ (changed?" (NEW)":""));
+ rdns6_dump(info);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* This callback is called from a timer to check all dns servers in the list
+ * and expire those that need it. It then resets the timer to the next
+ * expiration time. The callback is also triggered when a modification to
+ * the server list is made, so that the next expiration time can be computed
+ * and the timer reset. */
+static void rdns6_expire(unsigned long data) {
+ struct rdns6_info *info = (struct rdns6_info *)data;
+ struct rdns6_entry **p;
+ int dont_need_expires = true, expire_all, free_me, changed = false;
+ unsigned long next_expiry = 0;
+ unsigned long now;
+
+ write_lock(&(info->lock)); /* we'll probably be expiring stuff */
+
+ now = jiffies;
+ del_timer(&(info->expiry_timer));
+ expire_all = info->expire_all;
+ free_me = info->free_me;
+
+ /* find expired DNS entries & delete them, finding next earliest
+ * expiry time in the process. */
+ for (p = &(info->rdnss_list); *p != NULL; ) {
+ if (expire_all || (*p)->lifetime != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
+ if (expire_all || time_before((*p)->expires, now)) {
+ /* this entry has expired! */
+#if 0
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Expiring %u %lu %lu\n",
+ (*p)->lifetime, (*p)->expires, now);
+#endif
+ rdns6_entry_del(p);
+ changed = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (dont_need_expires ||
+ time_before((*p)->expires, next_expiry)) {
+ /* this entry expires next (so far) */
+ next_expiry = (*p)->expires;
+ dont_need_expires = false;
+ }
+ }
+ p = &((*p)->next);
+ }
+
+ /* reset timer */
+ if (!dont_need_expires)
+ mod_timer(&(info->expiry_timer), round_jiffies(next_expiry));
+
+#if 0
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Ran expiry callback: %s%s%s%s\n",
expire_all?"expire,":"", free_me?"free,":"", changed?"changed,":"",
dont_need_expires?"dont,":"");
+ rdns6_dump(info);
+#endif
+ write_unlock(&(info->lock));
+
+ if (free_me)
+ /* free this structure if we're done with it */
+ kfree(info);
+ else if (changed)
+ /* notify userland */
+ inet6_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, info->in6_dev);
+}
+
+
+/* ******** Functions to implement the /proc file interface ********* */
+/* We format the /proc file so that it is compatible with the format
+ * of legacy /etc/resolv.conf. This allows you to symlink /etc/resolv.conf
+ * to /proc if you know you'll always have IPv6 connectivity and DNS
+ * (or just for testing).
+ */
+struct rdns6_proc_arg
+{
+ char *buffer;
+ int offset;
+ int length;
+ int skip;
+ int len;
+};
+#define RDNS6_INFO_LEN (43 + 1 + 11 + (8*4)+7 + 1)
+
+static int rdns6_info_entry(struct rdns6_entry *entry, int idx,
+ struct rdns6_proc_arg *arg)
+{
+ if (arg->skip < arg->offset / RDNS6_INFO_LEN) {
+ arg->skip++;
+ return 0; /* keep going */
+ }
+
+ if ((arg->len + RDNS6_INFO_LEN) >= arg->length)
+ return 1; /* stop now */
+
+ if ((arg->len + RDNS6_INFO_LEN) >= PAGE_SIZE)
+ return 1; /* stop now */
+
+ /* dump priority, lifetime, and index information in a comment
+ * before the nameserver line. */
+ arg->len += sprintf(arg->buffer + arg->len,
+ "# index %1d, priority %2d, lifetime %10u\n"
+ "nameserver "
+ "%04x:%04x:%04x:%04x:%04x:%04x:%04x:%04x\n",
+ idx, entry->priority, entry->lifetime,
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[0]),
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[1]),
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[2]),
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[3]),
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[4]),
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[5]),
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[6]),
+ ntohs(entry->rdnss.s6_addr16[7]));
+}
+static int rdns6_info_rt(struct rt6_info *rt, void *p_arg)
+{
+ struct rdns6_proc_arg *arg = (struct rdns6_proc_arg *) p_arg;
+ struct rdns6_info *info;
+ struct rdns6_entry *entry;
+ int i, retval = 0;
+
+ /* get the info object */
+ info = rt->rt6i_rdnss;
+ if (!info) return 0;
+ /* acquire the read lock. */
+ read_lock(&(info->lock));
+ /* iterate over the entries. */
+ for (i=0, entry=info->rdnss_list; entry; entry=entry->next, i++) {
+ if (rdns6_info_entry(entry, i, arg)) {
+ retval=-1; /* done, stop now */
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ /* release locks, we're done. */
+ read_unlock(&(info->lock));
+ return retval;
+}
+
+int rdns6_proc_info(char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset, int length)
+{
+ struct rdns6_proc_arg arg = {
+ .buffer = buffer,
+ .offset = offset,
+ .length = length,
+ };
+
+ fib6_clean_all(rdns6_info_rt, 0, &arg);
+
+ *start = buffer;
+ *start += offset % RDNS6_INFO_LEN;
+ arg.len -= offset % RDNS6_INFO_LEN;
+
+ if (arg.len > length)
+ arg.len = length;
+ if (arg.len < 0)
+ arg.len = 0;
+
+ return arg.len;
+}
+
+/**
+ notes on RDNS-over-RA draft:
+ server list should be kept per-router so that the resolv.conf doesn't
+ ping-pong when two routers are broadcasting RAs.
+
+ DNS timeout: like RA, router is responsible for broadcasting w/
+ time < timeout. What if about to expire? Can/should give RS?
+
+ No 'search' option?
+
+ To-do list for kernel patch:
+ xxx: implement appropriate fill message to export the server list
+ via netlink.
+
+ xxx: implement inotify for /proc/net/ipv6_dns
+ - allows it to by symlinked from /etc/resolv.conf
+ - then glibc can reload resolver list at appropriate times.
+
+ To-do list for glibc nss-dns:
+ should use inotify to listen for changes to /etc/resolv.conf
+ should listen to changes in /proc/net/ipv6_dns (or netlink)
+
+ To-do list for network-manager:
+ listen to netlink messages, merge into /etc/resolv.conf
+*/
diff -ruHpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
--- linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/ndisc.c 2007-06-16 22:09:12.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/ndisc.c 2007-06-21 18:18:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
/*
* Changes:
*
+ * C. Scott Ananian : RDNSS-in-RA support.
+ *
* Lars Fenneberg : fixed MTU setting on receipt
* of an RA.
*
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@
#include <net/protocol.h>
#include <net/ndisc.h>
#include <net/ip6_route.h>
+#include <net/ip6_rdnss.h>
#include <net/addrconf.h>
#include <net/icmp.h>
@@ -155,12 +158,16 @@ struct neigh_table nd_tbl = {
};
/* ND options */
+#define __ND_OPT_RDNSS_MAX 6 /* 3 new servers + 3 cancellations */
+
struct ndisc_options {
struct nd_opt_hdr *nd_opt_array[__ND_OPT_ARRAY_MAX];
#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTE_INFO
struct nd_opt_hdr *nd_opts_ri;
struct nd_opt_hdr *nd_opts_ri_end;
#endif
+ int nd_opts_rdnss_cnt;
+ struct nd_opt_hdr *nd_opts_rdnss[__ND_OPT_RDNSS_MAX];
};
#define nd_opts_src_lladdr nd_opt_array[ND_OPT_SOURCE_LL_ADDR]
@@ -266,6 +273,12 @@ static struct ndisc_options *ndisc_parse
ndopts->nd_opts_ri = nd_opt;
break;
#endif
+ case ND_OPT_RDNSS_INFO:
+ /* limit # of RDNSS options accepted to prevent DoS */
+ if (ndopts->nd_opts_rdnss_cnt < __ND_OPT_RDNSS_MAX)
+ ndopts->nd_opts_rdnss
+ [ndopts->nd_opts_rdnss_cnt++]= nd_opt;
+ break;
default:
/*
* Unknown options must be silently ignored,
@@ -1045,7 +1058,39 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struc
/*
* Remember the managed/otherconf flags from most recently
* received RA message (RFC 2462) -- yoshfuji
+ * XXX: these should really be kept per-RA (instead of per-interface)
+ * since we may be getting advertisements from multiple routers.
+ * -- csa
*/
+ /* From RFC2462, section 5.5.3:
+ On receipt of a valid Router Advertisement (as defined in
+ [DISCOVERY]), a host copies the value of the advertisement's M bit
+ into ManagedFlag. If the value of ManagedFlag changes from FALSE to
+ TRUE, and the host is not already running the stateful address
+ autoconfiguration protocol, the host should invoke the stateful
+ address autoconfiguration protocol, requesting both address
+ information and other information. If the value of the ManagedFlag
+ changes from TRUE to FALSE, the host should continue running the
+ stateful address autoconfiguration, i.e., the change in the value of
+ the ManagedFlag has no effect. If the value of the flag stays
+ unchanged, no special action takes place. In particular, a host MUST
+ NOT reinvoke stateful address configuration if it is already
+ participating in the stateful protocol as a result of an earlier
+ advertisement.
+
+ An advertisement's O flag field is processed in an analogous manner.
+ A host copies the value of the O flag into OtherConfigFlag. If the
+ value of OtherConfigFlag changes from FALSE to TRUE, the host should
+ invoke the stateful autoconfiguration protocol, requesting
+ information (excluding addresses if ManagedFlag is set to FALSE). If
+ the value of the OtherConfigFlag changes from TRUE to FALSE, the host
+ should continue running the stateful address autoconfiguration
+ protocol, i.e., the change in the value of OtherConfigFlag has no
+ effect. If the value of the flag stays unchanged, no special action
+ takes place. In particular, a host MUST NOT reinvoke stateful
+ configuration if it is already participating in the stateful protocol
+ as a result of an earlier advertisement.
+ */
in6_dev->if_flags = (in6_dev->if_flags & ~(IF_RA_MANAGED |
IF_RA_OTHERCONF)) |
(ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_addrconf_managed ?
@@ -1187,6 +1232,12 @@ skip_defrtr:
}
#endif
+ if (rt && ndopts.nd_opts_rdnss_cnt) {
+ rdns6_ra_rcv(in6_dev, rt,
+ (struct nd_opt_rdnss **) ndopts.nd_opts_rdnss,
+ ndopts.nd_opts_rdnss_cnt);
+ }
+
if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_pinfo && ndopts.nd_opts_pi) {
struct nd_opt_hdr *p;
for (p = ndopts.nd_opts_pi;
diff -ruHpN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/route.c
linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/route.c
--- linux-2.6.22-rc5-orig/net/ipv6/route.c 2007-06-16 22:09:12.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/net/ipv6/route.c 2007-06-21 17:24:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#include <net/ipv6.h>
#include <net/ip6_fib.h>
#include <net/ip6_route.h>
+#include <net/ip6_rdnss.h>
#include <net/ndisc.h>
#include <net/addrconf.h>
#include <net/tcp.h>
@@ -215,6 +216,9 @@ static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_e
rt->rt6i_idev = NULL;
in6_dev_put(idev);
}
+
+ if (rt->rt6i_rdnss)
+ rdns6_info_del(rt);
}
static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
@@ -229,6 +233,8 @@ static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_en
rt->rt6i_idev = loopback_idev;
in6_dev_put(idev);
}
+ if (rt->rt6i_rdnss)
+ rdns6_info_expire_all(rt);
}
}
@@ -2565,6 +2571,10 @@ void __init ip6_route_init(void)
p->owner = THIS_MODULE;
proc_net_fops_create("rt6_stats", S_IRUGO, &rt6_stats_seq_fops);
+
+ p = proc_net_create("ipv6_dns", S_IRUGO, rdns6_proc_info);
+ if (p)
+ p->owner = THIS_MODULE;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
xfrm6_init();
@@ -2586,6 +2596,7 @@ void ip6_route_cleanup(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
proc_net_remove("ipv6_route");
proc_net_remove("rt6_stats");
+ proc_net_remove("ipv6_dns");
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
xfrm6_fini();
Al Viro
> No, clearly inotify on all files in /proc is not the right thing to
> do. But I'm writing support for "RDNSS in RA" -- IPv6 Router
> Advertisement messages can include a DNS server specification, which
> makes IPv6 completely autoconfiguring.
Why the hell do you need idiotify on it? Just make poll(2) work and
be done with that; see e.g. how /proc/<pid>/mounts does it.
Kyle Moffett
> Back to kernel-land: in an IPv6 only world, it might make sense to
> export a /proc file compatible with the format of /etc/resolv.conf,
> with one DNS server address per line. If glibc uses/used inotify
> on /etc/resolv.conf, then symlinking /etc/resolv.conf to /proc/net/
> ipv6_dns allows glibc to get kernel DNS autoconfiguration updates
> without a special case. [Assuming that glibc was smart enough to
> watch the referenced file and not the symlink...]
>
> A draft patch to implement /proc/net/ipv6_dns is attached, just to
> make the discussion concrete. [Not guaranteed to apply cleanly, as
> I'm not sure that gmail won't munge the whitespace. But it should
> be readable at least.]
Ewwww, I suspect you're likely to get a lot of NAKs from people on
this one.
1) Why must the kernel grok the DNS portions of the packets? Can't
you just have a little userspace daemon which listens for the
appropriate ICMPv6 messages and updates /etc/resolv.conf
accordingly? That way you could even have userspace policy about
which DNS information is acceptable for the given system.
2) New files in /proc which aren't directly related to processes are
strictly forbidden. Hopefully eventually (IE: in several years when
appropriate replacements are widely used) the /proc/meminfo, /proc/
cpuinfo, /proc/mdstat, and other similar non-process-related files
can be made to go away, but we certainly aren't adding new ones.
3) It's really ugly to generate random text data from kernelspace,
because then people write 42 different userspace parsers for the text
data and each one has subtle incompatibilities which make it
impossible to extend the file in the future. This is why (2) is true.
4) Within 30 sec of such a patch going in, the virtualization people
are going to start griping at you for not properly implementing a
virtual namespace-ized IPv6 DNS autoconfiguration proc-file. Since
that really can't be done easily without putting lots of policy in
the kernel it's probably easier to just follow the advice in (1) and
do it in userspace.
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett