[PATCHv5 1/1] nvme-tcp: Add option to set the physical interface to be used when connecting over TCP sockets.

Belanger, Martin Martin.Belanger at dell.com
Mon May 17 10:58:38 PDT 2021


> On 5/14/21 4:46 AM, Martin Belanger wrote:
> > From: Martin Belanger <martin.belanger at dell.com>
> >
> > Addressed reviews from PATCHv4.
> >
> > In our application, we need a way to force TCP connections to go out a
> > specific IP interface instead of letting Linux select the interface
> > based on the routing tables. This patch adds the option 'host-iface'
> > to allow specifying the interface to use. Note that corresponding
> > changes to the nvme-cli utility will follow.
> >
> > When the option host-iface is specified, the driver uses the specified
> > interface to set the option SO_BINDTODEVICE on the TCP socket before
> > connecting.
> >
> > This new option is needed in addtion to the existing host-traddr for
> > the following reasons:
> >
> > Specifying an IP interface by its associated IP address is less
> > intuitive than specifying the actual interface name and, in some
> > cases, simply doesn't work. That's because the association between
> > interfaces and IP addresses is not predictable. IP addresses can be
> > changed or can change by themselves over time (e.g. DHCP). Interface
> > names are predictable [1] and will persist over time. Consider the
> > following configuration.
> >
> > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state ...
> >      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> >      inet 100.0.0.100/24 scope global lo
> >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> > 2: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc ...
> >      link/ether 08:00:27:21:65:ec brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >      inet 100.0.0.100/24 scope global enp0s3
> >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> > 3: enp0s8: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc ...
> >      link/ether 08:00:27:4f:95:5c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >      inet 100.0.0.100/24 scope global enp0s8
> >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> >
> > The above is a VM that I configured with the same IP address
> > (100.0.0.100) on all interfaces. Doing a reverse lookup to identify
> > the unique interface associated with 100.0.0.100 does not work here.
> > And this is why the option host_iface is required. I understand that
> > the above config does not represent a standard host system, but I'm
> > using this to prove a point: "We can never know how users will
> > configure their systems". By te way, The above configuration is
> > perfectly fine by Linux.
> >
> > The current TCP implementation for host_traddr performs a
> > bind()-before-connect(). This is a common construct to set the source
> > IP address on a TCP socket before connecting. This has no effect on
> > how Linux selects the interface for the connection. That's because
> > Linux uses the Weak End System model as described in RFC1122 [2]. On
> > the other hand, setting the Source IP Address has benefits and should
> > be supported by linux-nvme. In fact, setting the Source IP Address is
> > a mandatory FedGov requirement (e.g. connection to a RADIUS/TACACS+
> server).
> > Consider the following configuration.
> >
> > $ ip addr list dev enp0s8
> > 3: enp0s8: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc ...
> >      link/ether 08:00:27:4f:95:5c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >      inet 192.168.56.101/24 brd 192.168.56.255 scope global enp0s8
> >         valid_lft 426sec preferred_lft 426sec
> >      inet 192.168.56.102/24 scope global secondary enp0s8
> >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> >      inet 192.168.56.103/24 scope global secondary enp0s8
> >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> >      inet 192.168.56.104/24 scope global secondary enp0s8
> >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> >
> > Here we can see that several addresses are associated with interface
> > enp0s8. By default, Linux always selects the default IP address,
> > 192.168.56.101, as the source address when connecting over interface
> > enp0s8. Some users, however, want the ability to specify a different
> > source address (e.g., 192.168.56.102, 192.168.56.103, ...). The option
> > host_traddr can be used as-is to perform this function.
> >
> > In conclusion, I believe that we need 2 options for TCP connections.
> > One that can be used to specify an interface (host-iface). And one
> > that can be used to set the source address (host-traddr). Users should
> > be allowed to use one or the other, or both, or none. Of course, the
> > documentation for host_traddr will need some clarification. It should
> > state that when used for TCP connection, this option only sets the
> > source address. And the documentation for host_iface should say that
> > this option is only available for TCP connections.
> >
> > References:
> > [1]
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/
> >
> systemd/*5C__;JQ!!LpKI!y1LboKDzdi3h9GSBpPMjDitsAgdZNF79yQRHNTyIBsL4
> pPh
> > Hd2KRhYktttSLH1g3dg$ [freedesktop[.]org]
> > PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ [2]
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1122__;!!Lp
> >
> KI!y1LboKDzdi3h9GSBpPMjDitsAgdZNF79yQRHNTyIBsL4pPhHd2KRhYktttTDLg
> HT0w$
> > [tools[.]ietf[.]org]
> >
> > Tested both IPv4 and IPv6 connections.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Martin Belanger <martin.belanger at dell.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/nvme/host/core.c    |  5 ++++
> >   drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c | 14 +++++++++++
> >   drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h |  6 ++++-
> >   drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c     | 48
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >   4 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c index
> > 762125f2905f..f98255eb7deb 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> > @@ -4067,6 +4067,11 @@ static int nvme_class_uevent(struct device
> > *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
> >
> >   		ret = add_uevent_var(env, "NVME_HOST_TRADDR=%s",
> >   				opts->host_traddr ?: "none");
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			return ret;
> > +
> > +		ret = add_uevent_var(env, "NVME_HOST_IFACE=%s",
> > +				opts->host_iface ?: "none");
> >   	}
> >   	return ret;
> >   }
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
> > index a2bb7fc63a73..76dc3eaf46f3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
> > @@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ int nvmf_get_address(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, char
> *buf, int size)
> >   	if (ctrl->opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_HOST_TRADDR)
> >   		len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "%shost_traddr=%s",
> >   				(len) ? "," : "", ctrl->opts->host_traddr);
> > +	if (ctrl->opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_HOST_IFACE)
> > +		len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "%shost_iface=%s",
> > +				(len) ? "," : "", ctrl->opts->host_iface);
> >   	len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "\n");
> >
> >   	return len;
> > @@ -545,6 +548,7 @@ static const match_table_t opt_tokens = {
> >   	{ NVMF_OPT_KATO,		"keep_alive_tmo=%d"	},
> >   	{ NVMF_OPT_HOSTNQN,		"hostnqn=%s"		},
> >   	{ NVMF_OPT_HOST_TRADDR,		"host_traddr=%s"	},
> > +	{ NVMF_OPT_HOST_IFACE,		"host_iface=%s"
> 	},
> >   	{ NVMF_OPT_HOST_ID,		"hostid=%s"		},
> >   	{ NVMF_OPT_DUP_CONNECT,		"duplicate_connect"	},
> >   	{ NVMF_OPT_DISABLE_SQFLOW,	"disable_sqflow"	},
> > @@ -754,6 +758,15 @@ static int nvmf_parse_options(struct
> nvmf_ctrl_options *opts,
> >   			kfree(opts->host_traddr);
> >   			opts->host_traddr = p;
> >   			break;
> > +		case NVMF_OPT_HOST_IFACE:
> > +			p = match_strdup(args);
> > +			if (!p) {
> > +				ret = -ENOMEM;
> > +				goto out;
> > +			}
> > +			kfree(opts->host_iface);
> > +			opts->host_iface = p;
> > +			break;
> >   		case NVMF_OPT_HOST_ID:
> >   			p = match_strdup(args);
> >   			if (!p) {
> > @@ -938,6 +951,7 @@ void nvmf_free_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options
> *opts)
> >   	kfree(opts->trsvcid);
> >   	kfree(opts->subsysnqn);
> >   	kfree(opts->host_traddr);
> > +	kfree(opts->host_iface);
> >   	kfree(opts);
> >   }
> >   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmf_free_options);
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
> > index d7f7974dc208..c31dad69a773 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
> > @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ enum {
> >   	NVMF_OPT_NR_POLL_QUEUES = 1 << 18,
> >   	NVMF_OPT_TOS		= 1 << 19,
> >   	NVMF_OPT_FAIL_FAST_TMO	= 1 << 20,
> > +	NVMF_OPT_HOST_IFACE	= 1 << 21,
> >   };
> >
> >   /**
> > @@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ enum {
> >    * @trsvcid:	The transport-specific TRSVCID field for a port on the
> >    *              subsystem which is adding a controller.
> >    * @host_traddr: A transport-specific field identifying the NVME host port
> > - *              to use for the connection to the controller.
> > + *     to use for the connection to the controller.
> > + * @host_iface: A transport-specific field identifying the NVME host
> > + *     interface to use for the connection to the controller.
> >    * @queue_size: Number of IO queue elements.
> >    * @nr_io_queues: Number of controller IO queues that will be
> established.
> >    * @reconnect_delay: Time between two consecutive reconnect attempts.
> > @@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ struct nvmf_ctrl_options {
> >   	char			*traddr;
> >   	char			*trsvcid;
> >   	char			*host_traddr;
> > +	char			*host_iface;
> >   	size_t			queue_size;
> >   	unsigned int		nr_io_queues;
> >   	unsigned int		reconnect_delay;
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c index
> > 0222e23f5936..32e44527afaa 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
> > @@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct nvme_tcp_ctrl {
> >   	struct blk_mq_tag_set	admin_tag_set;
> >   	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
> >   	struct sockaddr_storage src_addr;
> > +	struct net_device	*ndev;
> >   	struct nvme_ctrl	ctrl;
> >
> >   	struct work_struct	err_work;
> > @@ -1454,6 +1455,20 @@ static int nvme_tcp_alloc_queue(struct
> nvme_ctrl *nctrl,
> >   		}
> >   	}
> >
> > +	if (nctrl->opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_HOST_IFACE) {
> > +		char *iface = nctrl->opts->host_iface;
> > +		sockptr_t optval = KERNEL_SOCKPTR(iface);
> > +
> > +		ret = sock_setsockopt(queue->sock, SOL_SOCKET,
> SO_BINDTODEVICE,
> > +				      optval, strlen(iface));
> > +		if (ret) {
> > +			dev_err(nctrl->device,
> > +			  "failed to bind to interface %s queue %d err %d\n",
> > +			  iface, qid, ret);
> > +			goto err_sock;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> >   	queue->hdr_digest = nctrl->opts->hdr_digest;
> >   	queue->data_digest = nctrl->opts->data_digest;
> >   	if (queue->hdr_digest || queue->data_digest) { @@ -2514,6 +2529,37
> > @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_tcp_create_ctrl(struct device *dev,
> >   		}
> >   	}
> >
> > +	if (opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_HOST_IFACE) {
> > +		ctrl->ndev = dev_get_by_name(&init_net, opts->host_iface);
> > +		if (!ctrl->ndev) {
> > +			pr_err("invalid interface passed: %s\n",
> > +			       opts->host_iface);
> > +			ret = -ENODEV;
> > +			goto out_free_ctrl;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* For IPv6 HOST_TRADDR, check if scope ID is specified. If not, set
> > +	 * HOST_TRADDR's scope ID to the scope ID of HOST_IFACE or the
> scope
> > +	 * ID of TRADDR
> > +	 */
> 
> Not sure I follow what this is doing. the binding is taken from either
> host_traddr, host_iface or traddr? What are the rules here?

Hi Sagi, 

They do something similar in ping, but I don’t think it's necessary. 
I will remove this code and re-submit the patch.

Martin

> 
> > +	if ((opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_HOST_TRADDR) &&
> > +	    (ctrl->src_addr.ss_family == AF_INET6)) {
> > +		struct sockaddr_in6 *src_addr6 =
> > +			(struct sockaddr_in6 *)&ctrl->src_addr;
> > +
> > +		if (src_addr6->sin6_scope_id == 0) {
> > +			if (ctrl->ndev && (ctrl->ndev->ifindex != 0)) {
> > +				src_addr6->sin6_scope_id = ctrl->ndev-
> >ifindex;
> > +			} else {
> > +				struct sockaddr_in6 *addr6 =
> > +					(struct sockaddr_in6 *)&ctrl->addr;
> > +
> > +				src_addr6->sin6_scope_id = addr6-
> >sin6_scope_id;
> > +			}
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> >   	if (!opts->duplicate_connect && nvme_tcp_existing_controller(opts))
> {
> >   		ret = -EALREADY;
> >   		goto out_free_ctrl;
> > @@ -2570,7 +2616,7 @@ static struct nvmf_transport_ops
> nvme_tcp_transport = {
> >   			  NVMF_OPT_HOST_TRADDR |
> NVMF_OPT_CTRL_LOSS_TMO |
> >   			  NVMF_OPT_HDR_DIGEST |
> NVMF_OPT_DATA_DIGEST |
> >   			  NVMF_OPT_NR_WRITE_QUEUES |
> NVMF_OPT_NR_POLL_QUEUES |
> > -			  NVMF_OPT_TOS,
> > +			  NVMF_OPT_TOS | NVMF_OPT_HOST_IFACE,
> >   	.create_ctrl	= nvme_tcp_create_ctrl,
> >   };
> >
> > --
> > 2.30.2
> >


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