In most setups it is sufficient for us to only send MLD reports to nodes which have a multicast router attached. Which reduces overall overhead, especially in large batman-adv mesh networks, where broadcasts are particularly undesirable.
However there is one specific, known issue / broken scenario with this setting:
If the IGMP/MLD querier is configured directly on the bridge on top of bat0. But there is no multicast router on or behind this node. Then this bridge will be unable to detect multicast listeners on/behind other nodes which have the MLD-RTR-ONLY setting enabled. (A workaround for this can then in turn be to set multicast_router=2 on the bat0 bridge port on the node with the IGMP/MLD querier.)
Therefore MLD report flooding is kept the default and MLD report to multicast routers only forwarding is considered experimental and warned about.
Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing linus.luessing@c0d3.blue ---
An list of scenarios with illustrations and a step-by-step evaluation with this setting for them can be found on the batman-adv wiki: * https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Multicast-IGMP-MLD-Report...
This patchset is applied and tested on/between Freifunk Lübeck (180 nodes) and a small Freifunk Vogtland domain. It allowed using layer 3 IPv6 multicast routing here without flooding the whole mesh network with MLD reports.
include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h | 9 ++++++ net/batman-adv/multicast.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- net/batman-adv/netlink.c | 17 +++++++++++ net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 1 + net/batman-adv/types.h | 7 +++++ 5 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h index 35dc016c9bb4..11cd170036ff 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h @@ -481,6 +481,15 @@ enum batadv_nl_attrs { */ BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FANOUT,
+ /** + * @BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_MLD_RTR_ONLY_ENABLED: defines how IGMP/MLD + * reports are forwarded in the mesh. If set to non-zero then IGMP/MLD + * reports are only forwarded to detected multicast routers. If set to + * zero then they are flooded instead. + * Warning: The former is experimental and potentially unsafe! + */ + BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_MLD_RTR_ONLY_ENABLED, + /* add attributes above here, update the policy in netlink.c */
/** diff --git a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c index 38fab5e46ae2..d5e3f4d90fd1 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c @@ -1008,8 +1008,14 @@ static int batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check_ipv4(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr) + sizeof(*iphdr))) return -ENOMEM;
- if (batadv_mcast_is_report_ipv4(skb)) + if (batadv_mcast_is_report_ipv4(skb)) { + if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_mld_rtr_only)) { + *is_routable = IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT; + return 0; + } + return -EINVAL; + }
iphdr = ip_hdr(skb);
@@ -1072,8 +1078,14 @@ static int batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check_ipv6(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr) + sizeof(*ip6hdr))) return -ENOMEM;
- if (batadv_mcast_is_report_ipv6(skb)) + if (batadv_mcast_is_report_ipv6(skb)) { + if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_mld_rtr_only)) { + *is_routable = ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT; + return 0; + } + return -EINVAL; + }
ip6hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
@@ -1160,17 +1172,19 @@ static int batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ip_count(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, * @protocol: the ethernet protocol type to count multicast routers for * * Return: the number of nodes which want all routable IPv4 multicast traffic - * if the protocol is ETH_P_IP or the number of nodes which want all routable - * IPv6 traffic if the protocol is ETH_P_IPV6. Otherwise returns 0. + * if the protocol is ETH_P_IP or IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT. Or the number of + * nodes which want all routable IPv6 traffic if the protocol is ETH_P_IPV6 or + * ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT. Otherwise returns 0. */ - static int batadv_mcast_forw_rtr_count(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, int protocol) { switch (protocol) { case ETH_P_IP: + case IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT: return atomic_read(&bat_priv->mcast.num_want_all_rtr4); case ETH_P_IPV6: + case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT: return atomic_read(&bat_priv->mcast.num_want_all_rtr6); default: return 0; @@ -1234,10 +1248,11 @@ enum batadv_forw_mode batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short vid, int *is_routable) { - int ret, tt_count, ip_count, unsnoop_count, total_count; + atomic_t *unsnoop_cnt_atom = &bat_priv->mcast.num_want_all_unsnoopables; + int ret, ip_count, rtr_count, total_count; + int tt_count = 0, unsnoop_count = 0; bool is_unsnoopable = false; struct ethhdr *ethhdr; - int rtr_count = 0;
ret = batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check(bat_priv, skb, &is_unsnoopable, is_routable); @@ -1248,11 +1263,17 @@ batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
- tt_count = batadv_tt_global_hash_count(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_dest, - BATADV_NO_FLAGS); - ip_count = batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ip_count(bat_priv, ethhdr); - unsnoop_count = !is_unsnoopable ? 0 : - atomic_read(&bat_priv->mcast.num_want_all_unsnoopables); + if (*is_routable != IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT && + *is_routable != ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT) { + tt_count = batadv_tt_global_hash_count(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_dest, + BATADV_NO_FLAGS); + + if (is_unsnoopable) + unsnoop_count = atomic_read(unsnoop_cnt_atom); + } + + ip_count = batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ip_count(bat_priv, + ethhdr); rtr_count = batadv_mcast_forw_rtr_count(bat_priv, *is_routable);
total_count = tt_count + ip_count + unsnoop_count + rtr_count; @@ -1540,8 +1561,10 @@ batadv_mcast_forw_want_rtr(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, { switch (ntohs(eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto)) { case ETH_P_IP: + case IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT: return batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_rtr4(bat_priv, skb, vid); case ETH_P_IPV6: + case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT: return batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_rtr6(bat_priv, skb, vid); default: /* we shouldn't be here... */ @@ -1571,12 +1594,17 @@ int batadv_mcast_forw_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, { int ret;
+ if (is_routable == IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT || + is_routable == ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT) + goto skip_mc_listeners; + ret = batadv_mcast_forw_tt(bat_priv, skb, vid); if (ret != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) { kfree_skb(skb); return ret; }
+skip_mc_listeners: ret = batadv_mcast_forw_want_all(bat_priv, skb, vid); if (ret != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) { kfree_skb(skb); diff --git a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c index 3f0003fc502c..0923117d63b2 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = { [BATADV_ATTR_LOG_LEVEL] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FORCEFLOOD_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FANOUT] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, + [BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_MLD_RTR_ONLY_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [BATADV_ATTR_NETWORK_CODING_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [BATADV_ATTR_ORIG_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [BATADV_ATTR_ELP_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, @@ -345,6 +346,10 @@ static int batadv_netlink_mesh_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, if (nla_put_u32(msg, BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_FANOUT, atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout))) goto nla_put_failure; + + if (nla_put_u8(msg, BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_MLD_RTR_ONLY_ENABLED, + atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_mld_rtr_only))) + goto nla_put_failure; #endif /* CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST */
#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_NC @@ -588,6 +593,18 @@ static int batadv_netlink_set_mesh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout, nla_get_u32(attr)); } + + if (info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_MLD_RTR_ONLY_ENABLED]) { + u8 mld_rtr_only; + + attr = info->attrs[BATADV_ATTR_MULTICAST_MLD_RTR_ONLY_ENABLED]; + mld_rtr_only = !!nla_get_u8(attr); + if (mld_rtr_only) + batadv_info(bat_priv->soft_iface, + "Warning: MLD-RTR-ONLY is experimental and has known, broken scenarios\n"); + + atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_mld_rtr_only, mld_rtr_only); + } #endif /* CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST */
#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_NC diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c index 30ecbc2ef1fd..bd9168450995 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c @@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ static int batadv_softif_init_late(struct net_device *dev) #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_mode, 1); atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout, 16); + atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_mld_rtr_only, 0); atomic_set(&bat_priv->mcast.num_want_all_unsnoopables, 0); atomic_set(&bat_priv->mcast.num_want_all_ipv4, 0); atomic_set(&bat_priv->mcast.num_want_all_ipv6, 0); diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h index 00840d5784fe..bf8eab36e43b 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/types.h +++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h @@ -1683,6 +1683,13 @@ struct batadv_priv { * multicast-to-unicast conversion */ atomic_t multicast_fanout; + + /** + * @multicast_mld_rtr_only: bool indicating whether to send IGMP/MLD + * reports only to multicast routers or to flood them otherwise. + * Warning: The former is experimental and potentially unsafe! + */ + atomic_t multicast_mld_rtr_only; #endif
/** @orig_interval: OGM broadcast interval in milliseconds */