With this patch multicast packets with a limited number of destinations (current default: 16) will be split and transmitted by the originator as individual unicast transmissions.

Wifi broadcasts with their low bitrate are still a costly undertaking. In a mesh network this cost multiplies with the overall size of the mesh network. Therefore using multiple unicast transmissions instead of broadcast flooding is almost always less burdensome for the mesh network.

The maximum amount of unicast packets can be configured via the newly introduced multicast_fanout parameter. If this limit is exceeded distribution will fall back to classic broadcast flooding.

The multicast-to-unicast conversion is performed on the initial multicast sender node and counts on a final destination node, mesh-wide basis (and not next hop, neighbor node basis).

Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing linus.luessing@c0d3.blue

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This patch introduces a new sysfs parameter even though upstream has signalized that we should switch to / add netlink support for configuration.

If upstream were to complain about yet another sysfs-only parameter, I'd argue that netlink config support is advancing but needs a bit more discussion and maturing. And it has no advantage to halt progress in other directions for that.

Furthermore, there is a bit of urgency for this patch with the increasing size of batman-adv mesh networks and the multicast burden this creates.

Finally, this patch was tested (and as far as I know is still applied) in some Freifunk communities. Maybe someone can add a "Tested-by" for this patch from there.

For my and other people's tests see descriptions here:

https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/1357

--- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh | 9 + net/batman-adv/multicast.c | 268 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- net/batman-adv/multicast.h | 17 ++ net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 8 +- net/batman-adv/sysfs.c | 3 + net/batman-adv/translation-table.c | 6 +- net/batman-adv/translation-table.h | 4 + net/batman-adv/types.h | 6 + 8 files changed, 315 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh index c2b956d4..18734a36 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-mesh @@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ Description: is used to classify clients as "isolated" by the Extended Isolation feature.

+What: /sys/class/net/<mesh_iface>/mesh/multicast_fanout +Date: Feb 2018 +Contact: Linus Lüssing linus.luessing@c0d3.blue +Description: + Defines the maximum number of packet copies that may + be generated for a multicast-to-unicast conversion. + Once this limit is exceeded distribution will fall + back to broadcast. + What: /sys/class/net/<mesh_iface>/mesh/multicast_mode Date: Feb 2014 Contact: Linus Lüssing linus.luessing@web.de diff --git a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c index 5de6a375..d85c2226 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ #include "hash.h" #include "log.h" #include "netlink.h" +#include "send.h" #include "soft-interface.h" #include "translation-table.h" #include "tvlv.h" @@ -992,6 +993,7 @@ batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, int ret, tt_count, ip_count, unsnoop_count, total_count; bool is_unsnoopable = false; struct ethhdr *ethhdr; + unsigned int mcast_fanout;

ret = batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check(bat_priv, skb, &is_unsnoopable); if (ret == -ENOMEM) @@ -1025,8 +1027,272 @@ batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, case 0: return BATADV_FORW_NONE; default: - return BATADV_FORW_ALL; + mcast_fanout = atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout); + + if (!unsnoop_count && total_count <= mcast_fanout) + return BATADV_FORW_SOME; } + + return BATADV_FORW_ALL; +} + +/** + * batadv_mcast_forw_tt_send() - send a packet to multicast listeners + * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information + * @skb: the multicast packet to transmit + * @vid: the vlan identifier + * @limit: number of remaining, maximum transmissions + * + * Sends copies of a frame with multicast destination to any multicast + * listener registered in the translation table. A transmission is performed + * via a batman-adv unicast packet for each such destination node. + * + * Return: NET_XMIT_DROP if limit was reached or on memory allocation failure, + * NET_XMIT_SUCCESS otherwise. + */ +static int +batadv_mcast_forw_tt_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, + unsigned short vid, unsigned int *limit) +{ + unsigned int limit_tmp = *limit; + int ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS; + struct sk_buff *newskb; + + struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry *orig_entry; + + struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global; + const u8 *addr = eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest; + + tt_global = batadv_tt_global_hash_find(bat_priv, addr, vid); + if (!tt_global) + return NET_XMIT_DROP; + + rcu_read_lock(); + hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(orig_entry, &tt_global->orig_list, list) { + if (!limit_tmp) { + ret = NET_XMIT_DROP; + break; + } + + newskb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!newskb) { + ret = NET_XMIT_DROP; + break; + } + + ret = batadv_send_skb_unicast(bat_priv, newskb, + BATADV_UNICAST, 0, + orig_entry->orig_node, vid); + + if (ret != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) { + /* use kfree_skb() to signalize losses here, but keep + * trying other destinations + */ + kfree_skb(newskb); + ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS; + } + + limit_tmp--; + } + rcu_read_unlock(); + + batadv_tt_global_entry_put(tt_global); + *limit = limit_tmp; + + return ret; +} + +/** + * batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv4_send() - send to nodes with want-all-ipv4 + * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information + * @skb: the multicast packet to transmit + * @vid: the vlan identifier + * @limit: number of remaining, maximum transmissions + * + * Sends copies of a frame with multicast destination to any node with a + * BATADV_MCAST_WANT_ALL_IPV4 flag set. A transmission is performed via a + * batman-adv unicast packet for each such destination node. + * + * Return: NET_XMIT_DROP if limit was reached or on memory allocation failure, + * NET_XMIT_SUCCESS otherwise. + */ +static int +batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv4_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, + struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short vid, + unsigned int *limit) +{ + struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node; + unsigned int limit_tmp = *limit; + int ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS; + struct sk_buff *newskb; + + rcu_read_lock(); + hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(orig_node, + &bat_priv->mcast.want_all_ipv4_list, + mcast_want_all_ipv4_node) { + if (!limit_tmp) { + ret = NET_XMIT_DROP; + break; + } + + newskb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!newskb) { + ret = NET_XMIT_DROP; + break; + } + + ret = batadv_send_skb_unicast(bat_priv, newskb, + BATADV_UNICAST, 0, + orig_node, vid); + + if (ret != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) { + /* use kfree_skb() to signalize losses here, but keep + * trying other destinations + */ + kfree_skb(newskb); + ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS; + } + + limit_tmp--; + } + rcu_read_unlock(); + + *limit = limit_tmp; + return ret; +} + +/** + * batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv6_send() - send to nodes with want-all-ipv6 + * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information + * @skb: The multicast packet to transmit + * @vid: the vlan identifier + * @limit: number of remaining, maximum transmissions + * + * Sends copies of a frame with multicast destination to any node with a + * BATADV_MCAST_WANT_ALL_IPV6 flag set. A transmission is performed via a + * batman-adv unicast packet for each such destination node. + * + * Return: NET_XMIT_DROP if limit was reached or on memory allocation failure, + * NET_XMIT_SUCCESS otherwise. + */ +static int +batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv6_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, + struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short vid, + unsigned int *limit) +{ + struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node; + unsigned int limit_tmp = *limit; + int ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS; + struct sk_buff *newskb; + + rcu_read_lock(); + hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(orig_node, + &bat_priv->mcast.want_all_ipv6_list, + mcast_want_all_ipv6_node) { + if (!limit_tmp) { + ret = NET_XMIT_DROP; + break; + } + + newskb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!newskb) { + ret = NET_XMIT_DROP; + break; + } + + ret = batadv_send_skb_unicast(bat_priv, newskb, + BATADV_UNICAST, 0, + orig_node, vid); + + if (ret != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) { + /* use kfree_skb() to signalize losses here, but keep + * trying other destinations + */ + kfree_skb(newskb); + ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS; + } + + limit_tmp--; + } + rcu_read_unlock(); + + *limit = limit_tmp; + return ret; +} + +/** + * batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_send() - send packet to nodes in a want-all list + * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information + * @skb: the multicast packet to transmit + * @vid: the vlan identifier + * @limit: number of remaining, maximum transmissions + * + * Sends copies of a frame with multicast destination to any node with a + * BATADV_MCAST_WANT_ALL_IPV4 or BATADV_MCAST_WANT_ALL_IPV6 flag set. A + * transmission is performed via a batman-adv unicast packet for each such + * destination node. + * + * Return: NET_XMIT_DROP if limit was reached, on memory allocation failure + * or if the protocol family is neither IPv4 nor IPv6. NET_XMIT_SUCCESS + * otherwise. + */ +static int +batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, + struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short vid, + unsigned int *limit) +{ + switch (ntohs(eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto)) { + case ETH_P_IP: + return batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv4_send(bat_priv, skb, vid, + limit); + case ETH_P_IPV6: + return batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv6_send(bat_priv, skb, vid, + limit); + default: + /* we shouldn't be here... */ + return NET_XMIT_DROP; + } +} + +/** + * batadv_mcast_forw_send() - send packet to any detected multicast recpient + * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information + * @skb: the multicast packet to transmit + * @vid: the vlan identifier + * @limit: number of remaining, maximum transmissions + * + * Sends copies of a frame with multicast destination to any node that signaled + * interest in it, that is either via the translation table or the according + * want-all flags. A transmission is performed via a batman-adv unicast packet + * for each such destination node. + * + * If NET_XMIT_DROP is returned then caller needs to free the provided skb. + * Otherwise it is consumed. + * + * Return: NET_XMIT_DROP if limit was reached, on memory allocation failure + * or if the protocol family is neither IPv4 nor IPv6. NET_XMIT_SUCCESS + * otherwise. + */ +int batadv_mcast_forw_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, + unsigned short vid) +{ + /* The previous forw mode check will try to limit to the configured + * fanout. Here, we allow a little bit of flexibility in case some + * new listeners might have joined between these function calls. + */ + unsigned int limit = 2 * atomic_read(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout); + int ret; + + ret = batadv_mcast_forw_tt_send(bat_priv, skb, vid, &limit); + if (ret != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) + return ret; + + ret = batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_send(bat_priv, skb, vid, &limit); + if (ret != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) + return ret; + + consume_skb(skb); + return ret; }

/** diff --git a/net/batman-adv/multicast.h b/net/batman-adv/multicast.h index 466013fe..24424e51 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/multicast.h +++ b/net/batman-adv/multicast.h @@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ enum batadv_forw_mode { BATADV_FORW_ALL,

/** + * @BATADV_FORW_SOME: forward the packet to some nodes (currently via + * a multicast-to-unicast conversion and the BATMAN unicast routing + * protocol) + */ + BATADV_FORW_SOME, + + /** * @BATADV_FORW_SINGLE: forward the packet to a single node (currently * via the BATMAN unicast routing protocol) */ @@ -51,6 +58,9 @@ enum batadv_forw_mode batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, struct batadv_orig_node **mcast_single_orig);

+int batadv_mcast_forw_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, + unsigned short vid); + void batadv_mcast_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);

int batadv_mcast_flags_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset); @@ -73,6 +83,13 @@ batadv_mcast_forw_mode(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, return BATADV_FORW_ALL; }

+static inline int +batadv_mcast_forw_send(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, + unsigned short vid) +{ + return NET_XMIT_DROP; +} + static inline int batadv_mcast_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv) { return 0; diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c index 5357dcae..9adb9ad1 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short vid; u32 seqno; int gw_mode; - enum batadv_forw_mode forw_mode; + enum batadv_forw_mode forw_mode = BATADV_FORW_SINGLE; struct batadv_orig_node *mcast_single_orig = NULL; int network_offset = ETH_HLEN;

@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, if (forw_mode == BATADV_FORW_NONE) goto dropped;

- if (forw_mode == BATADV_FORW_SINGLE) + if (forw_mode == BATADV_FORW_SINGLE || + forw_mode == BATADV_FORW_SOME) do_bcast = false; } } @@ -368,6 +369,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, ret = batadv_send_skb_unicast(bat_priv, skb, BATADV_UNICAST, 0, mcast_single_orig, vid); + } else if (forw_mode == BATADV_FORW_SOME) { + ret = batadv_mcast_forw_send(bat_priv, skb, vid); } else { if (batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(bat_priv, skb)) @@ -809,6 +812,7 @@ static int batadv_softif_init_late(struct net_device *dev) bat_priv->mcast.querier_ipv6.shadowing = false; bat_priv->mcast.flags = BATADV_NO_FLAGS; atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_mode, 1); + atomic_set(&bat_priv->multicast_fanout, 16); 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/sysfs.c b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c index e1b81626..15c06b4c 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c @@ -697,6 +697,8 @@ static BATADV_ATTR(gw_bandwidth, 0644, batadv_show_gw_bwidth, batadv_store_gw_bwidth); #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST BATADV_ATTR_SIF_BOOL(multicast_mode, 0644, NULL); +BATADV_ATTR_SIF_UINT(multicast_fanout, multicast_fanout, 0644, 1, INT_MAX, + NULL); #endif #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG BATADV_ATTR_SIF_UINT(log_level, log_level, 0644, 0, BATADV_DBG_ALL, NULL); @@ -718,6 +720,7 @@ static struct batadv_attribute *batadv_mesh_attrs[] = { #endif #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST &batadv_attr_multicast_mode, + &batadv_attr_multicast_fanout, #endif &batadv_attr_fragmentation, &batadv_attr_routing_algo, diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c index f73d7913..8f83554b 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ #include "log.h" #include "netlink.h" #include "originator.h" +#include "send.h" #include "soft-interface.h" #include "tvlv.h"

@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ batadv_tt_local_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *addr, * Return: a pointer to the corresponding tt_global_entry struct if the client * is found, NULL otherwise. */ -static struct batadv_tt_global_entry * +struct batadv_tt_global_entry * batadv_tt_global_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *addr, unsigned short vid) { @@ -300,8 +301,7 @@ static void batadv_tt_global_entry_release(struct kref *ref) * possibly release it * @tt_global_entry: tt_global_entry to be free'd */ -static void -batadv_tt_global_entry_put(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry) +void batadv_tt_global_entry_put(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry) { kref_put(&tt_global_entry->common.refcount, batadv_tt_global_entry_release); diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h index 61bca75e..5b41f217 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h +++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ int batadv_tt_global_dump(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb); void batadv_tt_global_del_orig(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node, s32 match_vid, const char *message); +struct batadv_tt_global_entry * +batadv_tt_global_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *addr, + unsigned short vid); +void batadv_tt_global_entry_put(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry); int batadv_tt_global_hash_count(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *addr, unsigned short vid); struct batadv_orig_node *batadv_transtable_search(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h index a21b34ed..d22cf01e 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/types.h +++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h @@ -1565,6 +1565,12 @@ struct batadv_priv { * node's sender/originating side */ atomic_t multicast_mode; + + /** + * @multicast_fanout: Maximum number of packet copies to generate for a + * multicast-to-unicast conversion + */ + atomic_t multicast_fanout; #endif

/** @orig_interval: OGM broadcast interval in milliseconds */