Re: [PATCH v11 8/9] tap: change signature of function tap_push_l2h()

On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:25:21 -0400 Jon Maloy wrote:

In the next commit it must be possible for the callers of function tap_push_l2h() to specify which source MAC address should be added to the ethernet header sent over the tap interface. As a preparation, we now add a new argument to that function, still without any logical changes.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: David Gibson

--- v3: -Improved comment for src_mac argument, as suggested by Stefano. v4: -Re-added comment in tap.c and remove redundant argument check in tap_push_l2() v5: -Ensured that MAC argument to tap_push_l2h() never is NULL. v6: -Clarification of comment about ARP lookup --- tap.c | 16 +++++++++------- tap.h | 3 ++- tcp.c | 5 +++-- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tap.c b/tap.c index 250a0f6..ec7e525 100644 --- a/tap.c +++ b/tap.c @@ -171,17 +171,19 @@ const struct in6_addr *tap_ip6_daddr(const struct ctx *c, * tap_push_l2h() - Build an L2 header for an inbound packet * @c: Execution context * @buf: Buffer address at which to generate header + * @src_mac: MAC address to be used as source for message.

Trailing . which we never use.

* @proto: Ethernet protocol number for L3 * * Return: pointer at which to write the packet's payload */ -void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf, uint16_t proto) +void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf, + const void *src_mac, uint16_t proto) { struct ethhdr *eh = (struct ethhdr *)buf;

- /* TODO: ARP table lookup */ + /* TODO: ARP lookup on tap side */

Why? I mean, what would we do with guest-side MAC addresses, as we don't control Layer-2 host-side?

memcpy(eh->h_dest, c->guest_mac, ETH_ALEN); - memcpy(eh->h_source, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_ALEN); + memcpy(eh->h_source, src_mac, ETH_ALEN); eh->h_proto = ntohs(proto); return eh + 1; } @@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ void tap_udp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, in_port_t sport, { size_t l4len = dlen + sizeof(struct udphdr); char buf[USHRT_MAX]; - struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IP); + struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IP); struct udphdr *uh = tap_push_ip4h(ip4h, src, dst, l4len, IPPROTO_UDP); char *data = tap_push_uh4(uh, src, sport, dst, dport, in, dlen);

@@ -281,7 +283,7 @@ void tap_icmp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, struct in_addr dst, const void *in, size_t l4len) { char buf[USHRT_MAX]; - struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IP); + struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IP); struct icmphdr *icmp4h = tap_push_ip4h(ip4h, src, dst, l4len, IPPROTO_ICMP);

@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ void tap_udp6_send(const struct ctx *c, { size_t l4len = dlen + sizeof(struct udphdr); char buf[USHRT_MAX]; - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IPV6); + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IPV6); struct udphdr *uh = tap_push_ip6h(ip6h, src, dst, l4len, IPPROTO_UDP, flow); char *data = tap_push_uh6(uh, src, sport, dst, dport, in, dlen); @@ -389,7 +391,7 @@ void tap_icmp6_send(const struct ctx *c, const void *in, size_t l4len) { char buf[USHRT_MAX]; - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IPV6); + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IPV6); struct icmp6hdr *icmp6h = tap_push_ip6h(ip6h, src, dst, l4len, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, 0);

diff --git a/tap.h b/tap.h index 21db4d2..02f7761 100644 --- a/tap.h +++ b/tap.h @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ static inline void tap_hdr_update(struct tap_hdr *thdr, size_t l2len) }

unsigned long tap_l2_max_len(const struct ctx *c); -void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf, uint16_t proto); +void *tap_push_l2h(const struct ctx *c, void *buf, + const void *src_mac, uint16_t proto); void *tap_push_ip4h(struct iphdr *ip4h, struct in_addr src, struct in_addr dst, size_t l4len, uint8_t proto); void *tap_push_uh4(struct udphdr *uh, struct in_addr src, in_port_t sport, diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c index af05d35..b874317 100644 --- a/tcp.c +++ b/tcp.c @@ -1978,7 +1978,8 @@ static void tcp_rst_no_conn(const struct ctx *c, int af, return;

if (af == AF_INET) { - struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IP); + struct iphdr *ip4h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, + ETH_P_IP); const struct in_addr *rst_src = daddr; const struct in_addr *rst_dst = saddr;

@@ -1988,7 +1989,7 @@ static void tcp_rst_no_conn(const struct ctx *c, int af, *rst_src, *rst_dst);

} else { - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, ETH_P_IPV6); + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = tap_push_l2h(c, buf, c->our_tap_mac, ETH_P_IPV6);

This can and should be wrapped to 80 columns.

const struct in6_addr *rst_src = daddr; const struct in6_addr *rst_dst = saddr;

-- Stefano