[ipsec-next,0/3] xfrm: support collect metadata mode for xfrm interfaces

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Eyal Birger Aug. 23, 2022, 3:45 p.m. UTC

This series adds support for "collect_md" mode in XFRM interfaces.

This feature is useful for maintaining a large number of IPsec connections
with the benefits of using a network interface while reducing the overhead
of maintaining a large number of devices.

Currently this is possible by having multiple connections share a common
interface by sharing the if_id identifier and using some other criteria
to distinguish between them - such as different subnets or skb marks.
This becomes complex in multi-tenant environments where subnets collide
and the mark space is used for other purposes.

Since the xfrm interface uses the if_id as the differentiator when
looking for policies, setting the if_id in the dst_metadata framework
allows using a single interface for different connections while having
the ability to selectively steer traffic to each one.

The series is composed of the following steps:

- Introduce a new METADATA_XFRM metadata type to be used for this purpose.
  Reuse of the existing "METADATA_IP_TUNNEL" type was rejected in [0] as
  XFRM does not necessarily represent an IP tunnel.

- Add support for collect metadata mode in xfrm interfaces

- Allow setting the XFRM metadata from the LWT infrastructure

Future additions could allow setting/getting the XFRM metadata from eBPF
programs, TC, OVS, NF, etc.

[0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/[e-mail]/#23824575

Eyal Birger (3):
  net: allow storing xfrm interface metadata in metadata_dst
  xfrm: interface: support collect metadata mode
  xfrm: lwtunnel: add lwtunnel support for xfrm interfaces in collect_md
    mode

 include/net/dst_metadata.h    |  25 +++++
 include/net/xfrm.h            |  11 +-
 include/uapi/linux/if_link.h  |   1 +
 include/uapi/linux/lwtunnel.h |   9 ++
 net/core/lwtunnel.c           |   1 +
 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c         |   7 +-
 net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c     | 203 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c        |  10 +-
 8 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)