The existing documentation was not telling that one has to create a PPP
channel and a PPP interface to get PPPoL2TP data offloading working.
Also, tunnel switching was not mentioned, so that people were thinking
it was not supported, while it actually is.
Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
---
Difference from v1:
- follow kernel coding style
- check for failures
- also mention netlink and ip for configuring the link
- fix bridging channels
Difference from v2:
- fix text alignment
Difference from v3:
- fix some variables references
- explicit inputs of the code snippets
- explicit that bridging is supported for l2tp with PPP pseudowire type.
- explicit that after bridging only the pppox sockets need to be kept
- explicit that bridging can also be done with other types of ppp
channels
Difference from v4:
- Fix coding style
- Fix parameter of PPPIOCCONNECT ioctl.
- Describe the ppp frame bridging.
---
Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst
@@ -386,12 +386,19 @@ Sample userspace code:
- Create session PPPoX data socket::
+ /* Input: the L2TP tunnel UDP socket `tunnel_fd`, which needs to be
+ * bound already (both sockname and peername), otherwise it will not be
+ * ready.
+ */
+
struct sockaddr_pppol2tp sax;
- int fd;
+ int session_fd;
+ int ret;
+
+ session_fd = socket(AF_PPPOX, SOCK_DGRAM, PX_PROTO_OL2TP);
+ if (session_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
- /* Note, the tunnel socket must be bound already, else it
- * will not be ready
- */
sax.sa_family = AF_PPPOX;
sax.sa_protocol = PX_PROTO_OL2TP;
sax.pppol2tp.fd = tunnel_fd;
@@ -406,12 +413,126 @@ Sample userspace code:
/* session_fd is the fd of the session's PPPoL2TP socket.
* tunnel_fd is the fd of the tunnel UDP / L2TPIP socket.
*/
- fd = connect(session_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sax, sizeof(sax));
- if (fd < 0 ) {
+ ret = connect(session_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sax, sizeof(sax));
+ if (ret < 0 ) {
+ close(session_fd);
+ return -errno;
+ }
+
+ return session_fd;
+
+L2TP control packets will still be available for read on `tunnel_fd`.
+
+ - Create PPP channel::
+
+ /* Input: the session PPPoX data socket `session_fd` which was created
+ * as described above.
+ */
+
+ int ppp_chan_fd;
+ int chindx;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = ioctl(session_fd, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindx);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ppp_chan_fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
+ if (ppp_chan_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = ioctl(ppp_chan_fd, PPPIOCATTCHAN, &chindx);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ close(ppp_chan_fd);
return -errno;
}
+
+ return ppp_chan_fd;
+
+LCP PPP frames will be available for read on `ppp_chan_fd`.
+
+ - Create PPP interface::
+
+ /* Input: the PPP channel `ppp_chan_fd` which was created as described
+ * above.
+ */
+
+ int ifunit = -1;
+ int ppp_if_fd;
+ int ret;
+
+ ppp_if_fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
+ if (ppp_if_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = ioctl(ppp_if_fd, PPPIOCNEWUNIT, &ifunit);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ close(ppp_if_fd);
+ return -errno;
+ }
+
+ ret = ioctl(ppp_chan_fd, PPPIOCCONNECT, &ifunit);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ close(ppp_if_fd);
+ return -errno;
+ }
+
+ return ppp_if_fd;
+
+IPCP/IPv6CP PPP frames will be available for read on `ppp_if_fd`.
+
+The ppp<ifunit> interface can then be configured as usual with netlink's
+RTM_NEWLINK, RTM_NEWADDR, RTM_NEWROUTE, or ioctl's SIOCSIFMTU, SIOCSIFADDR,
+SIOCSIFDSTADDR, SIOCSIFNETMASK, SIOCSIFFLAGS, or with the `ip` command.
+
+ - Bridging L2TP sessions which have PPP pseudowire types (this is also called
+ L2TP tunnel switching or L2TP multihop) is supported by bridging the PPP
+ channels of the two L2TP sessions to be bridged::
+
+ /* Input: the session PPPoX data sockets `session_fd1` and `session_fd2`
+ * which were created as described further above.
+ */
+
+ int ppp_chan_fd;
+ int chindx1;
+ int chindx2;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = ioctl(session_fd1, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindx1);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = ioctl(session_fd2, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindx2);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ppp_chan_fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
+ if (ppp_chan_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = ioctl(ppp_chan_fd, PPPIOCATTCHAN, &chindx1);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ close(ppp_chan_fd);
+ return -errno;
+ }
+
+ ret = ioctl(ppp_chan_fd, PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN, &chindx2);
+ close(ppp_chan_fd);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
return 0;
+It can be noted that when bridging PPP channels, the PPP session is not locally terminated, and no local PPP interface is created. PPP frames arriving on one channel are directly passed to the other channel, and vice versa.
+
+The PPP channel does not need to be kept open. Only the session PPPoX data
+sockets need to be kept open.
+
+More generally, it is also possible in the same way to e.g. bridge a PPPoL2TP
+PPP channel with other types of PPP channels, such as PPPoE.
+
+See more details for the PPP side in ppp_generic.rst.
+
Old L2TPv2-only API
-------------------
On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 02:21:02 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> The existing documentation was not telling that one has to create a PPP
> channel and a PPP interface to get PPPoL2TP data offloading working.
>
> Also, tunnel switching was not mentioned, so that people were thinking
> it was not supported, while it actually is.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
LGTM. Thanks again Samuel :-)
Acked-by: Tom Parkin <[email protected]>
On Wed, 2024-02-14 at 02:21 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
[...]
> + - Bridging L2TP sessions which have PPP pseudowire types (this is also called
> + L2TP tunnel switching or L2TP multihop) is supported by bridging the PPP
> + channels of the two L2TP sessions to be bridged::
> +
> + /* Input: the session PPPoX data sockets `session_fd1` and `session_fd2`
> + * which were created as described further above.
> + */
> +
> + int ppp_chan_fd;
> + int chindx1;
> + int chindx2;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = ioctl(session_fd1, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindx1);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return -errno;
> +
> + ret = ioctl(session_fd2, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindx2);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return -errno;
> +
> + ppp_chan_fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
> + if (ppp_chan_fd < 0)
> + return -errno;
> +
> + ret = ioctl(ppp_chan_fd, PPPIOCATTCHAN, &chindx1);
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + close(ppp_chan_fd);
> + return -errno;
> + }
> +
> + ret = ioctl(ppp_chan_fd, PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN, &chindx2);
> + close(ppp_chan_fd);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return -errno;
> +
> return 0;
>
> +It can be noted that when bridging PPP channels, the PPP session is not locally terminated, and no local PPP interface is created. PPP frames arriving on one channel are directly passed to the other channel, and vice versa.
You need to format the above sentence to fit a more reasonable line
length.
Thanks!
Paolo