hostap/src/l2_packet/l2_packet.h
Jouni Malinen e6dd8196e5 Work around Linux packet socket regression
Linux kernel commit 576eb62598f10c8c7fd75703fe89010cdcfff596 ('bridge:
respect RFC2863 operational state') from 2012 introduced a regression
for using wpa_supplicant with EAPOL frames and a station interface in a
bridge. Since it does not look like this regression is going to get
fixed any time soon (it is already two years from that commit and over
1.5 from a discussion pointing out the regression), add a workaround in
wpa_supplicant to avoid this issue.

The wpa_supplicant workaround uses a secondary packet socket to capture
all frames (ETH_P_ALL) from the netdev that is in a bridge. This is
needed to avoid the kernel regression. However, this comes at the price
of more CPU load. Some of this is avoided with use of Linux socket
filter, but still, this is less efficient than a packet socket bound to
the specific EAPOL ethertype. The workaround gets disabled
automatically, if the main packet socket interface on the bridge
interface turns out to be working for RX (e.g., due to an old kernel
version being used or a new kernel version having a fix for the
regression). In addition, this workaround is only taken into use for the
special case of running wpa_supplicant with an interface in a bridge.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
2015-01-31 17:21:58 +02:00

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/*
* WPA Supplicant - Layer2 packet interface definition
* Copyright (c) 2003-2005, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
*
* This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
* See README for more details.
*
* This file defines an interface for layer 2 (link layer) packet sending and
* receiving. l2_packet_linux.c is one implementation for such a layer 2
* implementation using Linux packet sockets and l2_packet_pcap.c another one
* using libpcap and libdnet. When porting %wpa_supplicant to other operating
* systems, a new l2_packet implementation may need to be added.
*/
#ifndef L2_PACKET_H
#define L2_PACKET_H
/**
* struct l2_packet_data - Internal l2_packet data structure
*
* This structure is used by the l2_packet implementation to store its private
* data. Other files use a pointer to this data when calling the l2_packet
* functions, but the contents of this structure should not be used directly
* outside l2_packet implementation.
*/
struct l2_packet_data;
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma pack(push, 1)
#endif /* _MSC_VER */
struct l2_ethhdr {
u8 h_dest[ETH_ALEN];
u8 h_source[ETH_ALEN];
be16 h_proto;
} STRUCT_PACKED;
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma pack(pop)
#endif /* _MSC_VER */
enum l2_packet_filter_type {
L2_PACKET_FILTER_DHCP,
L2_PACKET_FILTER_NDISC,
};
/**
* l2_packet_init - Initialize l2_packet interface
* @ifname: Interface name
* @own_addr: Optional own MAC address if available from driver interface or
* %NULL if not available
* @protocol: Ethernet protocol number in host byte order
* @rx_callback: Callback function that will be called for each received packet
* @rx_callback_ctx: Callback data (ctx) for calls to rx_callback()
* @l2_hdr: 1 = include layer 2 header, 0 = do not include header
* Returns: Pointer to internal data or %NULL on failure
*
* rx_callback function will be called with src_addr pointing to the source
* address (MAC address) of the the packet. If l2_hdr is set to 0, buf
* points to len bytes of the payload after the layer 2 header and similarly,
* TX buffers start with payload. This behavior can be changed by setting
* l2_hdr=1 to include the layer 2 header in the data buffer.
*/
struct l2_packet_data * l2_packet_init(
const char *ifname, const u8 *own_addr, unsigned short protocol,
void (*rx_callback)(void *ctx, const u8 *src_addr,
const u8 *buf, size_t len),
void *rx_callback_ctx, int l2_hdr);
/**
* l2_packet_init_bridge - Like l2_packet_init() but with bridge workaround
*
* This version of l2_packet_init() can be used to enable a workaround for Linux
* packet socket in case of a station interface in a bridge.
*/
struct l2_packet_data * l2_packet_init_bridge(
const char *br_ifname, const char *ifname, const u8 *own_addr,
unsigned short protocol,
void (*rx_callback)(void *ctx, const u8 *src_addr,
const u8 *buf, size_t len),
void *rx_callback_ctx, int l2_hdr);
/**
* l2_packet_deinit - Deinitialize l2_packet interface
* @l2: Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
*/
void l2_packet_deinit(struct l2_packet_data *l2);
/**
* l2_packet_get_own_addr - Get own layer 2 address
* @l2: Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
* @addr: Buffer for the own address (6 bytes)
* Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
*/
int l2_packet_get_own_addr(struct l2_packet_data *l2, u8 *addr);
/**
* l2_packet_send - Send a packet
* @l2: Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
* @dst_addr: Destination address for the packet (only used if l2_hdr == 0)
* @proto: Protocol/ethertype for the packet in host byte order (only used if
* l2_hdr == 0)
* @buf: Packet contents to be sent; including layer 2 header if l2_hdr was
* set to 1 in l2_packet_init() call. Otherwise, only the payload of the packet
* is included.
* @len: Length of the buffer (including l2 header only if l2_hdr == 1)
* Returns: >=0 on success, <0 on failure
*/
int l2_packet_send(struct l2_packet_data *l2, const u8 *dst_addr, u16 proto,
const u8 *buf, size_t len);
/**
* l2_packet_get_ip_addr - Get the current IP address from the interface
* @l2: Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
* @buf: Buffer for the IP address in text format
* @len: Maximum buffer length
* Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
*
* This function can be used to get the current IP address from the interface
* bound to the l2_packet. This is mainly for status information and the IP
* address will be stored as an ASCII string. This function is not essential
* for %wpa_supplicant operation, so full implementation is not required.
* l2_packet implementation will need to define the function, but it can return
* -1 if the IP address information is not available.
*/
int l2_packet_get_ip_addr(struct l2_packet_data *l2, char *buf, size_t len);
/**
* l2_packet_notify_auth_start - Notify l2_packet about start of authentication
* @l2: Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
*
* This function is called when authentication is expected to start, e.g., when
* association has been completed, in order to prepare l2_packet implementation
* for EAPOL frames. This function is used mainly if the l2_packet code needs
* to do polling in which case it can increasing polling frequency. This can
* also be an empty function if the l2_packet implementation does not benefit
* from knowing about the starting authentication.
*/
void l2_packet_notify_auth_start(struct l2_packet_data *l2);
/**
* l2_packet_set_packet_filter - Set socket filter for l2_packet
* @l2: Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
* @type: enum l2_packet_filter_type, type of filter
* Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
*
* This function is used to set the socket filter for l2_packet socket.
*
*/
int l2_packet_set_packet_filter(struct l2_packet_data *l2,
enum l2_packet_filter_type type);
#endif /* L2_PACKET_H */