PPPoL2TP: Add more code snippets

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 <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Acked-by: Tom Parkin <tparkin@katalix.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217211425.qj576u3jmaa6yidf@begin
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Samuel Thibault 2024-02-17 22:14:25 +01:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent f796feabb9
commit 6d5c36565c

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@ -386,12 +386,19 @@ Sample userspace code:
- Create session PPPoX data socket::
struct sockaddr_pppol2tp sax;
int fd;
/* Note, the tunnel socket must be bound already, else it
* will not be ready
/* 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 session_fd;
int ret;
session_fd = socket(AF_PPPOX, SOCK_DGRAM, PX_PROTO_OL2TP);
if (session_fd < 0)
return -errno;
sax.sa_family = AF_PPPOX;
sax.sa_protocol = PX_PROTO_OL2TP;
sax.pppol2tp.fd = tunnel_fd;
@ -406,12 +413,128 @@ 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
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