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authorBenjamin Poirier <bpoirier@nvidia.com>2021-08-19 11:38:54 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-08-23 13:53:24 +0300
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doc: Document unexpected tcp_l3mdev_accept=1 behavior
As suggested by David, document a somewhat unexpected behavior that results from net.ipv4.tcp_l3mdev_accept=1. This behavior was encountered while debugging FRR, a VRF-aware application, on a system which used net.ipv4.tcp_l3mdev_accept=1 and where TCP connections for BGP with MD5 keys were failing to establish. Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -144,6 +144,19 @@ default VRF are only handled by a socket not bound to any VRF::
netfilter rules on the VRF device can be used to limit access to services
running in the default VRF context as well.
+Using VRF-aware applications (applications which simultaneously create sockets
+outside and inside VRFs) in conjunction with ``net.ipv4.tcp_l3mdev_accept=1``
+is possible but may lead to problems in some situations. With that sysctl
+value, it is unspecified which listening socket will be selected to handle
+connections for VRF traffic; ie. either a socket bound to the VRF or an unbound
+socket may be used to accept new connections from a VRF. This somewhat
+unexpected behavior can lead to problems if sockets are configured with extra
+options (ex. TCP MD5 keys) with the expectation that VRF traffic will
+exclusively be handled by sockets bound to VRFs, as would be the case with
+``net.ipv4.tcp_l3mdev_accept=0``. Finally and as a reminder, regardless of
+which listening socket is selected, established sockets will be created in the
+VRF based on the ingress interface, as documented earlier.
+
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Using iproute2 for VRFs