From 4e484b3e969b52effd95c17f7a86f39208b2ccf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antony Antony Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:11:18 +0100 Subject: xfrm: rate limit SA mapping change message to user space Kernel generates mapping change message, XFRM_MSG_MAPPING, when a source port chage is detected on a input state with UDP encapsulation set. Kernel generates a message for each IPsec packet with new source port. For a high speed flow per packet mapping change message can be excessive, and can overload the user space listener. Introduce rate limiting for XFRM_MSG_MAPPING message to the user space. The rate limiting is configurable via netlink, when adding a new SA or updating it. Use the new attribute XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH in seconds. v1->v2 change: update xfrm_sa_len() v2->v3 changes: use u32 insted unsigned long to reduce size of struct xfrm_state fix xfrm_ompat size Reported-by: kernel test robot accept XFRM_MSG_MAPPING only when XFRMA_ENCAP is present Co-developed-by: Thomas Egerer Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer Signed-off-by: Antony Antony Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert --- include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/uapi/linux') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h index eda0426ec4c2..4e29d7851890 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h @@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ enum xfrm_attr_type_t { XFRMA_SET_MARK, /* __u32 */ XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK, /* __u32 */ XFRMA_IF_ID, /* __u32 */ + XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH, /* __u32 in seconds for input SA */ __XFRMA_MAX #define XFRMA_OUTPUT_MARK XFRMA_SET_MARK /* Compatibility */ -- cgit v1.2.3