grout: suppress underlay veth link-local to fix IPv6 sessions - #755
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 1 included review per hour; 0 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change suppresses kernel-generated IPv6 link-local addresses before grout port creation. It adds namespace link-local ownership inspection and enables a regression test for distinct underlay and veth addresses. ChangesUnderlay link-local handling
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant UnderlayConfiguration
participant HostNetwork
participant Kernel
participant GroutPort
UnderlayConfiguration->>HostNetwork: SuppressLinkLocal(underlay interface)
HostNetwork->>Kernel: Disable generation and remove link-local addresses
Kernel-->>HostNetwork: Return address operation results
HostNetwork-->>UnderlayConfiguration: Return success or error
UnderlayConfiguration->>GroutPort: Create grout port
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In `@internal/hostnetwork/link_properties.go`:
- Line 122: Update the underlay restoration flow around setAddrGenModeNone and
hostnetwork.RestoreUnderlay to restore the interface’s saved IPv6
address-generation mode and regenerate its link-local address before returning
the interface. Preserve the existing address migration behavior while ensuring
both the addr_gen_mode and link-local state removed by SuppressLinkLocal are
restored.
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In the Linux kernel, the addr_gen_mode setting determines how an interface generates its IPv6 link-local address [1][2]. When a network device is moved between network namespaces, its configuration is preserved, but the lifecycle of its IPv6 addresses can be affected by the move operation and the state of the interface [3][4]. 1. Behavior on Namespace Move: When a netdevice is moved between namespaces, it retains its existing configuration, including its addr_gen_mode [3]. However, the move operation involves re-initializing the interface within the new namespace [4]. If the interface is brought up (NETDEV_UP) within the new namespace, the kernel's address configuration logic (addrconf) is triggered [5]. 2. Link-Local Address Regeneration: The kernel's addrconf logic does not automatically re-run address generation if the interface was already up prior to the move and remains up [6][5]. If the address was generated before the move, it typically remains associated with the interface. If the move or a subsequent state change (like toggling the interface down and up) triggers the addrconf logic, the kernel re-evaluates the addr_gen_mode [1][5]. 3. addr_gen_mode Impact: - If addr_gen_mode is set to EUI64 (0), the kernel generates a link-local address based on the interface's MAC address [1][2]. - If set to None (1), the kernel typically refrains from generating an automatic link-local address [1]. - If set to Stable Privacy (2) or Random (3), the kernel generates an address based on a stable secret or random value [1]. Technical Issues: There have been documented cases where updating addr_gen_mode via netlink (IFLA_INET6_ADDR_GEN_MODE) does not trigger the expected address regeneration that occurs when the same change is made via sysctl (/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf//addr_gen_mode) [6]. The sysctl path explicitly calls the configuration update functions, while netlink updates may require a subsequent interface state change (e.g., down/up) to propagate the new mode into active address generation [6][5]. Consequently, moving an interface and then changing its addr_gen_mode may not immediately result in a new link-local address unless the interface is cycled or the specific configuration update path is triggered [6].
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- 1: https://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2025/05/02/199
- 2: https://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2014/07/11/128
- 3: https://git.b0tt0m.xyz/mirror/linux/commit/d8a5ec672768c3cf4d51d7a63fc071520afa1617
- 4: https://git.b0tt0m.xyz/mirror/linux/commit/dd891b5b106fa7346d75b3ee3448fa0071422f3d
- 5: GitHub pull request 13927 in systemd/systemd (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: GitHub issue 22424 in systemd/systemd (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Restore IPv6 link-local state during underlay teardown.
SuppressLinkLocal removes the interface's link-local address and sets addr_gen_mode to none. migrateAddressesToKernel skips link-local addresses, and hostnetwork.RestoreUnderlay moves the interface without restoring either state. Restore the saved addr_gen_mode and ensure the IPv6 link-local address is regenerated before returning the interface.
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In `@internal/hostnetwork/link_properties.go` at line 122, Update the underlay
restoration flow around setAddrGenModeNone and hostnetwork.RestoreUnderlay to
restore the interface’s saved IPv6 address-generation mode and regenerate its
link-local address before returning the interface. Preserve the existing address
migration behavior while ensuring both the addr_gen_mode and link-local state
removed by SuppressLinkLocal are restored.
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111-140: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winUse a namespace-bound netlink handle for underlay suppression
SetupUnderlayentersperouterNetNSonly after earlier setup code has used package-levelgithub.com/vishvananda/netlinkcalls. In v1.3.1, those calls use the globalpkgHandle, whose route socket remains tied to the namespace where it was created.netnamespace.Inchanges the thread namespace but does not recreate that handle.
AddressesForInterfaceandSuppressLinkLocalcan therefore query the wrong namespace or fail beforeensurePort, which blocks underlay setup. Pass a handle created withnetlink.NewHandleAt(perouterNetNS)throughAddressesForInterfaceandSuppressLinkLocal, includingsetAddrGenModeNone,AddrList, andAddrDel.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@internal/hostnetwork/link_properties.go`:
- Around line 111-140: Update AddressesForInterface and SuppressLinkLocal to
accept and use a namespace-bound netlink handle created with
netlink.NewHandleAt(perouterNetNS), rather than package-level netlink calls;
thread that handle through SetupUnderlay and use it for setAddrGenModeNone,
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| // SuppressLinkLocal stops the kernel from managing an IPv6 link-local address on | ||
| // the named interface: it sets addr_gen_mode to none so no new one is generated | ||
| // and removes any that already exists. Called on grout underlay interfaces whose |
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I think the second part of the comment is not relevant to this function as we explain it already on teh calling site
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| // grout adopts the backing veth's MAC (via remote=) for the port, so its |
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I'd reword this comment as what we are doing and why, as opposed to what is the issue and the fact that we are fixing it. Something like "suppress link local address to avoid conflicts to the shadow.."
No need to mention hte issue imo
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| // This test is marked as failing until we fix this bug. | ||
| It("assigns each underlay port a unique IPv6 link-local", func() { |
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we should use the label instead of skipping
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this one is also a good candidate to be added to the AGENTS.md.
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hm, but I don't follow. the label is already on the describe block. Best I can do is go to the automation script that runs the tests and manually add this test to the --ginkgo.Skip list of stuff.
Which I think is more trouble that it's worth.
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sorry I put the comment on the wrong line I guess. It's about the if below - if !GroutMode {
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| // Regression test for https://github.com/openperouter/openperouter/issues/720. |
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I am a bit torn about the value of this test, we fixed the issue and we'll carry this forever, adding more test time, dropping the comment to engage a discussion, but I can live with it
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I prefer to keep it since it'll be helpful to spot regressions.
If we have another deterministic test that catches this regression we can delete. But I think we don't - otherwise, we wouldn't have the flake.
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it won't spot regressions - because we fixed this. And it's a tradeoff between we'll break this again - and this is useful, or we won't break it because the code is there and written as such, and we'll pay the test running time toll forever.
Next time it will be another quirk on another bit that we set wrongly. This is on par on checking that we set the right port on the vxlan interface, which we are not doing, and we are not doing it because we see that the e2e flow works.
I am fine with leaving this, what I am afraid of is to pollute the suite with a ton of low-level, non functional tests because we'll keep finding corner cases that don't happen in the happy path - or they happen rarely.
Hence the discussion which you can feel free to ignore :-)
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I understand @fedepaol 's point, but without this test, if a regression happens (maybe due to a refactor), we will catch the problem after weeks of flakes.
If there are any better deterministic test case that catches this error, ok with dropping this. as of now, I'm +1 on keeping the test
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| // Addresses still in DAD (tentative) or that lost DAD (dadfailed) are skipped: | ||
| // they are not usable and, being exactly the transient artifacts of the | ||
| // collision this test guards against, would otherwise produce flaky ownership |
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please go over the comments, I think we are saying the same thing in multiple places.
Regression coverage for issue openperouter#720. On the grout dataplane the underlay port reuses the backing veth's MAC, so the kernel shadow u_<iface> derives the same EUI-64 link-local as the veth. The collision can leave u_<iface> without a usable link-local, which breaks any BGP session carrying an IPv6 nexthop (ipv6unicast/ipv6vpn) and causes the nightly flake. Rather than assert the flaky session outcome, the test checks the fix-agnostic invariant: each underlay port must own exactly one IPv6 link-local, unique within the perouter netns. This holds only once the port is given a unique MAC. The spec is marked pending (XIt) until the fix lands. Add NetnsLinkLocalOwners to read link-local ownership per interface in a netns. The test is grout-only via the existing grout-support label. Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Miguel Duarte Barroso <mdbarroso@redhat.com>
grout adopts the backing veth's MAC (via remote=) for the underlay port, so its control-plane kernel shadow u_<iface> derives the same EUI-64 IPv6 link-local as the veth. When grout adds that link-local to the shadow it collides with the veth's copy, DAD strips it, and the shadow ends up with no link-local. FRR then cannot set the IPv6 nexthop, so any session carrying one (ipv6unicast/ipv6vpn) never establishes. This surfaced as the grout-only nightly flake in openperouter#720. The veth's kernel link-local is unused (grout owns all forwarding), so suppress it before creating the port: set addr_gen_mode to none and flush any existing link-local. This removes the collision partner and lets u_<iface> keep a valid link-local (shared only with grout's own tap_<iface>, which is by design and harmless). Fixes openperouter#720 Assisted-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Miguel Duarte Barroso <mdbarroso@redhat.com>
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Is this a BUG FIX or a FEATURE ?:
/kind flake
What this PR does / why we need it:
Grout adopts the backing veth's MAC (via remote=) for the underlay
port, so its control-plane kernel shadow
u_<iface>derives the sameEUI-64 IPv6 link-local as the veth.
When grout adds that link-local to the shadow it collides with the
veth's copy, DAD strips it, and the shadow ends up with no link-local.
FRR then cannot set the IPv6 nexthop, so any session carrying one
(ipv6unicast/ipv6vpn) never establishes.
This surfaced as the grout-only nightly flake in #720.
The veth's kernel link-local is unused (grout owns all forwarding), so
suppress it before creating the port: set
addr_gen_modeto none andflush any existing link-local. This removes the collision partner and
lets
u_<iface>keep a valid link-local (shared only with grout's owntap_<iface>, which is by design and harmless).Special notes for your reviewer:
Fixes #720
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