[zesty] net sched actions - Adding support for user cookies

[Talat Batheesh]

Adding optional 128-bit action cookie.
The idea is to save user state that when retrieved serves as a correlator. The kernel _should not_ interpret it. The user can store whatever they wish in the 128 bits like persistent data, http or existing kernel fib protocol field, etc.

Sample exercise(showing variable length use of cookie)

.. create an accept action with cookie a1b2c3d4
sudo $TC actions add action ok index 1 cookie a1b2c3d4

.. dump all gact actions..
sudo $TC -s actions ls action gact

    action order 0: gact action pass
     random type none pass val 0
     index 1 ref 1 bind 0 installed 5 sec used 5 sec
    Action statistics:
    Sent 0 bytes 0 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0)
    backlog 0b 0p requeues 0
    cookie a1b2c3d4

.. bind the accept action to a filter..
sudo $TC filter add dev lo parent ffff: protocol ip prio 1 \
u32 match ip dst 127.0.0.1/32 flowid 1:1 action gact index 1

... send some traffic..
$ ping 127.0.0.1 -c 3
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.020 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.027 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms

upstream Commits
1045ba7 net sched actions: Add support for user cookies
37f1c63 net sched actions: do not overwrite status of action creation.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1674087

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Talat Batheesh (talat-b87)]

The patches sent to <email address hidden>

Thanks,
Talat

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.10.0-15.17

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linux (4.10.0-15.17) zesty; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1675868

  * In ZZ-BML (POWER9):ubuntu17.04 installation Fails (LP: #1675771)
    - powerpc/64s: fix handling of non-synchronous machine checks
    - powerpc/64s: allow machine check handler to set severity and initiator
    - powerpc/64s: POWER9 machine check handler

  * [Feature] R3 mwait support for Knights Mill (LP: #1637550)
    - x86/cpufeature: Enable RING3MWAIT for Knights Landing
    - x86/cpufeature: Enable RING3MWAIT for Knights Mill
    - x86/msr: Add MSR_MISC_FEATURE_ENABLES and RING3MWAIT bit
    - x86/elf: Add HWCAP2 to expose ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT
    - x86/cpufeature: Add RING3MWAIT to CPU features

  * [Feature] GLK:New device IDs (LP: #1645951)
    - mfd: intel-lpss: Add Intel Gemini Lake PCI IDs
    - pwm: lpss: Add Intel Gemini Lake PCI ID
    - i2c: i801: Add support for Intel Gemini Lake
    - spi: pxa2xx: Add support for Intel Gemini Lake
    - [Config] CONFIG_PINCTRL_GEMINILAKE=m
    - pinctrl: intel: Add Intel Gemini Lake pin controller support

  * Zesty update to v4.10.5 stable release (LP: #1675032)
    - net/mlx5e: Register/unregister vport representors on interface attach/detach
    - net/mlx5e: Do not reduce LRO WQE size when not using build_skb
    - net/mlx5e: Fix broken CQE compression initialization
    - net/mlx5e: Update MPWQE stride size when modifying CQE compress state
    - net/mlx5e: Fix wrong CQE decompression
    - vxlan: correctly validate VXLAN ID against VXLAN_N_VID
    - vti6: return GRE_KEY for vti6
    - vxlan: don't allow overwrite of config src addr
    - ipv4: add missing initialization for flowi4_uid
    - ipv4: mask tos for input route
    - sctp: set sin_port for addr param when checking duplicate address
    - net sched actions: decrement module reference count after table flush.
    - l2tp: avoid use-after-free caused by l2tp_ip_backlog_recv
    - vxlan: lock RCU on TX path
    - geneve: lock RCU on TX path
    - mlxsw: spectrum_router: Avoid potential packets loss
    - net: bridge: allow IPv6 when multicast flood is disabled
    - net: don't call strlen() on the user buffer in packet_bind_spkt()
    - net: net_enable_timestamp() can be called from irq contexts
    - ipv6: orphan skbs in reassembly unit
    - dccp: Unlock sock before calling sk_free()
    - amd-xgbe: Stop the PHY before releasing interrupts
    - amd-xgbe: Be sure to set MDIO modes on device (re)start
    - amd-xgbe: Don't overwrite SFP PHY mod_absent settings
    - bonding: use ETH_MAX_MTU as max mtu
    - strparser: destroy workqueue on module exit
    - tcp: fix various issues for sockets morphing to listen state
    - net: fix socket refcounting in skb_complete_wifi_ack()
    - net: fix socket refcounting in skb_complete_tx_timestamp()
    - net/sched: act_skbmod: remove unneeded rcu_read_unlock in tcf_skbmod_dump
    - dccp: fix use-after-free in dccp_feat_activate_values
    - team: use ETH_MAX_MTU as max mtu
    - vrf: Fix use-after-free in vrf_xmit
    - net/tunnel: set inner protocol in network gro hooks
    - uapi: fix linux/packet_diag.h use...