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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ila.txt b/Documentation/networking/ila.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a17dac9dc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ila.txt @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +Identifier Locator Addressing (ILA) + + +Introduction +============ + +Identifier-locator addressing (ILA) is a technique used with IPv6 that +differentiates between location and identity of a network node. Part of an +address expresses the immutable identity of the node, and another part +indicates the location of the node which can be dynamic. Identifier-locator +addressing can be used to efficiently implement overlay networks for +network virtualization as well as solutions for use cases in mobility. + +ILA can be thought of as means to implement an overlay network without +encapsulation. This is accomplished by performing network address +translation on destination addresses as a packet traverses a network. To +the network, an ILA translated packet appears to be no different than any +other IPv6 packet. For instance, if the transport protocol is TCP then an +ILA translated packet looks like just another TCP/IPv6 packet. The +advantage of this is that ILA is transparent to the network so that +optimizations in the network, such as ECMP, RSS, GRO, GSO, etc., just work. + +The ILA protocol is described in Internet-Draft draft-herbert-intarea-ila. + + +ILA terminology +=============== + + - Identifier A number that identifies an addressable node in the network + independent of its location. ILA identifiers are sixty-four + bit values. + + - Locator A network prefix that routes to a physical host. Locators + provide the topological location of an addressed node. ILA + locators are sixty-four bit prefixes. + + - ILA mapping + A mapping of an ILA identifier to a locator (or to a + locator and meta data). An ILA domain maintains a database + that contains mappings for all destinations in the domain. + + - SIR address + An IPv6 address composed of a SIR prefix (upper sixty- + four bits) and an identifier (lower sixty-four bits). + SIR addresses are visible to applications and provide a + means for them to address nodes independent of their + location. + + - ILA address + An IPv6 address composed of a locator (upper sixty-four + bits) and an identifier (low order sixty-four bits). ILA + addresses are never visible to an application. + + - ILA host An end host that is capable of performing ILA translations + on transmit or receive. + + - ILA router A network node that performs ILA translation and forwarding + of translated packets. + + - ILA forwarding cache + A type of ILA router that only maintains a working set + cache of mappings. + + - ILA node A network node capable of performing ILA translations. This + can be an ILA router, ILA forwarding cache, or ILA host. + + +Operation +========= + +There are two fundamental operations with ILA: + + - Translate a SIR address to an ILA address. This is performed on ingress + to an ILA overlay. + + - Translate an ILA address to a SIR address. This is performed on egress + from the ILA overlay. + +ILA can be deployed either on end hosts or intermediate devices in the +network; these are provided by "ILA hosts" and "ILA routers" respectively. +Configuration and datapath for these two points of deployment is somewhat +different. + +The diagram below illustrates the flow of packets through ILA as well +as showing ILA hosts and routers. + + +--------+ +--------+ + | Host A +-+ +--->| Host B | + | | | (2) ILA (') | | + +--------+ | ...addressed.... ( ) +--------+ + V +---+--+ . packet . +---+--+ (_) + (1) SIR | | ILA |----->-------->---->| ILA | | (3) SIR + addressed +->|router| . . |router|->-+ addressed + packet +---+--+ . IPv6 . +---+--+ packet + / . Network . + / . . +--+-++--------+ + +--------+ / . . |ILA || Host | + | Host +--+ . .- -|host|| | + | | . . +--+-++--------+ + +--------+ ................ + + +Transport checksum handling +=========================== + +When an address is translated by ILA, an encapsulated transport checksum +that includes the translated address in a pseudo header may be rendered +incorrect on the wire. This is a problem for intermediate devices, +including checksum offload in NICs, that process the checksum. There are +three options to deal with this: + +- no action Allow the checksum to be incorrect on the wire. Before + a receiver verifies a checksum the ILA to SIR address + translation must be done. + +- adjust transport checksum + When ILA translation is performed the packet is parsed + and if a transport layer checksum is found then it is + adjusted to reflect the correct checksum per the + translated address. + +- checksum neutral mapping + When an address is translated the difference can be offset + elsewhere in a part of the packet that is covered by + the checksum. The low order sixteen bits of the identifier + are used. This method is preferred since it doesn't require + parsing a packet beyond the IP header and in most cases the + adjustment can be precomputed and saved with the mapping. + +Note that the checksum neutral adjustment affects the low order sixteen +bits of the identifier. When ILA to SIR address translation is done on +egress the low order bits are restored to the original value which +restores the identifier as it was originally sent. + + +Identifier types +================ + +ILA defines different types of identifiers for different use cases. + +The defined types are: + + 0: interface identifier + + 1: locally unique identifier + + 2: virtual networking identifier for IPv4 address + + 3: virtual networking identifier for IPv6 unicast address + + 4: virtual networking identifier for IPv6 multicast address + + 5: non-local address identifier + +In the current implementation of kernel ILA only locally unique identifiers +(LUID) are supported. LUID allows for a generic, unformatted 64 bit +identifier. + + +Identifier formats +================== + +Kernel ILA supports two optional fields in an identifier for formatting: +"C-bit" and "identifier type". The presence of these fields is determined +by configuration as demonstrated below. + +If the identifier type is present it occupies the three highest order +bits of an identifier. The possible values are given in the above list. + +If the C-bit is present, this is used as an indication that checksum +neutral mapping has been done. The C-bit can only be set in an +ILA address, never a SIR address. + +In the simplest format the identifier types, C-bit, and checksum +adjustment value are not present so an identifier is considered an +unstructured sixty-four bit value. + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | Identifier | + + + + | | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +The checksum neutral adjustment may be configured to always be +present using neutral-map-auto. In this case there is no C-bit, but the +checksum adjustment is in the low order 16 bits. The identifier is +still sixty-four bits. + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | Identifier | + | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | | Checksum-neutral adjustment | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +The C-bit may used to explicitly indicate that checksum neutral +mapping has been applied to an ILA address. The format is: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | |C| Identifier | + | +-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | | Checksum-neutral adjustment | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +The identifier type field may be present to indicate the identifier +type. If it is not present then the type is inferred based on mapping +configuration. The checksum neutral adjustment may automatically +used with the identifier type as illustrated below. + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | Type| Identifier | + +-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | | Checksum-neutral adjustment | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +If the identifier type and the C-bit can be present simultaneously so +the identifier format would be: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | Type|C| Identifier | + +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | | Checksum-neutral adjustment | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + + +Configuration +============= + +There are two methods to configure ILA mappings. One is by using LWT routes +and the other is ila_xlat (called from NFHOOK PREROUTING hook). ila_xlat +is intended to be used in the receive path for ILA hosts . + +An ILA router has also been implemented in XDP. Description of that is +outside the scope of this document. + +The usage of for ILA LWT routes is: + +ip route add DEST/128 encap ila LOC csum-mode MODE ident-type TYPE via ADDR + +Destination (DEST) can either be a SIR address (for an ILA host or ingress +ILA router) or an ILA address (egress ILA router). LOC is the sixty-four +bit locator (with format W:X:Y:Z) that overwrites the upper sixty-four +bits of the destination address. Checksum MODE is one of "no-action", +"adj-transport", "neutral-map", and "neutral-map-auto". If neutral-map is +set then the C-bit will be present. Identifier TYPE one of "luid" or +"use-format." In the case of use-format, the identifier type field is +present and the effective type is taken from that. + +The usage of ila_xlat is: + +ip ila add loc_match MATCH loc LOC csum-mode MODE ident-type TYPE + +MATCH indicates the incoming locator that must be matched to apply +a the translaiton. LOC is the locator that overwrites the upper +sixty-four bits of the destination address. MODE and TYPE have the +same meanings as described above. + + +Some examples +============= + +# Configure an ILA route that uses checksum neutral mapping as well +# as type field. Note that the type field is set in the SIR address +# (the 2000 implies type is 1 which is LUID). +ip route add 3333:0:0:1:2000:0:1:87/128 encap ila 2001:0:87:0 \ + csum-mode neutral-map ident-type use-format + +# Configure an ILA LWT route that uses auto checksum neutral mapping +# (no C-bit) and configure identifier type to be LUID so that the +# identifier type field will not be present. +ip route add 3333:0:0:1:2000:0:2:87/128 encap ila 2001:0:87:1 \ + csum-mode neutral-map-auto ident-type luid + +ila_xlat configuration + +# Configure an ILA to SIR mapping that matches a locator and overwrites +# it with a SIR address (3333:0:0:1 in this example). The C-bit and +# identifier field are used. +ip ila add loc_match 2001:0:119:0 loc 3333:0:0:1 \ + csum-mode neutral-map-auto ident-type use-format + +# Configure an ILA to SIR mapping where checksum neutral is automatically +# set without the C-bit and the identifier type is configured to be LUID +# so that the identifier type field is not present. +ip ila add loc_match 2001:0:119:0 loc 3333:0:0:1 \ + csum-mode neutral-map-auto ident-type use-format |