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net: sctp: implement rfc6458, 5.3.6. SCTP_NXTINFO cmsg support

This patch implements section 5.3.6. of RFC6458, that is, support for 'SCTP Next Receive Information Structure' (SCTP_NXTINFO) which is placed into ancillary data cmsghdr structure for each recvmsg() call, if this information is already available when delivering the current message. This option can be enabled/disabled via setsockopt(2) on SOL_SCTP level by setting an int value with 1/0 for SCTP_RECVNXTINFO in user space applications as per RFC6458, section 8.1.30. The sctp_nxtinfo structure is defined as per RFC as below ... struct sctp_nxtinfo { uint16_t nxt_sid; uint16_t nxt_flags; uint32_t nxt_ppid; uint32_t nxt_length; sctp_assoc_t nxt_assoc_id; }; ... and provided under cmsg_level IPPROTO_SCTP, cmsg_type SCTP_NXTINFO, while cmsg_data[] contains struct sctp_nxtinfo. Joint work with Daniel Borkmann.

Geir Ola Vaagland committed 12 years ago

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include/uapi/linux/sctp.h+35−12
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef __s32 sctp_assoc_t; · 95 unmodified lines
9696 #define SCTP_AUTO_ASCONF 30
9797 #define SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS 31
9898 #define SCTP_RECVRCVINFO 32
99+#define SCTP_RECVNXTINFO 33
99100
100101 /* Internal Socket Options. Some of the sctp library functions are
101102 * implemented using these socket options.
@@ -111,6 +112,13 @@ typedef __s32 sctp_assoc_t; · 9 unmodified lines
111112 #define SCTP_SOCKOPT_CONNECTX3 111 /* CONNECTX requests (updated) */
112113 #define SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS 112 /* Read only */
113114
115+/* These are bit fields for msghdr->msg_flags. See section 5.1. */
116+/* On user space Linux, these live in <bits/socket.h> as an enum. */
117+enum sctp_msg_flags {
118+ MSG_NOTIFICATION = 0x8000,
119+#define MSG_NOTIFICATION MSG_NOTIFICATION
120+};
121+
114122 /* 5.3.1 SCTP Initiation Structure (SCTP_INIT)
115123 *
116124 * This cmsghdr structure provides information for initializing new
@@ -187,6 +195,25 @@ struct sctp_rcvinfo { · 70 unmodified lines
187195 sctp_assoc_t rcv_assoc_id;
188196 };
189197
198+/* 5.3.6 SCTP Next Receive Information Structure (SCTP_NXTINFO)
199+ *
200+ * This cmsghdr structure describes SCTP receive information
201+ * of the next message that will be delivered through recvmsg()
202+ * if this information is already available when delivering
203+ * the current message.
204+ *
205+ * cmsg_level cmsg_type cmsg_data[]
206+ * ------------ ------------ -------------------
207+ * IPPROTO_SCTP SCTP_NXTINFO struct sctp_nxtinfo
208+ */
209+struct sctp_nxtinfo {
210+ __u16 nxt_sid;
211+ __u16 nxt_flags;
212+ __u32 nxt_ppid;
213+ __u32 nxt_length;
214+ sctp_assoc_t nxt_assoc_id;
215+};
216+
190217 /*
191218 * sinfo_flags: 16 bits (unsigned integer)
192219 *
@@ -194,11 +221,12 @@ struct sctp_rcvinfo { · 1 unmodified line
194221 * a bitwise OR of these values.
195222 */
196223 enum sctp_sinfo_flags {
197− SCTP_UNORDERED = 1, /* Send/receive message unordered. */
198− SCTP_ADDR_OVER = 2, /* Override the primary destination. */
199− SCTP_ABORT=4, /* Send an ABORT message to the peer. */
200− SCTP_SACK_IMMEDIATELY = 8, /* SACK should be sent without delay */
201− SCTP_EOF=MSG_FIN, /* Initiate graceful shutdown process. */
224+ SCTP_UNORDERED = (1 << 0), /* Send/receive message unordered. */
225+ SCTP_ADDR_OVER = (1 << 1), /* Override the primary destination. */
226+ SCTP_ABORT = (1 << 2), /* Send an ABORT message to the peer. */
227+ SCTP_SACK_IMMEDIATELY = (1 << 3), /* SACK should be sent without delay. */
228+ SCTP_NOTIFICATION = MSG_NOTIFICATION, /* Next message is not user msg but notification. */
229+ SCTP_EOF = MSG_FIN, /* Initiate graceful shutdown process. */
202230 };
203231
204232 typedef union {
@@ -217,6 +245,8 @@ typedef enum sctp_cmsg_type { · 12 unmodified lines
217245 #define SCTP_SNDINFO SCTP_SNDINFO
218246 SCTP_RCVINFO, /* 5.3.5 SCTP Receive Information Structure */
219247 #define SCTP_RCVINFO SCTP_RCVINFO
248+ SCTP_NXTINFO, /* 5.3.6 SCTP Next Receive Information Structure */
249+#define SCTP_NXTINFO SCTP_NXTINFO
220250 } sctp_cmsg_t;
221251
222252 /*
@@ -844,13 +874,6 @@ struct sctp_assoc_stats { · 621 unmodified lines
844874 __u64 sas_ictrlchunks; /* Control chunks received */
845875 };
846876
847−/* These are bit fields for msghdr->msg_flags. See section 5.1. */
848−/* On user space Linux, these live in <bits/socket.h> as an enum. */
849−enum sctp_msg_flags {
850− MSG_NOTIFICATION = 0x8000,
851−#define MSG_NOTIFICATION MSG_NOTIFICATION
852−};
853−
854877 /*
855878 * 8.1 sctp_bindx()
856879 *