tap-device-creator.cc

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009 University of Washington
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 */
 
#include "creator-utils.h"
 
#include "ns3/mac48-address.h"
 
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <cstring>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <linux/if_tun.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <net/route.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sstream>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
#define TAP_MAGIC 95549
 
using namespace ns3;
 
/**
 * Struct holding IPv6 address data
 */
struct in6_ifreq
{
    struct in6_addr ifr6_addr; //!< IPv6 address
    uint32_t ifr6_prefixlen;   //!< IPv6 prefix length
    int32_t ifr6_ifindex;      //!< interface index
};
 
void
SetIpv4(const char* deviceName, const char* ip, const char* netmask)
{
    struct ifreq ifr;
    struct sockaddr_in* sin;
 
    int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 
    //
    // Set the IP address of the new interface/device.
    //
    memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
    strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, deviceName, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 
    sin = (struct sockaddr_in*)&ifr.ifr_addr;
    inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &sin->sin_addr);
    ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
 
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(sock, SIOCSIFADDR, &ifr) == -1, "Could not set IP address", true);
 
    LOG("Set device IP address to " << ip);
 
    //
    // Set the net mask of the new interface/device
    //
    memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
    strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, deviceName, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 
    sin = (struct sockaddr_in*)&ifr.ifr_netmask;
    inet_pton(AF_INET, netmask, &sin->sin_addr);
    ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
 
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(sock, SIOCSIFNETMASK, &ifr) == -1, "Could not set net mask", true);
 
    LOG("Set device Net Mask to " << netmask);
    close(sock);
}
 
void
SetIpv6(const char* deviceName, const char* ip, int netprefix)
{
    struct ifreq ifr;
    struct sockaddr_in6 sin;
    struct in6_ifreq ifr6;
 
    int sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
    memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
    strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, deviceName, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(sock, SIOGIFINDEX, &ifr) == -1, "Could not get interface index", true);
 
    LOG("Set device IP v6 address to " << ip);
 
    memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
    sin.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
    inet_pton(AF_INET6, ip, (void*)&sin.sin6_addr);
 
    memset(&ifr6, 0, sizeof(in6_ifreq));
    memcpy((char*)&ifr6.ifr6_addr, (char*)&sin.sin6_addr, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 
    ifr6.ifr6_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
    ifr6.ifr6_prefixlen = netprefix;
 
    //
    // Set the IP address of the new interface/device.
    //
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(sock, SIOCSIFADDR, &ifr6) == -1, "Could not set IP v6 address", true);
 
    LOG("Set device IP v6 address to " << ip);
    close(sock);
}
 
void
SetMacAddress(int fd, const char* mac)
{
    struct ifreq ifr;
    memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
 
    ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_family = 1; // this is ARPHRD_ETHER from if_arp.h
    Mac48Address(mac).CopyTo((uint8_t*)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data);
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(fd, SIOCSIFHWADDR, &ifr) == -1, "Could not set MAC address", true);
    LOG("Set device MAC address to " << mac);
}
 
void
SetUp(char* deviceName)
{
    struct ifreq ifr;
 
    int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 
    memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
    strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, deviceName, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) == -1, "Could not get flags for interface", true);
    ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING;
 
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(sock, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr) == -1, "Could not bring interface up", true);
 
    LOG("Device is up");
    close(sock);
}
 
int
CreateTap(char* deviceName,
          const char* mac,
          bool ifftap,
          bool iffpi,
          const char* ip4,
          const char* netmask,
          const char* ip6,
          const int netprefix)
{
    //
    // Creation and management of Tap devices is done via the tun device
    //
    int fd = open("/dev/net/tun", O_RDWR);
    ABORT_IF(fd == -1, "Could not open /dev/net/tun", true);
 
    //
    // Set flags for device type and PI header.
    //
    struct ifreq ifr;
 
    memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
 
    ifr.ifr_flags = (ifftap ? IFF_TAP : IFF_TUN);
    if (!iffpi)
    {
        ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_NO_PI;
    }
 
    //
    // If device name is not specified, the kernel chooses one.
    //
    if (*deviceName)
    {
        strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, deviceName, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
    }
 
    ABORT_IF(ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void*)&ifr) == -1, "Could not allocate tap device", true);
 
    LOG("Allocated TAP device " << deviceName);
 
    //
    // Set the hardware (MAC) address of the new device
    //
    if (ifftap)
    {
        SetMacAddress(fd, mac);
    }
 
    //
    // Set the IP address and netmask of the new interface/device.
    //
    if (ip4)
    {
        SetIpv4(deviceName, ip4, netmask);
    }
 
    if (ip6)
    {
        SetIpv6(deviceName, ip6, netprefix);
    }
 
    //
    // Bring the interface up.
    //
    SetUp(deviceName);
 
    return fd;
}
 
int
main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    int c;
    char* dev = nullptr;
    char* ip4 = nullptr;
    char* ip6 = nullptr;
    char* mac = nullptr;
    char* netmask = nullptr;
    char* path = nullptr;
    bool tap = false;
    bool pi = false;
    int prefix = -1;
 
    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "vd:i:m:n:I:P:thp:")) != -1)
    {
        switch (c)
        {
        case 'd':
            dev = optarg; // name of the new tap device
            break;
        case 'i':
            ip4 = optarg; // ip v4 address of the new device
            break;
        case 'I':
            ip6 = optarg; // ip v6 address of the new device
            break;
        case 'm':
            mac = optarg; // mac address of the new device
            break;
        case 'n':
            netmask = optarg; // ip v4 net mask for the new device
            break;
        case 'P':
            prefix = atoi(optarg); // ip v6 prefix for the new device
            break;
        case 't':
            tap = true; // mode for the device (TAP or TUN)
            break;
        case 'h':
            pi = true; // set the IFF_NO_PI flag
            break;
        case 'p':
            path = optarg; // path back to the tap bridge
            break;
        case 'v':
            gVerbose = true;
            break;
        }
    }
 
    //
    // We have got to be able to coordinate the name of the tap device we are
    // going to create and or open with the device that an external Linux host
    // will use.  If this name is provided we use it.  If not we let the system
    // create the device for us.  This name is given in dev
    //
    LOG("Provided Device Name is \"" << dev << "\"");
 
    //
    // We have got to be able to assign an IP address to the tap device we are
    // allocating.  This address is allocated in the simulation and assigned to
    // the tap bridge.  This address is given in ip.
    //
    ABORT_IF(ip4 == nullptr && ip6 == nullptr, "IP Address is a required argument", 0);
    if (ip4)
    {
        ABORT_IF(netmask == nullptr, "Net mask is a required argument", 0);
        LOG("Provided IP v4 Address is \"" << ip4 << "\"");
        LOG("Provided IP v4 Net Mask is \"" << netmask << "\"");
    }
    if (ip6)
    {
        ABORT_IF(prefix == -1, "Prefix is a required argument", 0);
        LOG("Provided IP v6 Address is \"" << ip6 << "\"");
        LOG("Provided IP v6 Prefix is \"" << prefix << "\"");
    }
 
    //
    // We have got to be able to assign a Mac address to the tap device we are
    // allocating.  This address is allocated in the simulation and assigned to
    // the bridged device.  This allows packets addressed to the bridged device
    // to appear in the Linux host as if they were received there.
    //
    ABORT_IF(mac == nullptr, "MAC Address is a required argument", 0);
    LOG("Provided MAC Address is \"" << mac << "\"");
 
    //
    // We have got to know whether or not to create the TAP.
    //
    if (tap)
    {
        LOG("Provided device Mode is TAP");
    }
    else
    {
        LOG("Provided device Mode is TUN");
    }
 
    //
    // IFF_NO_PI flag.
    //
    if (pi)
    {
        LOG("IFF_NO_PI flag set. Packet Information will be present in the traffic");
    }
 
    //
    // This program is spawned by a tap bridge running in a simulation.  It
    // wants to create a socket as described below.  We are going to do the
    // work here since we're running suid root.  Once we create the socket,
    // we have to send it back to the tap bridge.  We do that over a Unix
    // (local interprocess) socket.  The tap bridge created a socket to
    // listen for our response on, and it is expected to have encoded the address
    // information as a string and to have passed that string as an argument to
    // us.  We see it here as the "path" string.  We can't do anything useful
    // unless we have that string.
    //
    ABORT_IF(path == nullptr, "path is a required argument", 0);
    LOG("Provided path is \"" << path << "\"");
 
    //
    // The whole reason for all of the hoops we went through to call out to this
    // program will pay off here.  We created this program to run as suid root
    // in order to keep the main simulation program from having to be run with
    // root privileges.  We need root privileges to be able to futz with the
    // Tap device underlying all of this.  So all of these hoops are to allow
    // us to execute the following code:
    //
    LOG("Creating Tap");
    int sock = CreateTap(dev, mac, tap, pi, ip4, netmask, ip6, prefix);
    ABORT_IF(sock == -1, "main(): Unable to create tap socket", 1);
 
    //
    // Send the socket back to the tap net device so it can go about its business
    //
    SendSocket(path, sock, TAP_MAGIC);
 
    return 0;
}