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Rayhaan JaufeerallyandClaude Fable 5.1 1de75fc610 Install a full table in the kernel in about a second
A million IPv4 routes took 1.6 s to install (release build); they take
1.1 s now, and 0.5 s to remove instead of 1.15 s. Most of what is left is
the kernel's own work on each route.

- Nexthop objects (Linux 5.3 and later): a gateway is put in the kernel
  once and routes name it, so the kernel checks it once and not for every
  route. The daemon makes its own objects, uses nobody else's, is told
  when one of its own is removed and puts it back, and removes them when
  it stops, which takes all the routes that name them along at once.
  `without_nexthop_objects` turns this off; a kernel without them is
  noticed and served as before.
- Writing to the kernel is a task of its own, fed through a short queue,
  so the next batch is worked out while the kernel is busy with the last.
  "In step" is said when the kernel has done the batch that completes the
  table, not when it was handed over.
- What a next hop resolves to is kept, by next hop: it was looked up among
  the machine's addresses for every route.
- A quicker hash for the plan's maps, and no lookups in the ones that are
  empty.

Fixes a hole found on the way: when an interface went down and came back
within the second it takes us to react, the kernel had dropped our routes
and we did not put them back, since nothing about them had changed for
us. After such a change the kernel is now asked what it actually has.

scripts/in-namespace.sh runs one command in a scratch namespace;
FERRIX_ROUTES sets the size of the timing test.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-02 17:13:44 +02:00

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syntax = "proto3";
package bgp.server;
// Top level BGP Server configuration.
message BgpConfig {
// The router ID, written as a dotted-quad IPv4 address (e.g. "192.0.2.1").
// Required even on IPv6-only routers per RFC 4271.
string router_id = 1;
// The local 4-byte AS number (RFC 6793).
uint32 local_asn = 2;
// Endpoints to accept incoming BGP connections on.
// Defaults to 0.0.0.0:179 and [::]:179 when empty.
repeated TcpEndpoint listen_endpoints = 3;
// Peers configured on this server.
repeated Peer peers = 4;
// Routes this router originates and announces to every peer.
repeated OriginatedRoute originate = 5;
// Where to serve the HTTP API, status page and metrics. The port is
// required. Unset disables the HTTP server.
TcpEndpoint http_endpoint = 6;
// Initial delay between attempts to connect to a configured peer, in
// seconds. Doubles after each failure up to two minutes. Defaults to 5.
uint32 connect_retry_seconds = 7;
// Connection collisions (RFC 4271 §6.8) against a session that is already
// Established are, by default, resolved by closing the new connection.
// When true they are resolved like any other collision: the connection
// initiated by the higher BGP Identifier survives, and a second connection
// opened by the same side replaces the first. This lets a peer that
// restarted take over from a session we have not yet noticed is dead,
// instead of being refused until the hold timer expires.
bool collision_detect_established_state = 8;
// Connections are accepted only from the addresses of configured peers;
// from anywhere else they are closed before a byte is read. When true,
// any host that can reach a listening endpoint may open a session, as
// any AS it cares to name, and have its routes taken. That is for
// testing on a closed network and nothing else.
bool accept_unconfigured_peers = 9;
// Route origin validation (RFC 6811) and AS path verification with the
// RPKI. Left out, routes are not validated.
Rpki rpki = 10;
// Put the best route of every prefix in the kernel's routing table, so
// that the machine forwards packets by them. Left out, the daemon only
// speaks BGP and the machine's forwarding is not touched.
Kernel kernel = 11;
}
// Installing routes in the kernel. Linux only; the daemon needs the
// CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
//
// The best route of a prefix is installed if its next hop is a neighbor:
// an address in the network of one of the machine's interfaces. Routes
// are marked as BGP's ("proto bgp"), and every route with that mark, the
// table and the metric below is taken to be this daemon's: what it finds
// at startup and no longer wants, it removes. When the daemon stops in
// good order it removes its routes.
message Kernel {
// The routing table. Defaults to 254, the main table, which is the one
// packets are forwarded by unless rules say otherwise.
uint32 table = 1;
// The metric of the routes. Defaults to 20. Of several routes for a
// prefix the kernel uses the one with the lowest metric.
uint32 metric = 2;
// By default, where the kernel has nexthop objects (Linux 5.3 and
// later), a gateway is put there once as such an object and routes name
// it, which makes installing a full table about a third faster. `ip
// route` then shows routes with "nhid". True has every route carry its
// own gateway, as on older kernels.
bool without_nexthop_objects = 3;
}
// Where to get the validated ROA payloads that say which AS may originate
// which prefixes. With this set, a route whose origin is not authorised
// for its prefix ("invalid") is refused, from every peer that is not in
// our own AS and does not have accept_rpki_invalid set. Routes that
// nothing is known about are taken as before.
//
// A validator that speaks version 2 of the protocol also gives the ASPAs,
// in which networks say who their providers are. With those, a route
// whose AS path cannot have come about by networks passing routes on as
// they should (a route leak, or a made-up path) is refused, from every
// peer that has a role set and does not have accept_aspa_invalid set.
message Rpki {
// The RPKI-to-Router servers (RFC 8210, draft-ietf-sidrops-8210bis) of
// one or more validators, such as Routinator, rpki-client with StayRTR,
// or FORT, in order of preference. The port is required. One is used at
// a time, over plain TCP: keep it on a network you trust.
repeated TcpEndpoint caches = 1;
// How often to ask the cache for changes unprompted, how long to wait
// before trying again after a failure, and how long the data may be used
// without a cache confirming it, after which nothing is invalid any
// more. Each defaults to what the cache says, or to 3600, 600 and 7200.
uint32 refresh_seconds = 2;
uint32 retry_seconds = 3;
uint32 expire_seconds = 4;
}
// A route originated by this router. It is announced with an AS_PATH of the
// local AS and, on each session, that session's local address as next hop.
message OriginatedRoute {
// The prefix in CIDR notation, e.g. "192.0.2.0/24" or "2001:db8::/32".
string prefix = 1;
// ORIGIN attribute: "IGP" (the default), "EGP" or "INCOMPLETE".
string origin = 2;
// Extra copies of the local AS to prepend to the AS_PATH. At most 16.
uint32 as_path_prepend = 3;
// MULTI_EXIT_DISC. Left out of the announcement when unset.
optional uint32 med = 4;
// Standard communities (RFC 1997): "ASN:VALUE", or a well-known name such
// as "NO_EXPORT".
repeated string communities = 5;
// Large communities (RFC 8092): "GLOBAL:LOCAL1:LOCAL2".
repeated string large_communities = 6;
}
// An IP address and port pair.
message TcpEndpoint {
// IP address (V4 or V6).
string address = 1;
// TCP port. Defaults to 179 for BGP when unset.
uint32 port = 2;
}
// Configuration of a BGP peer.
message Peer {
// Human-readable name for logging and diagnostics.
string name = 1;
// Address and port to connect to for this peer.
TcpEndpoint endpoint = 2;
// The peer's 4-byte AS number (RFC 6793).
uint32 remote_asn = 3;
// Hold time to advertise in the OPEN message, in seconds (RFC 4271 §4.2).
// Must be 0 or >= 3. Defaults to 90 when unset.
uint32 hold_time_seconds = 4;
// Source IP address for connections we open to this peer. It is also the
// next hop of the routes we send it. Required when the peer identifies us
// by address and the host has several, e.g. when both speakers run on the
// same machine. Must be the same address family as the endpoint. Unset
// lets the operating system choose.
string local_address = 5;
// The address families to exchange with this peer. Each is offered to the
// peer in our OPEN, and is in use on the session only if the peer offers
// it too (RFC 4760). Defaults to all of them when empty. A session with
// no family in common is refused.
repeated AddressFamily address_families = 6;
// ADD-PATH (RFC 7911): whether to take several routes for one prefix
// from this peer, to send it several, or both. It is in use, for each
// direction and address family, only if the peer agrees. Defaults to
// off: one route for each prefix, as in plain BGP.
AddPath add_path = 7;
// Which of the peer's routes are taken. Left out, the general checks
// apply and there is no limit and no list.
ImportPolicy import = 8;
// What the peer is to us. Not for a peer in our own AS. With it set:
//
// - Our OPEN says what we are to the peer, and a peer that says it is
// something else than configured here is refused (RFC 9234). One side
// having the other down as a customer and the other as a peer is how
// leaks come about.
// - Routes are marked "only to customer" as they come in from a provider,
// a peer or a route server, and as they go out to a customer, a peer
// or a route server client. A route with that mark that comes back up
// from a customer, or across from a second peer, is a leak and is
// refused. This cannot be turned off.
// - Where rpki is configured, the AS paths of the peer's routes are
// verified against the ASPAs: a route from a customer, a peer or a
// route server must have come up through providers all the way; one
// from a provider may have come up and then down.
//
// Left out, none of this is done for the peer.
Role role = 9;
// Refuse the peer unless its OPEN says what it is. By default a peer
// that says nothing (one that does not implement RFC 9234) is taken at
// this configuration's word for it. Needs role.
bool require_role = 10;
}
// What a peer is to us.
enum Role {
ROLE_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
// We buy transit from the peer.
PROVIDER = 1;
// The peer buys transit from us.
CUSTOMER = 2;
// The peer and we exchange our own and our customers' routes.
PEER = 3;
// The peer is an Internet exchange's route server.
ROUTE_SERVER = 4;
// We are a route server and the peer is one of our clients.
ROUTE_SERVER_CLIENT = 5;
}
// What is taken from a peer. Every route is judged before it goes into
// the routing table. One that is refused is dropped, and so is the route
// it would have replaced.
//
// A route whose AS path holds our own AS number is always refused.
message ImportPolicy {
// The most routes the peer may have at a time. One more ends the session
// with Cease / Maximum Number of Prefixes Reached, and the peer is kept
// down for hold_down_seconds. Set it somewhat above what the peer is
// expected to send. Zero is no limit.
uint32 max_prefixes = 1;
// How long the peer is kept down after going over max_prefixes. Neither
// side's connections are taken meanwhile. Defaults to 600.
uint32 hold_down_seconds = 2;
// By default, prefixes that are not routed on the Internet are refused
// (private, loopback, link-local, documentation, multicast and reserved
// space), and so are routes with a reserved, private or documentation AS
// number anywhere in their path. True takes them.
bool accept_bogons = 3;
// By default a default route (0.0.0.0/0 or ::/0) is refused. True takes
// one, as from an upstream that is asked to send it.
bool accept_default_route = 4;
// The longest prefixes taken. Default to 24 and 48, the longest that are
// routed between networks.
uint32 max_ipv4_prefix_length = 5;
uint32 max_ipv6_prefix_length = 6;
// By default the AS path of a route has to begin with the peer's own AS
// number. True takes any, as is needed for an Internet exchange's route
// server, which does not put its AS on the path.
bool accept_any_first_as = 7;
// The longest AS path taken, counted in AS numbers. Defaults to 64.
uint32 max_as_path_length = 8;
// The prefixes the peer may announce. Empty allows any. This is the
// list generated for a peer from the routing registries (with bgpq4,
// say).
repeated PrefixRange prefixes = 9;
// The AS numbers the peer's routes may originate from: the last AS of
// the path. Empty allows any.
repeated uint32 origin_asns = 10;
// By default, where route origin validation is configured (rpki), a
// route that is invalid is refused. True takes it all the same.
bool accept_rpki_invalid = 11;
// By default, where the validator gives ASPAs and the peer has a role,
// a route whose AS path they find invalid is refused. True takes it all
// the same.
bool accept_aspa_invalid = 12;
}
// A prefix, and optionally the more specific prefixes inside it.
message PrefixRange {
// In CIDR notation, e.g. "193.0.0.0/21".
string prefix = 1;
// The longest prefix inside it that is also allowed. Left out, only the
// prefix itself is.
uint32 max_length = 2;
}
// The directions ADD-PATH can be offered for.
enum AddPath {
ADD_PATH_OFF = 0;
// Accept several routes for a prefix from the peer.
ADD_PATH_RECEIVE = 1;
// Send the peer several routes for a prefix.
ADD_PATH_SEND = 2;
ADD_PATH_BOTH = 3;
}
// An address family routes can be exchanged for.
enum AddressFamily {
ADDRESS_FAMILY_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
IPV4_UNICAST = 1;
IPV6_UNICAST = 2;
}