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ferrix/crates/integration-tests/tests/kernel.rs
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Rayhaan JaufeerallyandClaude Fable 5.1 1fc44798b7 Install best routes in the Linux kernel over netlink
New crate bgp-fib. It follows the routing table's best routes and keeps
the kernel's routing table the same, and learns the machine's interfaces
and addresses from the kernel, which is what says whether a next hop can
be reached.

- netlink: the rtnetlink messages used (routes, addresses, links, errors),
  as bytes and back. No I/O; property tested and fuzzed.
- interfaces: what is directly reachable, and from which interface.
- plan: what to ask the kernel for, given the best routes and what the
  kernel has. No I/O; tested against a model kernel.
- kernel (Linux only): the sockets and the task. Requests go in batches;
  routes of ours found at startup are kept if still right and removed if
  not; a change of interfaces has every route worked out again; a clean
  stop removes our routes.

Only routes marked proto bgp with the configured table and metric are
ever touched. A best route is installed if its next hop is a neighbor;
next hops further away are not resolved through other routes yet, and
such prefixes are counted and shown instead.

Configured with `kernel { table metric }`; off by default. The daemon
needs CAP_NET_ADMIN and stops if the kernel refuses it. On shutdown it
closes sessions and then removes its routes.

/api/kernel and the status page show installed, unresolved and refused
counts, the last error and the interfaces; five bgp_kernel_* metrics.

Testing: scripts/kernel-tests.sh runs, in network namespaces of their
own and with only the capabilities the daemon needs, the installer
against `ip route`, the daemon with a peer, and two daemons that route
for each other with pings across over IPv4 and IPv6.
scripts/linux-vm.sh runs that, or anything else, in a Lima VM from
macOS. CI runs the kernel tests and fuzzes the netlink decoder.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-02 15:15:43 +02:00

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//! The whole daemon against a real kernel: a peer announces routes over a
//! session, and `ip route` shows them.
//!
//! This changes the machine's interfaces and routes, so it is not run by
//! `cargo test`; `scripts/kernel-tests.sh` runs it in a network namespace
//! of its own.
#![cfg(target_os = "linux")]
use std::collections::BTreeSet;
use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
use std::process::Command;
use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
use bgp_fib::FibConfig;
use bgp_integration_tests::test_peer::TestPeer;
use bgp_integration_tests::test_server::TestServer;
use bgp_packet::message::{
AsPathAttribute, Message, NextHopPathAttribute, OriginPathAttribute, PathAttribute,
UpdateMessage,
};
use bgp_primitives::ip_prefix::IpPrefix;
use eyre::Result;
use serde_json::Value;
const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
const TABLE: u32 = 1100;
const INTERFACE: &str = "ferrix100";
#[track_caller]
fn ip(arguments: &str) {
let output = Command::new("ip")
.args(arguments.split_whitespace())
.output()
.expect("the ip command is there");
assert!(
output.status.success(),
"ip {arguments}: {}",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
);
}
fn kernel_routes() -> BTreeSet<String> {
let output = Command::new("ip")
.args(["route", "show", "table", &TABLE.to_string()])
.output()
.unwrap();
String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
.lines()
.map(|line| line.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" "))
.filter(|line| !line.is_empty())
.collect()
}
#[track_caller]
fn kernel_becomes(expected: &[&str]) {
let expected: BTreeSet<String> = expected.iter().map(|route| route.to_string()).collect();
let start = Instant::now();
while kernel_routes() != expected {
assert!(
start.elapsed() < TIMEOUT,
"the kernel has {:#?}; expected {expected:#?}",
kernel_routes()
);
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
}
}
/// Removes the test's interface, and its routes with it, when dropped.
struct Interface;
impl Drop for Interface {
fn drop(&mut self) {
let _ = Command::new("ip").args(["link", "del", INTERFACE]).output();
let _ = Command::new("ip")
.args(["route", "flush", "table", &TABLE.to_string()])
.output();
}
}
async fn announce(peer: &mut TestPeer, prefixes: &[&str], next_hop: Ipv4Addr) -> Result<()> {
peer.send(&Message::Update(UpdateMessage {
withdrawn_routes: vec![],
path_attributes: vec![
PathAttribute::Origin(OriginPathAttribute::IGP),
AsPathAttribute::from_asns(vec![65001]),
PathAttribute::NextHop(NextHopPathAttribute(next_hop)),
],
announced_routes: prefixes
.iter()
.map(|p| IpPrefix::try_from(*p).unwrap().into())
.collect(),
}))
.await
}
/// A peer's routes go from the session to the kernel, and out of it again
/// when they are withdrawn and when the session ends.
#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
#[ignore = "changes the machine's routes; run scripts/kernel-tests.sh"]
async fn test_routes_from_a_session_reach_the_kernel() -> Result<()> {
ip(&format!("link add {INTERFACE} type dummy"));
let _interface = Interface;
ip(&format!("addr add 10.100.0.1/24 dev {INTERFACE}"));
ip(&format!("link set {INTERFACE} up"));
let server = TestServer::start_with(65000, |config| {
config.kernel = Some(FibConfig {
table: TABLE,
metric: 20,
});
})
.await?;
let (base, _http) = server.serve_http().await?;
let mut peer = TestPeer::connect(server.addr).await?;
peer.handshake(65001, Ipv4Addr::new(10, 0, 0, 2), 90)
.await?;
// The peer speaks from the loopback and names a router on the test's
// interface as next hop, as a route server would.
let neighbor = Ipv4Addr::new(10, 100, 0, 2);
announce(&mut peer, &["203.0.113.0/24", "198.18.0.0/15"], neighbor).await?;
// One by way of a router that is not a neighbor.
announce(&mut peer, &["192.88.99.0/24"], Ipv4Addr::new(172, 31, 0, 1)).await?;
kernel_becomes(&[
"203.0.113.0/24 via 10.100.0.2 dev ferrix100 proto bgp metric 20",
"198.18.0.0/15 via 10.100.0.2 dev ferrix100 proto bgp metric 20",
]);
let kernel: Value = reqwest::get(format!("{base}/api/kernel"))
.await?
.json()
.await?;
assert_eq!(kernel["enabled"], true);
assert_eq!(kernel["table"], TABLE);
assert_eq!(kernel["installed"], 2);
assert_eq!(
kernel["unresolved"],
serde_json::json!({"next hop not directly connected": 1})
);
let shown = kernel["interfaces"]
.as_array()
.unwrap()
.iter()
.find(|interface| interface["name"] == INTERFACE)
.expect("the test's interface is listed");
assert_eq!(shown["up"], true);
// Its own address, beside the link-local one the kernel gave it.
assert!(
shown["addresses"]
.as_array()
.unwrap()
.contains(&serde_json::json!("10.100.0.1/24")),
"{shown}"
);
// One is withdrawn.
peer.send(&Message::Update(UpdateMessage {
withdrawn_routes: vec![IpPrefix::try_from("198.18.0.0/15").unwrap().into()],
path_attributes: vec![],
announced_routes: vec![],
}))
.await?;
kernel_becomes(&["203.0.113.0/24 via 10.100.0.2 dev ferrix100 proto bgp metric 20"]);
// The session ends: packets must not go on following its routes.
drop(peer);
kernel_becomes(&[]);
Ok(())
}