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Date:      Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:17:27 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Randall Stewart <rrs@lakerest.net>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r217592 - head/sys/netinet
Message-ID:  <201103311417.27360.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <2BE17525-83AA-4255-B191-3429B5FF6F5E@lakerest.net>
References:  <201101191907.p0JJ7GMp086060@svn.freebsd.org> <201103291401.03565.jhb@freebsd.org> <2BE17525-83AA-4255-B191-3429B5FF6F5E@lakerest.net>

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On Thursday, March 31, 2011 11:40:08 am Randall Stewart wrote:
> John:
> 
> So I caught up with Dave Thaler here at the IETF...
> 
> He said that NO UDP socket that has NOT joined a multicast
> group should ever receive a packet sent to a multicast address.
> He also said this was part of the POSIX API and the way
> all Unix machines worked. 
> 
> So.. no it is a bug and the fix is correct.

That works for me.  Can you please merge this fix to 7 and 8?

> R
> On Mar 29, 2011, at 2:01 PM, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:07:16 pm Randall Stewart wrote:
> >> Author: rrs
> >> Date: Wed Jan 19 19:07:16 2011
> >> New Revision: 217592
> >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/217592
> >> 
> >> Log:
> >>  Fix a bug where Multicast packets sent from a
> >>  udp endpoint may end up echoing back to the sender
> >>  even with OUT joining the multi-cast group.
> >> 
> >>  Reviewed by:	gnn, bms, bz?
> >>  Obtained from:	deischen (with help from)
> >> 
> >> Modified:
> >>  head/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
> >> 
> >> Modified: head/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
> >> 
> > 
==============================================================================
> >> --- head/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c	Wed Jan 19 18:20:11 2011	(r217591)
> >> +++ head/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c	Wed Jan 19 19:07:16 2011	(r217592)
> >> @@ -479,11 +479,13 @@ udp_input(struct mbuf *m, int off)
> >> 			 * and source-specific multicast. [RFC3678]
> >> 			 */
> >> 			imo = inp->inp_moptions;
> >> -			if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(ip->ip_dst.s_addr)) &&
> >> -			    imo != NULL) {
> >> +			if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(ip->ip_dst.s_addr))) {
> >> 				struct sockaddr_in	 group;
> >> 				int			 blocked;
> >> -
> >> +				if(imo == NULL) {
> >> +					INP_RUNLOCK(inp);
> >> +					continue;
> >> +				}
> >> 				bzero(&group, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
> >> 				group.sin_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
> >> 				group.sin_family = AF_INET;
> > 
> > So it turns out that this is a feature, not a bug, and is how multicast 
has 
> > always worked.  Specifically, if you bind a UDP socket with a wildcard 
> > address, it should receive all traffic for the bound port, unicast or 
> > multicast.  When you join a group, you have switched the socket into a 
mode 
> > where it now has a whitelist of acceptable multicast groups, but if a 
socket 
> > has no joined groups, it should receive all multicast traffic, not none.  
This 
> > change breaks that.
> > 
> > I did not find this behavior intuitive at first, but it does seem to be 
> > required.  Note the description of IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP from RFC 3678 for 
> > example:
> > 
> > 3.  Overview of APIs
> > 
> >   There are a number of different APIs described in this document that
> >   are appropriate for a number of different application types and IP
> >   versions.  Before providing detailed descriptions, this section
> >   provides a "taxonomy" with a brief description of each.
> > 
> >   There are two categories of source-filter APIs, both of which are
> >   designed to allow multicast receiver applications to designate the
> >   unicast address(es) of sender(s) along with the multicast group
> >   (destination address) to receive.
> > 
> >      o  Basic (Delta-based): Some applications desire the simplicity of
> >         a delta-based API in which each function call specifies a
> >         single source address which should be added to or removed from
> >         the existing filter for a given multicast group address on
> >         which to listen.  Such applications typically fall into either
> >         of two categories:
> > 
> >         +  Any-Source Multicast: By default, all sources are accepted.
> >            Individual sources may be turned off and back on as needed
> >            over time.  This is also known as "exclude" mode, since the
> >            source filter contains a list of excluded sources.
> > 
> >         +  Source-Specific Multicast: Only sources in a given list are
> >            allowed.  The list may change over time.  This is also known
> >            as "include" mode, since the source filter contains a list
> >            of included sources.
> > 
> >            This API would be used, for example, by "single-source"
> >            applications such as audio/video broadcasting.  It would
> >            also be used for logical multi-source sessions where each
> >            source independently allocates its own Source-Specific
> >            Multicast group address.
> > 
> > 
> > .....
> > 
> > 4.1.1.  IPv4 Any-Source Multicast API
> > 
> >   The following socket options are defined in <netinet/in.h> for
> >   applications in the Any-Source Multicast category:
> > 
> >   Socket option             Argument type
> >   IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP         struct ip_mreq
> >   IP_BLOCK_SOURCE           struct ip_mreq_source
> >   IP_UNBLOCK_SOURCE         struct ip_mreq_source
> >   IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP        struct ip_mreq
> > 
> >   IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP and IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP are already implemented on
> >   most operating systems, and are used to join and leave an any-source
> >   group.
> > 
> >   IP_BLOCK_SOURCE can be used to block data from a given source to a
> >   given group (e.g., if the user "mutes" that source), and
> >   IP_UNBLOCK_SOURCE can be used to undo this (e.g., if the user then
> >   "unmutes" the source).
> > 
> > As to why the packets loop back to the receiver, I believe that is a 
separate 
> > issue on the output side, not the receive side.
> > 
> > -- 
> > John Baldwin
> > 
> 
> ------------------------------
> Randall Stewart
> 803-317-4952 (cell)
> 
> 

-- 
John Baldwin



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