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nebula/overlay/tun_linux.go
JackDoan 913a37cfee overlay: replace per-fd tun readers with a batched Queue interface
Device loses io.ReadWriteCloser + NewMultiQueueReader in favor of
Queues(n), which returns up to n tio.Queue objects; platforms without
multiqueue hand back their single queue and the interface sizes its
reader routines to what it actually got. Queue.Read returns a batch of
borrowed packets (single-element for every current backend) so a future
backend can deliver more than one packet per syscall without another
interface change.

The Linux poll/eventfd machinery moves out of tun_linux.go into the new
overlay/tio package: nonblocking fds, a shared shutdown eventfd owned by
the queue set, and pollfd arrays built on the stack so concurrent
writers parked in blockOnWrite no longer share Revents storage. Other
platforms wrap their existing one-datagram Read/Write in a singleQueue
adapter that owns a private scratch buffer, so multiqueue-by-sharing
devices (user, disabled) no longer race concurrent readers on one
buffer.

This is the tun-interface subset of better-tun-interface-ordering,
extracted at 18dc13b with none of the GSO/GRO offload mechanics and no
udp/sendmmsg changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-16 12:19:09 -05:00

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Go

//go:build !android && !e2e_testing
// +build !android,!e2e_testing
package overlay
import (
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"net"
"net/netip"
"os"
"strings"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
"unsafe"
"github.com/gaissmai/bart"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/config"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/overlay/tio"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/routing"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/util"
"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
)
type tun struct {
readers tio.QueueSet
closeLock sync.Mutex
Device string
vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix
MaxMTU int
DefaultMTU int
TXQueueLen int
deviceIndex int
ioctlFd uintptr
Routes atomic.Pointer[[]Route]
routeTree atomic.Pointer[bart.Table[routing.Gateways]]
routeChan chan struct{}
useSystemRoutes bool
useSystemRoutesBufferSize int
// These are routes learned from `tun.use_system_route_table`
// stored here to make it easier to restore them after a reload
routesFromSystem map[netip.Prefix]routing.Gateways
routesFromSystemLock sync.Mutex
l *slog.Logger
}
func (t *tun) Networks() []netip.Prefix {
return t.vpnNetworks
}
type ifReq struct {
Name [16]byte
Flags uint16
pad [8]byte
}
type ifreqMTU struct {
Name [16]byte
MTU int32
pad [8]byte
}
type ifreqQLEN struct {
Name [16]byte
Value int32
pad [8]byte
}
func newTunFromFd(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, deviceFd int, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix) (*tun, error) {
t, err := newTunGeneric(c, l, deviceFd, vpnNetworks)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
t.Device = "tun0"
return t, nil
}
// openTunDev opens /dev/net/tun, creating the device node first if it's
// missing (docker containers occasionally omit it).
func openTunDev() (int, error) {
fd, err := unix.Open("/dev/net/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
if err == nil {
return fd, nil
}
if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
return -1, err
}
if err = os.MkdirAll("/dev/net", 0755); err != nil {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("/dev/net/tun doesn't exist, failed to mkdir -p /dev/net: %w", err)
}
if err = unix.Mknod("/dev/net/tun", unix.S_IFCHR|0600, int(unix.Mkdev(10, 200))); err != nil {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to create /dev/net/tun: %w", err)
}
fd, err = unix.Open("/dev/net/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
if err != nil {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("created /dev/net/tun, but still failed: %w", err)
}
return fd, nil
}
// tunSetIff runs TUNSETIFF with the given flags and returns the kernel-chosen
// device name on success.
func tunSetIff(fd int, name string, flags uint16) (string, error) {
var req ifReq
req.Flags = flags
copy(req.Name[:], name)
if err := ioctl(uintptr(fd), uintptr(unix.TUNSETIFF), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&req))); err != nil {
return "", err
}
return strings.Trim(string(req.Name[:]), "\x00"), nil
}
func newTun(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix, multiqueue bool) (*tun, error) {
baseFlags := uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI)
if multiqueue {
baseFlags |= unix.IFF_MULTI_QUEUE
}
nameStr := c.GetString("tun.dev", "")
fd, err := openTunDev()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
name, err := tunSetIff(fd, nameStr, baseFlags)
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, &NameError{Name: nameStr, Underlying: err}
}
t, err := newTunGeneric(c, l, fd, vpnNetworks)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
t.Device = name
return t, nil
}
// newTunGeneric does all the stuff common to different tun initialization
// paths. It will close your files on error.
func newTunGeneric(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, fd int, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix) (*tun, error) {
qs, err := tio.NewPollQueueSet()
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
}
err = qs.Add(fd)
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
}
t := &tun{
readers: qs,
closeLock: sync.Mutex{},
vpnNetworks: vpnNetworks,
TXQueueLen: c.GetInt("tun.tx_queue", 500),
useSystemRoutes: c.GetBool("tun.use_system_route_table", false),
useSystemRoutesBufferSize: c.GetInt("tun.use_system_route_table_buffer_size", 0),
routesFromSystem: map[netip.Prefix]routing.Gateways{},
l: l,
}
if err = t.reload(c, true); err != nil {
_ = t.Close()
return nil, err
}
c.RegisterReloadCallback(func(c *config.C) {
err := t.reload(c, false)
if err != nil {
util.LogWithContextIfNeeded("failed to reload tun device", err, t.l)
}
})
return t, nil
}
func (t *tun) reload(c *config.C, initial bool) error {
routeChange, routes, err := getAllRoutesFromConfig(c, t.vpnNetworks, initial)
if err != nil {
return err
}
if !initial && !routeChange && !c.HasChanged("tun.mtu") {
return nil
}
routeTree, err := makeRouteTree(t.l, routes, true)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// Bring along any routes learned from the system route table on reload
t.routesFromSystemLock.Lock()
for dst, gw := range t.routesFromSystem {
routeTree.Insert(dst, gw)
}
t.routesFromSystemLock.Unlock()
oldDefaultMTU := t.DefaultMTU
oldMaxMTU := t.MaxMTU
newDefaultMTU := c.GetInt("tun.mtu", DefaultMTU)
newMaxMTU := newDefaultMTU
for i, r := range routes {
if r.MTU == 0 {
routes[i].MTU = newDefaultMTU
}
if r.MTU > t.MaxMTU {
newMaxMTU = r.MTU
}
}
t.MaxMTU = newMaxMTU
t.DefaultMTU = newDefaultMTU
// Teach nebula how to handle the routes before establishing them in the system table
oldRoutes := t.Routes.Swap(&routes)
t.routeTree.Store(routeTree)
if !initial {
if oldMaxMTU != newMaxMTU {
t.setMTU()
t.l.Info("Set max MTU", "mtu", t.MaxMTU, "oldMTU", oldMaxMTU)
}
if oldDefaultMTU != newDefaultMTU {
for i := range t.vpnNetworks {
err := t.setDefaultRoute(t.vpnNetworks[i])
if err != nil {
t.l.Warn(err.Error())
} else {
t.l.Info("Set default MTU", "mtu", t.DefaultMTU, "oldMTU", oldDefaultMTU)
}
}
}
// Remove first, if the system removes a wanted route hopefully it will be re-added next
t.removeRoutes(findRemovedRoutes(routes, *oldRoutes))
// Ensure any routes we actually want are installed
err = t.addRoutes(true)
if err != nil {
// This should never be called since addRoutes should log its own errors in a reload condition
util.LogWithContextIfNeeded("Failed to refresh routes", err, t.l)
}
}
return nil
}
// Queues opens additional kernel multiqueue fds until the device has n
// queues, then returns them all. The first queue was opened by newTun.
func (t *tun) Queues(n int) ([]tio.Queue, error) {
for len(t.readers.Queues()) < n {
if err := t.addQueue(); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
return t.readers.Queues(), nil
}
// addQueue opens one more IFF_MULTI_QUEUE fd on the device and adds it to
// the queue set.
func (t *tun) addQueue() error {
t.closeLock.Lock()
defer t.closeLock.Unlock()
fd, err := unix.Open("/dev/net/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
if err != nil {
return err
}
flags := uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI | unix.IFF_MULTI_QUEUE)
if _, err = tunSetIff(fd, t.Device, flags); err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return err
}
err = t.readers.Add(fd)
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return err
}
return nil
}
func (t *tun) RoutesFor(ip netip.Addr) routing.Gateways {
r, _ := t.routeTree.Load().Lookup(ip)
return r
}
func (t *tun) deviceBytes() (o [16]byte) {
for i, c := range t.Device {
o[i] = byte(c)
}
return
}
func hasNetlinkAddr(al []*netlink.Addr, x netlink.Addr) bool {
for i := range al {
if al[i].Equal(x) {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// addIPs uses netlink to add all addresses that don't exist, then it removes ones that should not be there
func (t *tun) addIPs(link netlink.Link) error {
newAddrs := make([]*netlink.Addr, len(t.vpnNetworks))
for i := range t.vpnNetworks {
newAddrs[i] = &netlink.Addr{
IPNet: &net.IPNet{
IP: t.vpnNetworks[i].Addr().AsSlice(),
Mask: net.CIDRMask(t.vpnNetworks[i].Bits(), t.vpnNetworks[i].Addr().BitLen()),
},
Label: t.vpnNetworks[i].Addr().Zone(),
}
}
//add all new addresses
for i := range newAddrs {
//AddrReplace still adds new IPs, but if their properties change it will change them as well
if err := netlink.AddrReplace(link, newAddrs[i]); err != nil {
return err
}
}
//iterate over remainder, remove whoever shouldn't be there
al, err := netlink.AddrList(link, netlink.FAMILY_ALL)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to get tun address list: %s", err)
}
for i := range al {
if hasNetlinkAddr(newAddrs, al[i]) {
continue
}
err = netlink.AddrDel(link, &al[i])
if err != nil {
t.l.Error("failed to remove address from tun address list", "error", err)
} else {
t.l.Info("removed address not listed in cert(s)", "removed", al[i].String())
}
}
return nil
}
func (t *tun) Activate() error {
devName := t.deviceBytes()
if t.useSystemRoutes {
t.watchRoutes()
}
s, err := unix.Socket(
unix.AF_INET, //because everything we use t.ioctlFd for is address family independent, this is fine
unix.SOCK_DGRAM,
unix.IPPROTO_IP,
)
if err != nil {
return err
}
t.ioctlFd = uintptr(s)
// Set the device name
ifrf := ifReq{Name: devName}
if err = ioctl(t.ioctlFd, unix.SIOCGIFFLAGS, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ifrf))); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to set tun device name: %s", err)
}
link, err := netlink.LinkByName(t.Device)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to get tun device link: %s", err)
}
t.deviceIndex = link.Attrs().Index
// Setup our default MTU
t.setMTU()
// Set the transmit queue length
ifrq := ifreqQLEN{Name: devName, Value: int32(t.TXQueueLen)}
if err = ioctl(t.ioctlFd, unix.SIOCSIFTXQLEN, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ifrq))); err != nil {
// If we can't set the queue length nebula will still work but it may lead to packet loss
t.l.Error("Failed to set tun tx queue length", "error", err)
}
const modeNone = 1
if err = netlink.LinkSetIP6AddrGenMode(link, modeNone); err != nil {
t.l.Warn("Failed to disable link local address generation", "error", err)
}
if err = t.addIPs(link); err != nil {
return err
}
// Bring up the interface
ifrf.Flags = ifrf.Flags | unix.IFF_UP
if err = ioctl(t.ioctlFd, unix.SIOCSIFFLAGS, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ifrf))); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to bring the tun device up: %s", err)
}
//set route MTU
for i := range t.vpnNetworks {
if err = t.setDefaultRoute(t.vpnNetworks[i]); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to set default route MTU: %w", err)
}
}
// Set the routes
if err = t.addRoutes(false); err != nil {
return err
}
// Run the interface
ifrf.Flags = ifrf.Flags | unix.IFF_UP | unix.IFF_RUNNING
if err = ioctl(t.ioctlFd, unix.SIOCSIFFLAGS, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ifrf))); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to run tun device: %s", err)
}
return nil
}
func (t *tun) setMTU() {
// Set the MTU on the device
ifm := ifreqMTU{Name: t.deviceBytes(), MTU: int32(t.MaxMTU)}
if err := ioctl(t.ioctlFd, unix.SIOCSIFMTU, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ifm))); err != nil {
// This is currently a non fatal condition because the route table must have the MTU set appropriately as well
t.l.Error("Failed to set tun mtu", "error", err)
}
}
func (t *tun) setDefaultRoute(cidr netip.Prefix) error {
dr := &net.IPNet{
IP: cidr.Masked().Addr().AsSlice(),
Mask: net.CIDRMask(cidr.Bits(), cidr.Addr().BitLen()),
}
nr := netlink.Route{
LinkIndex: t.deviceIndex,
Dst: dr,
MTU: t.DefaultMTU,
AdvMSS: t.advMSS(Route{}),
Scope: unix.RT_SCOPE_LINK,
Src: net.IP(cidr.Addr().AsSlice()),
Protocol: unix.RTPROT_KERNEL,
Table: unix.RT_TABLE_MAIN,
Type: unix.RTN_UNICAST,
}
err := netlink.RouteReplace(&nr)
if err != nil {
t.l.Warn("Failed to set default route MTU, retrying", "error", err, "cidr", cidr)
//retry twice more -- on some systems there appears to be a race condition where if we set routes too soon, netlink says `invalid argument`
for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
err = netlink.RouteReplace(&nr)
if err == nil {
break
} else {
t.l.Warn("Failed to set default route MTU, retrying",
"error", err,
"cidr", cidr,
"mtu", t.DefaultMTU,
)
}
}
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to set mtu %v on the default route %v; %v", t.DefaultMTU, dr, err)
}
}
return nil
}
func (t *tun) addRoutes(logErrors bool) error {
// Path routes
routes := *t.Routes.Load()
for _, r := range routes {
if !r.Install {
continue
}
dr := &net.IPNet{
IP: r.Cidr.Masked().Addr().AsSlice(),
Mask: net.CIDRMask(r.Cidr.Bits(), r.Cidr.Addr().BitLen()),
}
nr := netlink.Route{
LinkIndex: t.deviceIndex,
Dst: dr,
MTU: r.MTU,
AdvMSS: t.advMSS(r),
Scope: unix.RT_SCOPE_LINK,
}
if r.Metric > 0 {
nr.Priority = r.Metric
}
err := netlink.RouteReplace(&nr)
if err != nil {
retErr := util.NewContextualError("Failed to add route", map[string]any{"route": r}, err)
if logErrors {
retErr.Log(t.l)
} else {
return retErr
}
} else {
t.l.Info("Added route", "route", r)
}
}
return nil
}
func (t *tun) removeRoutes(routes []Route) {
for _, r := range routes {
if !r.Install {
continue
}
dr := &net.IPNet{
IP: r.Cidr.Masked().Addr().AsSlice(),
Mask: net.CIDRMask(r.Cidr.Bits(), r.Cidr.Addr().BitLen()),
}
nr := netlink.Route{
LinkIndex: t.deviceIndex,
Dst: dr,
MTU: r.MTU,
AdvMSS: t.advMSS(r),
Scope: unix.RT_SCOPE_LINK,
}
if r.Metric > 0 {
nr.Priority = r.Metric
}
err := netlink.RouteDel(&nr)
if err != nil {
t.l.Error("Failed to remove route", "error", err, "route", r)
} else {
t.l.Info("Removed route", "route", r)
}
}
}
func (t *tun) Name() string {
return t.Device
}
func (t *tun) advMSS(r Route) int {
mtu := r.MTU
if r.MTU == 0 {
mtu = t.DefaultMTU
}
// We only need to set advmss if the route MTU does not match the device MTU
if mtu != t.MaxMTU {
return mtu - 40
}
return 0
}
func (t *tun) watchRoutes() {
rch := make(chan netlink.RouteUpdate)
doneChan := make(chan struct{})
netlinkOptions := netlink.RouteSubscribeOptions{
ReceiveBufferSize: t.useSystemRoutesBufferSize,
ReceiveBufferForceSize: t.useSystemRoutesBufferSize != 0,
ErrorCallback: func(e error) { t.l.Error("netlink error", "error", e) },
}
if err := netlink.RouteSubscribeWithOptions(rch, doneChan, netlinkOptions); err != nil {
t.l.Error("failed to subscribe to system route changes", "error", err)
return
}
t.routeChan = doneChan
go func() {
for {
select {
case r, ok := <-rch:
if ok {
t.updateRoutes(r)
} else {
// may be should do something here as
// netlink stops sending updates
return
}
case <-doneChan:
// netlink.RouteSubscriber will close the rch for us
return
}
}
}()
}
func (t *tun) isGatewayInVpnNetworks(gwAddr netip.Addr) bool {
withinNetworks := false
for i := range t.vpnNetworks {
if t.vpnNetworks[i].Contains(gwAddr) {
withinNetworks = true
break
}
}
return withinNetworks
}
func (t *tun) getGatewaysFromRoute(r *netlink.Route) routing.Gateways {
var gateways routing.Gateways
link, err := netlink.LinkByName(t.Device)
if err != nil {
t.l.Error("Ignoring route update: failed to get link by name", "deviceName", t.Device)
return gateways
}
// If this route is relevant to our interface and there is a gateway then add it
if r.LinkIndex == link.Attrs().Index {
gwAddr, ok := getGatewayAddr(r.Gw, r.Via)
if ok {
if t.isGatewayInVpnNetworks(gwAddr) {
gateways = append(gateways, routing.NewGateway(gwAddr, 1))
} else {
// Gateway isn't in our overlay network, ignore
t.l.Debug("Ignoring route update, gateway is not in our network", "route", r)
}
} else {
t.l.Debug("Ignoring route update, invalid gateway or via address", "route", r)
}
}
for _, p := range r.MultiPath {
// If this route is relevant to our interface and there is a gateway then add it
if p.LinkIndex == link.Attrs().Index {
gwAddr, ok := getGatewayAddr(p.Gw, p.Via)
if ok {
if t.isGatewayInVpnNetworks(gwAddr) {
gateways = append(gateways, routing.NewGateway(gwAddr, p.Hops+1))
} else {
// Gateway isn't in our overlay network, ignore
t.l.Debug("Ignoring route update, gateway is not in our network", "route", r)
}
} else {
t.l.Debug("Ignoring route update, invalid gateway or via address", "route", r)
}
}
}
routing.CalculateBucketsForGateways(gateways)
return gateways
}
func getGatewayAddr(gw net.IP, via netlink.Destination) (netip.Addr, bool) {
// Try to use the old RTA_GATEWAY first
gwAddr, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(gw)
if !ok {
// Fallback to the new RTA_VIA
rVia, ok := via.(*netlink.Via)
if ok {
gwAddr, ok = netip.AddrFromSlice(rVia.Addr)
}
}
if gwAddr.IsValid() {
gwAddr = gwAddr.Unmap()
return gwAddr, true
}
return netip.Addr{}, false
}
func (t *tun) updateRoutes(r netlink.RouteUpdate) {
gateways := t.getGatewaysFromRoute(&r.Route)
if len(gateways) == 0 {
// No gateways relevant to our network, no routing changes required.
t.l.Debug("Ignoring route update, no gateways", "route", r)
return
}
if r.Dst == nil {
t.l.Debug("Ignoring route update, no destination address", "route", r)
return
}
dstAddr, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(r.Dst.IP)
if !ok {
t.l.Debug("Ignoring route update, invalid destination address", "route", r)
return
}
ones, _ := r.Dst.Mask.Size()
dst := netip.PrefixFrom(dstAddr, ones)
newTree := t.routeTree.Load().Clone()
t.routesFromSystemLock.Lock()
if r.Type == unix.RTM_NEWROUTE {
t.l.Info("Adding route", "destination", dst, "via", gateways)
t.routesFromSystem[dst] = gateways
newTree.Insert(dst, gateways)
} else {
t.l.Info("Removing route", "destination", dst, "via", gateways)
delete(t.routesFromSystem, dst)
newTree.Delete(dst)
}
t.routesFromSystemLock.Unlock()
t.routeTree.Store(newTree)
}
func (t *tun) Close() error {
t.closeLock.Lock()
defer t.closeLock.Unlock()
if t.routeChan != nil {
close(t.routeChan)
t.routeChan = nil
}
if t.ioctlFd > 0 {
_ = unix.Close(int(t.ioctlFd))
t.ioctlFd = 0
}
return t.readers.Close()
}