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nebula/overlay/vhostnet/device.go
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2025-11-13 12:02:25 -06:00

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package vhostnet
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
"runtime"
"github.com/hetznercloud/virtio-go/vhost"
"github.com/hetznercloud/virtio-go/virtio"
"github.com/hetznercloud/virtio-go/virtqueue"
"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
)
// ErrDeviceClosed is returned when the [Device] is closed while operations are
// still running.
var ErrDeviceClosed = errors.New("device was closed")
// The indexes for the receive and transmit queues.
const (
receiveQueueIndex = 0
transmitQueueIndex = 1
)
// Device represents a vhost networking device within the kernel-level virtio
// implementation and provides methods to interact with it.
type Device struct {
initialized bool
controlFD int
receiveQueue *virtqueue.SplitQueue
transmitQueue *virtqueue.SplitQueue
// transmitted contains channels for each possible descriptor chain head
// index. This is used for packet transmit notifications.
// When a packet was transmitted and the descriptor chain was used by the
// device, the corresponding channel receives the [virtqueue.UsedElement]
// instance provided by the device.
transmitted []chan virtqueue.UsedElement
}
// NewDevice initializes a new vhost networking device within the
// kernel-level virtio implementation, sets up the virtqueues and returns a
// [Device] instance that can be used to communicate with that vhost device.
//
// There are multiple options that can be passed to this constructor to
// influence device creation:
// - [WithQueueSize]
// - [WithBackendFD]
// - [WithBackendDevice]
//
// Remember to call [Device.Close] after use to free up resources.
func NewDevice(options ...Option) (_ *Device, err error) {
opts := optionDefaults
opts.apply(options)
if err = opts.validate(); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid options: %w", err)
}
dev := Device{
controlFD: -1,
}
// Clean up a partially initialized device when something fails.
defer func() {
if err != nil {
_ = dev.Close()
}
}()
// Retrieve a new control file descriptor. This will be used to configure
// the vhost networking device in the kernel.
dev.controlFD, err = unix.Open("/dev/vhost-net", os.O_RDWR, 0666)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("get control file descriptor: %w", err)
}
if err = vhost.OwnControlFD(dev.controlFD); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("own control file descriptor: %w", err)
}
// Advertise the supported features. This isn't much for now.
// TODO: Add feature options and implement proper feature negotiation.
getFeatures, err := vhost.GetFeatures(dev.controlFD)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("get features: %w", err)
}
if getFeatures == 0 {
}
//const funky = virtio.Feature(1 << 27)
//features := virtio.FeatureVersion1 | funky // | todo virtio.FeatureNetMergeRXBuffers
features := virtio.FeatureVersion1 | virtio.FeatureNetMergeRXBuffers
if err = vhost.SetFeatures(dev.controlFD, features); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("set features: %w", err)
}
// Initialize and register the queues needed for the networking device.
if dev.receiveQueue, err = createQueue(dev.controlFD, receiveQueueIndex, opts.queueSize); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("create receive queue: %w", err)
}
if dev.transmitQueue, err = createQueue(dev.controlFD, transmitQueueIndex, opts.queueSize); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("create transmit queue: %w", err)
}
// Set up memory mappings for all buffers used by the queues. This has to
// happen before a backend for the queues can be registered.
memoryLayout := vhost.NewMemoryLayoutForQueues(
[]*virtqueue.SplitQueue{dev.receiveQueue, dev.transmitQueue},
)
if err = vhost.SetMemoryLayout(dev.controlFD, memoryLayout); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("setup memory layout: %w", err)
}
// Set the queue backends. This activates the queues within the kernel.
if err = SetQueueBackend(dev.controlFD, receiveQueueIndex, opts.backendFD); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("set receive queue backend: %w", err)
}
if err = SetQueueBackend(dev.controlFD, transmitQueueIndex, opts.backendFD); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("set transmit queue backend: %w", err)
}
// Fully populate the receive queue with available buffers which the device
// can write new packets into.
if err = dev.refillReceiveQueue(); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("refill receive queue: %w", err)
}
// Initialize channels for transmit notifications.
dev.transmitted = make([]chan virtqueue.UsedElement, dev.transmitQueue.Size())
for i := range len(dev.transmitted) {
// It is important to use a single-element buffered channel here.
// When the channel was unbuffered and the monitorTransmitQueue
// goroutine would write into it, the writing would block which could
// lead to deadlocks in case transmit notifications do not arrive in
// order.
// When the goroutine would use fire-and-forget to write into that
// channel, there may be a chance that the TransmitPacket does not
// receive the transmit notification due to this being a race condition.
// Buffering a single transmit notification resolves this without race
// conditions or possible deadlocks.
dev.transmitted[i] = make(chan virtqueue.UsedElement, 1)
}
// Monitor transmit queue in background.
go dev.monitorTransmitQueue()
dev.initialized = true
// Make sure to clean up even when the device gets garbage collected without
// Close being called first.
devPtr := &dev
runtime.SetFinalizer(devPtr, (*Device).Close)
return devPtr, nil
}
// monitorTransmitQueue waits for the device to advertise used descriptor chains
// in the transmit queue and produces a transmit notification via the
// corresponding channel.
func (dev *Device) monitorTransmitQueue() {
usedChan := dev.transmitQueue.UsedDescriptorChains()
for {
used, ok := <-usedChan
if !ok {
// The queue was closed.
return
}
if int(used.DescriptorIndex) > len(dev.transmitted) {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("device provided a used descriptor index (%d) that is out of range",
used.DescriptorIndex))
}
dev.transmitted[used.DescriptorIndex] <- used
}
}
// TransmitPacket writes the given packet into the transmit queue of this
// device. The packet will be prepended with the [virtio.NetHdr].
//
// When the queue is full, this will block until the queue has enough room to
// transmit the packet. This method will not return before the packet was
// transmitted and the device notifies that it has used the packet buffer.
func (dev *Device) TransmitPacket(vnethdr virtio.NetHdr, packet []byte) error {
// Prepend the packet with its virtio-net header.
vnethdrBuf := make([]byte, virtio.NetHdrSize+14) //todo WHY
if err := vnethdr.Encode(vnethdrBuf); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("encode vnethdr: %w", err)
}
vnethdrBuf[virtio.NetHdrSize+14-2] = 0x86
vnethdrBuf[virtio.NetHdrSize+14-1] = 0xdd //todo ipv6 ethertype
outBuffers := [][]byte{vnethdrBuf, packet}
//outBuffers := [][]byte{packet}
chainIndex, err := dev.transmitQueue.OfferDescriptorChain(outBuffers, 0, true)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("offer descriptor chain: %w", err)
}
// Wait for the packet to have been transmitted.
<-dev.transmitted[chainIndex]
if err = dev.transmitQueue.FreeDescriptorChain(chainIndex); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("free descriptor chain: %w", err)
}
return nil
}
// ReceivePacket reads the next available packet from the receive queue of this
// device and returns its [virtio.NetHdr] and packet data separately.
//
// When no packet is available, this will block until there is one.
//
// When this method returns an error, the receive queue will likely be in a
// broken state which this implementation cannot recover from. The caller should
// close the device and not attempt any additional receives.
func (dev *Device) ReceivePacket() (virtio.NetHdr, []byte, error) {
var (
chainHeads []uint16
vnethdr virtio.NetHdr
buffers [][]byte
// Each packet starts with a virtio-net header which we have to subtract
// from the total length.
packetLength = -virtio.NetHdrSize
)
// We presented FeatureNetMergeRXBuffers to the device, so one packet may be
// made of multiple descriptor chains which are to be merged.
for remainingChains := 1; remainingChains > 0; remainingChains-- {
// Get the next descriptor chain.
usedElement, ok := <-dev.receiveQueue.UsedDescriptorChains()
if !ok {
return virtio.NetHdr{}, nil, ErrDeviceClosed
}
// Track this chain to be freed later.
head := uint16(usedElement.DescriptorIndex)
chainHeads = append(chainHeads, head)
outBuffers, inBuffers, err := dev.receiveQueue.GetDescriptorChain(head)
if err != nil {
// When this fails we may miss to free some descriptor chains. We
// could try to mitigate this by deferring the freeing somehow, but
// it's not worth the hassle. When this method fails, the queue will
// be in a broken state anyway.
return virtio.NetHdr{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("get descriptor chain: %w", err)
}
if len(outBuffers) > 0 {
// How did this happen!?
panic("receive queue contains device-readable buffers")
}
if len(inBuffers) == 0 {
// Empty descriptor chains should not be possible.
panic("descriptor chain contains no buffers")
}
// The device tells us how many bytes of the descriptor chain it has
// actually written to. The specification forces the device to fully
// fill up all but the last descriptor chain when multiple descriptor
// chains are being merged, but being more compatible here doesn't hurt.
inBuffers = truncateBuffers(inBuffers, int(usedElement.Length))
packetLength += int(usedElement.Length)
// Is this the first descriptor chain we process?
if len(buffers) == 0 {
// The specification requires that the first descriptor chain starts
// with a virtio-net header. It is not clear, whether it is also
// required to be fully contained in the first buffer of that
// descriptor chain, but it is reasonable to assume that this is
// always the case.
// The decode method already does the buffer length check.
if err = vnethdr.Decode(inBuffers[0]); err != nil {
// The device misbehaved. There is no way we can gracefully
// recover from this, because we don't know how many of the
// following descriptor chains belong to this packet.
return virtio.NetHdr{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("decode vnethdr: %w", err)
}
inBuffers[0] = inBuffers[0][virtio.NetHdrSize:]
// The virtio-net header tells us how many descriptor chains this
// packet is long.
remainingChains = int(vnethdr.NumBuffers)
}
buffers = append(buffers, inBuffers...)
}
// Copy all the buffers together to produce the complete packet slice.
packet := make([]byte, packetLength)
copied := 0
for _, buffer := range buffers {
copied += copy(packet[copied:], buffer)
}
if copied != packetLength {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("expected to copy %d bytes but only copied %d bytes", packetLength, copied))
}
// Now that we have copied all buffers, we can free the used descriptor
// chains again.
// TODO: Recycling the descriptor chains would be more efficient than
// freeing them just to offer them again right after.
for _, head := range chainHeads {
if err := dev.receiveQueue.FreeDescriptorChain(head); err != nil {
return virtio.NetHdr{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("free descriptor chain with head index %d: %w", head, err)
}
}
// It's advised to always keep the receive queue fully populated with
// available buffers which the device can write new packets into.
if err := dev.refillReceiveQueue(); err != nil {
return virtio.NetHdr{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("refill receive queue: %w", err)
}
return vnethdr, packet, nil
}
// TODO: Make above methods cancelable by taking a context.Context argument?
// TODO: Implement zero-copy variants to transmit and receive packets?
// refillReceiveQueue offers as many new device-writable buffers to the device
// as the queue can fit. The device will then use these to write received
// packets.
func (dev *Device) refillReceiveQueue() error {
for {
_, err := dev.receiveQueue.OfferDescriptorChain(nil, 1, false)
if err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, virtqueue.ErrNotEnoughFreeDescriptors) {
// Queue is full, job is done.
return nil
}
return fmt.Errorf("offer descriptor chain: %w", err)
}
}
}
// Close cleans up the vhost networking device within the kernel and releases
// all resources used for it.
// The implementation will try to release as many resources as possible and
// collect potential errors before returning them.
func (dev *Device) Close() error {
dev.initialized = false
// Closing the control file descriptor will unregister all queues from the
// kernel.
if dev.controlFD >= 0 {
if err := unix.Close(dev.controlFD); err != nil {
// Return an error and do not continue, because the memory used for
// the queues should not be released before they were unregistered
// from the kernel.
return fmt.Errorf("close control file descriptor: %w", err)
}
dev.controlFD = -1
}
var errs []error
if dev.receiveQueue != nil {
if err := dev.receiveQueue.Close(); err == nil {
dev.receiveQueue = nil
} else {
errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("close receive queue: %w", err))
}
}
if dev.transmitQueue != nil {
if err := dev.transmitQueue.Close(); err == nil {
dev.transmitQueue = nil
} else {
errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("close transmit queue: %w", err))
}
}
if len(errs) == 0 {
// Everything was cleaned up. No need to run the finalizer anymore.
runtime.SetFinalizer(dev, nil)
}
return errors.Join(errs...)
}
// ensureInitialized is used as a guard to prevent methods to be called on an
// uninitialized instance.
func (dev *Device) ensureInitialized() {
if !dev.initialized {
panic("device is not initialized")
}
}
// createQueue creates a new virtqueue and registers it with the vhost device
// using the given index.
func createQueue(controlFD int, queueIndex int, queueSize int) (*virtqueue.SplitQueue, error) {
var (
queue *virtqueue.SplitQueue
err error
)
if queue, err = virtqueue.NewSplitQueue(queueSize); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("create virtqueue: %w", err)
}
if err = vhost.RegisterQueue(controlFD, uint32(queueIndex), queue); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("register virtqueue with index %d: %w", queueIndex, err)
}
return queue, nil
}
// truncateBuffers returns a new list of buffers whose combined length matches
// exactly the specified length. When the specified length exceeds the length of
// the buffers, this is an error. When it is smaller, the buffer list will be
// truncated accordingly.
func truncateBuffers(buffers [][]byte, length int) (out [][]byte) {
for _, buffer := range buffers {
if length < len(buffer) {
out = append(out, buffer[:length])
return
}
out = append(out, buffer)
length -= len(buffer)
}
if length > 0 {
panic("length exceeds the combined length of all buffers")
}
return
}