[Carry 362] support detach-netns

.github/workflows/main.yaml

@@ -48,12 +48,20 @@ jobs:
       run: |
           docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
           rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-net.sh slirp4netns 1500 --slirp4netns-sandbox=auto --slirp4netns-seccomp=auto
+    - name: "Benchmark: Network (MTU=1500, network driver=slirp4netns with sandbox and seccomp) with detach-netns"
+      run: |
+          docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
+          rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-net.sh slirp4netns 1500 --slirp4netns-sandbox=auto --slirp4netns-seccomp=auto --detach-netns
 # NOTE: MTU greater than 16424 is known not to work for VPNKit.
 # Also, MTU greather than 4K might not be effective for VPNKit: https://twitter.com/mugofsoup/status/1017665057738641408
     - name: "Benchmark: Network (MTU=1500, network driver=vpnkit)"
       run: |
           docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
           rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-net.sh vpnkit 1500
+    - name: "Benchmark: Network (MTU=1500, network driver=vpnkit) with detach-netns"
+      run: |
+          docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
+          rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-net.sh vpnkit 1500 --detach-netns
     - name: "Benchmark: Network (MTU=1500, network driver=lxc-user-nic)"
       run: |
           docker run --rm --privileged \
@@ -84,15 +92,35 @@ jobs:
       run: |
           docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
           rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port.sh slirp4netns
+    - name: "Benchmark: TCP Ports (port driver=slirp4netns) with detach-netns"
+      run: |
+          docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
+          rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port.sh slirp4netns --detach-netns
     - name: "Benchmark: TCP Ports (port driver=builtin)"
       run: |
           docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
           rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port.sh builtin
+    - name: "Benchmark: TCP Ports (port driver=builtin) with detach-netns"
+      run: |
+          docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
+          rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port.sh builtin --detach-netns
 # ===== Benchmark: UDP Ports =====
+    - name: "Benchmark: UDP Ports (port driver=slirp4netns)"
+      run: |
+          docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
+          rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port-udp.sh slirp4netns
+    - name: "Benchmark: UDP Ports (port driver=slirp4netns) with detach-netns"
+      run: |
+          docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
+          rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port-udp.sh slirp4netns --detach-netns
     - name: "Benchmark: UDP Ports (port driver=builtin)"
       run: |
           docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
           rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port-udp.sh builtin
+    - name: "Benchmark: UDP Ports (port driver=builtin) with detach-netns"
+      run: |
+          docker run --rm --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --security-opt apparmor=unconfined --device /dev/net/tun \
+          rootlesskit:test-integration ./benchmark-iperf3-port-udp.sh builtin --detach-netns
   test-integration-docker:
     name: "Integration test (Docker)"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

README.md

@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ The following files will be created in the state directory, which can be specifi
 * `lock`: lock file
 * `child_pid`: decimal PID text that can be used for `nsenter(1)`.
 * `api.sock`: REST API socket. See [`./docs/api.md`](./docs/api.md) and [`./docs/port.md`](./docs/port.md).
+* `netns`: Detached NetNS. Created only with `--detach-netns`. Valid only in the child mount namespace.
 
 If `--state-dir` is not specified, RootlessKit creates a temporary state directory on `/tmp` and removes it on exit.
 

cmd/rootlesskit/main.go

@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ See https://rootlesscontaine.rs/getting-started/common/ .
 			Name:  "ipcns",
 			Usage: "create an IPC namespace",
 		}, CategoryProcess),
+		Categorize(&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "detach-netns",
+			Usage: "detach network namespaces ",
+		}, CategoryNetwork),
 		Categorize(&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "propagation",
 			Usage: "mount propagation [rprivate, rslave]",
@@ -280,6 +284,7 @@ func createParentOpt(clicontext *cli.Context, pipeFDEnvKey, stateDirEnvKey, pare
 		CreateCgroupNS:   clicontext.Bool("cgroupns"),
 		CreateUTSNS:      clicontext.Bool("utsns"),
 		CreateIPCNS:      clicontext.Bool("ipcns"),
+		DetachNetNS:      clicontext.Bool("detach-netns"),
 		ParentEUIDEnvKey: parentEUIDEnvKey,
 		ParentEGIDEnvKey: parentEGIDEnvKey,
 		Propagation:      clicontext.String("propagation"),
@@ -375,15 +380,21 @@ func createParentOpt(clicontext *cli.Context, pipeFDEnvKey, stateDirEnvKey, pare
 		enableSandbox := false
 		switch s := clicontext.String("slirp4netns-sandbox"); s {
 		case "auto":
-			// this might not work when /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to a file outside /etc or /run
+			// Sandbox might not work when /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to a file outside /etc or /run
 			// https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns/issues/116
-			enableSandbox = features.SupportsEnableSandbox
+
+			// Sandbox is known to be incompatible with detach-netns
+			// https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns/issues/317
+			enableSandbox = features.SupportsEnableSandbox && !opt.DetachNetNS
 		case "true":
 			enableSandbox = true
 			if !features.SupportsEnableSandbox {
 				// NOTREACHED
 				return opt, errors.New("unsupported slirp4netns version: lacks SupportsEnableSandbox")
 			}
+			if opt.DetachNetNS {
+				return opt, errors.New("--slirp4netns-sandbox conflicts with --detach-netns (https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns/issues/317)")
+			}
 		case "false", "": // default
 			// NOP
 		default:
@@ -492,11 +503,13 @@ func (w *logrusDebugWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 
 func createChildOpt(clicontext *cli.Context, pipeFDEnvKey, stateDirEnvKey string, targetCmd []string) (child.Opt, error) {
 	pidns := clicontext.Bool("pidns")
+	detachNetNS := clicontext.Bool("detach-netns")
 	opt := child.Opt{
 		PipeFDEnvKey:    pipeFDEnvKey,
 		StateDirEnvKey:  stateDirEnvKey,
 		TargetCmd:       targetCmd,
 		MountProcfs:     pidns,
+		DetachNetNS:     detachNetNS,
 		Propagation:     clicontext.String("propagation"),
 		EvacuateCgroup2: clicontext.String("evacuate-cgroup2") != "",
 	}

docs/internal.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Common:
 - `lock`
 - `child_pid`
 - `api.sock`
+- `netns` (detached netns)
 
 Network driver `slirp4netns`:
 - `.s4nn.sock`

docs/network.md

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ Cons:
 * Less secure
 * Needs `/etc/lxc/lxc-usernet` configuration
 * No support for IPv6.
+* No support for `--detach-netns`
 
 To use `lxc-user-nic`, you need to install `liblxc-common` package:
 ```console
@@ -176,3 +177,9 @@ Currently, the MAC address is always set to a random address.
 
 The `--ipv6` flag (since v0.14.0, EXPERIMENTAL) enables IPv6 routing for slirp4netns network driver.
 This flag is unrelated to port forwarding.
+
+## Detaching network namespace
+The `--detach-netns` flag (since v2.0.0) detaches network namespaces into `$ROOTLESSKIT_STATE_DIR/netns`
+and executes the child command in the host's network namespace.
+
+The child command can enter `$ROOTLESSKIT_STATE_DIR/netns` by itself to create nested network namespaces.

go.mod

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/rootless-containers/rootlesskit
 go 1.19
 
 require (
+	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.3.0
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0

go.sum

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.2 h1:wtRGZVv7olUHMOqouPpn3cXJWpJgM6+EUl31EQbXALQ=
+github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.3.0 h1:QVNXMT6XloyMUoO2wUOqWTC1hWFV62Q6mVDp5H1HnjM=
+github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Pc2wcedTQQCVuROOOaLBPPxrEXqqXBFt3cZ+/yVg6l0=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 h1:p1EgwI/C7NhT0JmVkwCD2ZBK8j4aeHQX2pMHHBfMQ6w=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 h1:g01GSCwiDw2xSZfjJ2/T9M+S6pFdcNtFYsp+Y43HYDQ=
+github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEevZMzYi5KSi8KkcZtzBcTgAUUtapy0OI=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1 h1:+gYjHKf32LDeiEEFhQaotPbLuUXjY5ZqxKgXy7n59aw=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1/go.mod h1:F1TvTiK9OcQqauNUHlbJvyl9Qa1QvF/gOUDKA14jxHU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230323073829-e72429f035bd h1:r8yyd+DJDmsUhGrRBxH5Pj7KeFK5l+Y3FsgT8keqKtk=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
@@ -21,6 +27,8 @@ github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.6.2 h1:BzJjoreD5BMFNmD9Rus6gdd1pLuecOFPt8wC+Vyg
 github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.6.2/go.mod h1:IJb6JQeOklcdMU9F5xQ8ZALD+CUr5VlGpwtX+VE0rpI=
 github.com/moby/vpnkit v0.5.0 h1:VcDpS9y+PmT9itf+mH5Qdh9GME7ungLMt9yjf9o4REY=
 github.com/moby/vpnkit v0.5.0/go.mod h1:KyjUrL9cb6ZSNNAUwZfqRjhwwgJ3BJN+kXh0t43WTUQ=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.2 h1:BA2GMJOtfGAfagzYtrAlufIP0lq6QERkFmHLMLPwFSU=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.6 h1:ENqfyGeS5AX/rlXDd/ETokDz93u0YufY1Pgxuy/PvWE=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.14/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.17 h1:kV4Ip+/hUBC+8T6+2EgburRtkE9ef4nbY3f4dFhGjMc=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.17/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
@@ -64,9 +72,11 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 h1:KS/R3tvhPqvJvwcKfnBHJwwthS11LRhmM5D59eEXa0s=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 h1:2sjJmO8cDvYveuX97RDLsxlyUxLl+GHoLxBiRdHllBE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xkSsbof2nBLbhDlRMhhhyNLN/zl3eTqcnHD5viDpcZ0=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 h1:W4OVu8VVOaIO0yzWMNdepAulS7YfoS3Zabrm8DOXXU4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
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hack/benchmark-iperf3-net.sh

@@ -2,26 +2,38 @@
 source $(realpath $(dirname $0))/common.inc.sh
 function benchmark::iperf3::slirp4netns() {
 	INFO "[benchmark:iperf3] slirp4netns ($@)"
+	statedir=$(mktemp -d)
+	if echo "$@" | grep -q -- --detach-netns; then
+		IPERF3C="nsenter -n${statedir}/netns $IPERF3C"
+	fi
 	set -x
-	$ROOTLESSKIT --net=slirp4netns $@ -- $IPERF3C 10.0.2.2
+	$ROOTLESSKIT --state-dir=$statedir --net=slirp4netns $@ -- $IPERF3C 10.0.2.2
 	set +x
 }
 
 function benchmark::iperf3::vpnkit() {
 	INFO "[benchmark:iperf3] vpnkit ($@)"
+	statedir=$(mktemp -d)
+	if echo "$@" | grep -q -- --detach-netns; then
+		IPERF3C="nsenter -n${statedir}/netns $IPERF3C"
+	fi
 	set -x
-	$ROOTLESSKIT --net=vpnkit $@ -- $IPERF3C 192.168.65.2
+	$ROOTLESSKIT --state-dir=$statedir --net=vpnkit $@ -- $IPERF3C 192.168.65.2
 	set +x
 }
 
 function benchmark::iperf3::lxc-user-nic() {
 	INFO "[benchmark:iperf3] lxc-user-nic ($@)"
+	statedir=$(mktemp -d)
+	if echo "$@" | grep -q -- --detach-netns; then
+		IPERF3C="nsenter -n${statedir}/netns $IPERF3C"
+	fi
 	dev=lxcbr0
 	set -x
 	# ignore "lxc-net is already running" error
 	sudo /usr/lib/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu/lxc/lxc-net start || true
 	ip=$(ip -4 -o addr show $dev | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d "/" -f 1)
-	$ROOTLESSKIT --net=lxc-user-nic $@ -- $IPERF3C $ip
+	$ROOTLESSKIT --state-dir=$statedir --net=lxc-user-nic $@ -- $IPERF3C $ip
 	set +x
 }
 

hack/benchmark-iperf3-port-udp.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ source $(realpath $(dirname $0))/common.inc.sh
 function benchmark::iperf3::port::udp() {
 	statedir=$(mktemp -d)
 	INFO "[benchmark:iperf3::port::udp] $@"
-	$ROOTLESSKIT --state-dir=$statedir $@ iperf3 -s >/dev/null &
+	IPERF3="iperf3"
+	if echo "$@" | grep -q -- --detach-netns; then
+		IPERF3="nsenter -n${statedir}/netns $IPERF3"
+	fi
+	$ROOTLESSKIT --state-dir=$statedir $@ $IPERF3 -s >/dev/null &
 	rkpid=$!
 	# wait for socket to be available
 	sleep 3

hack/benchmark-iperf3-port.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ source $(realpath $(dirname $0))/common.inc.sh
 function benchmark::iperf3::port() {
 	statedir=$(mktemp -d)
 	INFO "[benchmark:iperf3::port] $@"
-	$ROOTLESSKIT --state-dir=$statedir $@ iperf3 -s >/dev/null &
+	IPERF3="iperf3"
+	if echo "$@" | grep -q -- --detach-netns; then
+		IPERF3="nsenter -n${statedir}/netns $IPERF3"
+	fi
+	$ROOTLESSKIT --state-dir=$statedir $@ $IPERF3 -s >/dev/null &
 	rkpid=$!
 	# wait for socket to be available
 	sleep 3