When requiring unique flags for CHILD_SAs, allow the configuration to
request different marks for each direction by using the %unique-dir keyword.
This is useful when different marks are desired for each direction but the
number of peers is not predefined.
An example use case is when implementing a site-to-site route-based VPN
without VTI devices.
A use of 0.0.0.0/0 - 0.0.0.0/0 traffic selectors with identical in/out marks
results in outbound traffic being wrongfully matched against the 'fwd'
policy - for which the underlay 'template' does not match - and dropped.
Using different marks for each direction avoids this issue as the 'fwd' policy
uses the 'in' mark will not match outbound traffic.
Closesstrongswan/strongswan#78.
memeq() is currently used to compare these but if there is padding that
is not initialized the same for two instances the comparison fails.
Using this function ensures the objects are compared correctly.
As we now use the same reqid for multiple CHILD_SAs with the same selectors,
having marks based on the reqid makes not that much sense anymore. Instead we
use unique marks that use a custom identifier. This identifier is reused during
rekeying, keeping the marks constant for any rule relying on it (for example
installed by updown).
This also simplifies handling of reqid allocation, as we do not have to query
the marks that is not yet assigned for an unknown reqid.
This will be useful if the kernel backend has to know how many policies
follow an SA install, for example if it must install all policies concurrently.
Eyal Birger