Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 2 authors, 2022-08-22

Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] net: vlan: fix bridge binding behavior and add selftests

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Date: 2022-08-14 07:38:19
Also in: bridge, lkml

On 12/08/2022 18:30, Sevinj Aghayeva wrote:
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 4:54 AM Nikolay Aleksandrov [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On 10/08/2022 06:11, Sevinj Aghayeva wrote:
quoted
When bridge binding is enabled for a vlan interface, it is expected
that the link state of the vlan interface will track the subset of the
ports that are also members of the corresponding vlan, rather than
that of all ports.

Currently, this feature works as expected when a vlan interface is
created with bridge binding enabled:

  ip link add link br name vlan10 type vlan id 10 protocol 802.1q \
        bridge_binding on

However, the feature does not work when a vlan interface is created
with bridge binding disabled, and then enabled later:

  ip link add link br name vlan10 type vlan id 10 protocol 802.1q \
        bridge_binding off
  ip link set vlan10 type vlan bridge_binding on

After these two commands, the link state of the vlan interface
continues to track that of all ports, which is inconsistent and
confusing to users. This series fixes this bug and introduces two
tests for the valid behavior.

Sevinj Aghayeva (3):
  net: core: export call_netdevice_notifiers_info
  net: 8021q: fix bridge binding behavior for vlan interfaces
  selftests: net: tests for bridge binding behavior

 include/linux/netdevice.h                     |   2 +
 net/8021q/vlan.h                              |   2 +-
 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c                          |  25 ++-
 net/core/dev.c                                |   7 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile          |   1 +
 .../selftests/net/bridge_vlan_binding_test.sh | 143 ++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/bridge_vlan_binding_test.sh
Hi,
NETDEV_CHANGE event is already propagated when the vlan changes flags,
NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER is used when the devices' relationship changes not their flags.
The only problem you have to figure out is that the flag has changed. The fix itself
must be done within the bridge, not 8021q. You can figure it out based on current bridge
loose binding state and the vlan's changed state, again in the bridge's NETDEV_CHANGE
handler. Unfortunately the proper fix is much more involved and will need new
infra, you'll have to track the loose binding vlans in the bridge. To do that you should
add logic that reflects the current vlans' loose binding state *only* for vlans that also
exist in the bridge, the rest which are upper should be carrier off if they have the loose
binding flag set.

Alternatively you can add a new NETDEV_ notifier (using something similar to struct netdev_notifier_pre_changeaddr_info)
and add link type-specific space (e.g. union of link type-specific structs) in the struct which will contain
what changed for 8021q and will be properly interpreted by the bridge. The downside is that we'll generate
2 notifications when changing the loose binding flag, but on the bright side won't have to track anything
in the bridge, just handle the new notifier type. This might be the easiest path, the fix is still in
the bridge though, the 8021q module just needs to fill in the new struct and emit the notification on
any loose binding changes, the bridge must decide if it should process it (i.e. based on upper/lower
relationship). Such notifier can be also re-used by other link types to propagate link-type specific
changes.
Hi,
Hi Nik,

Can you please clarify the following?

1) should the new NETDEV_ notifier be about the vlan device and not
the bridge? That is, should I handle it in br_device_event?
Yes, it should be about the vlan device (i.e. the target device that changes its state).
2) is it still okay to export call_netdevice_notifiers_info or should
i write a new function for this?
If you need it, export it. But if you do it similar to netdev_notifier_pre_changeaddr_info
then you don't have to, more below.
The answers to the above wasn't clear to me, but I came up with the
following patch anyway, so perhaps you can also comment on it. I'm
pasting it inline; this is against 5.19.
A few comments inline below,
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Thanks!
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2563d30736e9..c63205eb1f72 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2762,6 +2762,7 @@ enum netdev_cmd {
  NETDEV_UNREGISTER,
  NETDEV_CHANGEMTU, /* notify after mtu change happened */
  NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, /* notify after the address change */
+ NETDEV_CHANGEUPPERFLAGS,
Please don't use CHANGEUPPER, that is about a device changing its
upper device. Also make it more generic, NETDEV_CHANGEFLAGS is too
specific. For example today we have NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA which TBH
sounds good, but is tied to bonding in a few places, e.g.:
        case NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA:
                rtnl_event_type = IFLA_EVENT_BONDING_OPTIONS;

which is very unfortunate. We really need a generic notifier that can pass
link-type specific information alongside the device. As I mentioned please
see how netdev_notifier_pre_changeaddr_info is handled, we need something
generic that extends netdev_notifier_info and the various link types can add
their own structures in a union which is to be interpreted based on the link
type. For example if the new notifier is called NETDEV_CHANGE_DETAILS then
in the bridge we'll check if the target device is a vlan and interpret the
structure's union as the vlan change information. It'd be nice to get more
feedback about this from others as well.

Also note that this notifier is for internal use for the time being so it's not necessary
to export these notifications to user-space yet.

I would've opted for extending NETDEV_CHANGE itself, but that would be quite the
adventure. :)
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
  NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, /* notify before the address change */
  NETDEV_GOING_DOWN,
  NETDEV_CHANGENAME,
@@ -2837,6 +2838,12 @@ struct netdev_notifier_changelowerstate_info {
  void *lower_state_info; /* is lower dev state */
 };

+struct netdev_notifier_changeupperflags_info {
+ struct netdev_notifier_info info; /* must be first */
+ struct net_device *upper_dev;
just dev, not upper
we should be able to use this construct for any link type and actually
we don't need the device here, we already have it in info.dev
+ bool vlan_bridge_binding;
add this into a vlan-specific structure that should be in a union here so
other link types can add their own later
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+};
+
 struct netdev_notifier_pre_changeaddr_info {
  struct netdev_notifier_info info; /* must be first */
  const unsigned char *dev_addr;
@@ -2898,6 +2905,8 @@ netdev_notifier_info_to_extack(const struct
netdev_notifier_info *info)
 }

 int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev);
+int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
+  struct netdev_notifier_info *info);
No need for this if you handle notifications similar to dev_pre_changeaddr_notify()
with netdev_notifier_pre_changeaddr_info
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk

 extern rwlock_t dev_base_lock; /* Device list lock */
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.h b/net/8021q/vlan.h
index 5eaf38875554..71947cdcfaaa 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.h
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void vlan_dev_set_ingress_priority(const struct
net_device *dev,
 int vlan_dev_set_egress_priority(const struct net_device *dev,
  u32 skb_prio, u16 vlan_prio);
 void vlan_dev_free_egress_priority(const struct net_device *dev);
-int vlan_dev_change_flags(const struct net_device *dev, u32 flag, u32 mask);
+int vlan_dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 flag, u32 mask);
 void vlan_dev_get_realdev_name(const struct net_device *dev, char *result,
        size_t size);
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
index 839f2020b015..68da3901dfb0 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
@@ -208,11 +208,18 @@ int vlan_dev_set_egress_priority(const struct
net_device *dev,
  return 0;
 }

+static inline bool netif_is_bridge(const struct net_device *dev)
no inline in .c files, let the compiler decide
+{
+ return dev->rtnl_link_ops &&
+    !strcmp(dev->rtnl_link_ops->kind, "bridge");
+}
+
there is already netif_is_bridge_master()
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 /* Flags are defined in the vlan_flags enum in
  * include/uapi/linux/if_vlan.h file.
  */
-int vlan_dev_change_flags(const struct net_device *dev, u32 flags, u32 mask)
+int vlan_dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 flags, u32 mask)
 {
+ struct netdev_notifier_changeupperflags_info info;
  struct vlan_dev_priv *vlan = vlan_dev_priv(dev);
  u32 old_flags = vlan->flags;
@@ -223,19 +230,33 @@ int vlan_dev_change_flags(const struct
net_device *dev, u32 flags, u32 mask)

  vlan->flags = (old_flags & ~mask) | (flags & mask);

- if (netif_running(dev) && (vlan->flags ^ old_flags) & VLAN_FLAG_GVRP) {
+ if (!netif_running(dev))
+ return 0;
+
+ if ((vlan->flags ^ old_flags) & VLAN_FLAG_GVRP) {
  if (vlan->flags & VLAN_FLAG_GVRP)
  vlan_gvrp_request_join(dev);
  else
  vlan_gvrp_request_leave(dev);
  }

- if (netif_running(dev) && (vlan->flags ^ old_flags) & VLAN_FLAG_MVRP) {
+ if ((vlan->flags ^ old_flags) & VLAN_FLAG_MVRP) {
  if (vlan->flags & VLAN_FLAG_MVRP)
  vlan_mvrp_request_join(dev);
  else
  vlan_mvrp_request_leave(dev);
  }
+
+ if ((vlan->flags ^ old_flags) & VLAN_FLAG_BRIDGE_BINDING &&
+    netif_is_bridge(vlan->real_dev)) {
+ info.info.dev = vlan->real_dev;
+ info.upper_dev = dev;
+ info.vlan_bridge_binding =
+    !!(vlan->flags & VLAN_FLAG_BRIDGE_BINDING);
+ call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_CHANGEUPPERFLAGS,
+    &info.info);
+ }
+
  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index 0f5e75ccac79..cbcb0877d4a4 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@ static void nbp_vlan_set_vlan_dev_state(struct
net_bridge_port *p, u16 vid)
 /* Must be protected by RTNL. */
 int br_vlan_bridge_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event,
void *ptr)
 {
+ struct netdev_notifier_changeupperflags_info *flags_info;
  struct netdev_notifier_changeupper_info *info;
  struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
  int vlcmd = 0, ret = 0;
@@ -1739,7 +1740,11 @@ int br_vlan_bridge_event(struct net_device
*dev, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
  info = ptr;
  br_vlan_upper_change(dev, info->upper_dev, info->linking);
  break;
-
+ case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPERFLAGS:
+ flags_info = ptr;
+ br_vlan_upper_change(dev, flags_info->upper_dev,
+    flags_info->vlan_bridge_binding);
+ break;
  case NETDEV_CHANGE:
  case NETDEV_UP:
  if (!br_opt_get(br, BROPT_VLAN_BRIDGE_BINDING))
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 30a1603a7225..bc8640d77d83 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ struct list_head ptype_base[PTYPE_HASH_SIZE] __read_mostly;
 struct list_head ptype_all __read_mostly; /* Taps */

 static int netif_rx_internal(struct sk_buff *skb);
-static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
- struct netdev_notifier_info *info);
 static int call_netdevice_notifiers_extack(unsigned long val,
    struct net_device *dev,
    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
@@ -1624,7 +1622,7 @@ const char *netdev_cmd_to_name(enum netdev_cmd cmd)
  N(POST_INIT) N(RELEASE) N(NOTIFY_PEERS) N(JOIN) N(CHANGEUPPER)
  N(RESEND_IGMP) N(PRECHANGEMTU) N(CHANGEINFODATA) N(BONDING_INFO)
  N(PRECHANGEUPPER) N(CHANGELOWERSTATE) N(UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO)
- N(UDP_TUNNEL_DROP_INFO) N(CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN)
+ N(UDP_TUNNEL_DROP_INFO) N(CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN) N(CHANGEUPPERFLAGS)
  N(CVLAN_FILTER_PUSH_INFO) N(CVLAN_FILTER_DROP_INFO)
  N(SVLAN_FILTER_PUSH_INFO) N(SVLAN_FILTER_DROP_INFO)
  N(PRE_CHANGEADDR) N(OFFLOAD_XSTATS_ENABLE) N(OFFLOAD_XSTATS_DISABLE)
@@ -1927,8 +1925,8 @@ static void
move_netdevice_notifiers_dev_net(struct net_device *dev,
  * are as for raw_notifier_call_chain().
  */

-static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
- struct netdev_notifier_info *info)
+int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
+  struct netdev_notifier_info *info)
 {
  struct net *net = dev_net(info->dev);
  int ret;
@@ -1944,6 +1942,7 @@ static int
call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
  return ret;
  return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, info);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_netdevice_notifiers_info);

 /**
  * call_netdevice_notifiers_info_robust - call per-netns notifier blocks

quoted
Both of these avoid any direct dependencies between the bridge and 8021q. Any other suggestions that
are simpler, avoid direct dependencies and solve the issue in a generic way would be appreciated.

Just be careful about introducing too much unnecessary processing because we
can have lots of vlan devices in a system.

Cheers,
 Nik
  
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