netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bonding: allow arp_ip_targets to be on a separate vlan from bond device

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:38:15 -0500
From:	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	fubar@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bonding: allow arp_ip_targets to be on a
	separate vlan from bond device

On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 06:13:15AM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Andy Gospodarek a écrit :
> > diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> > index 5d131c2..eeee269 100644
> > --- a/net/core/dev.c
> > +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> > @@ -2439,8 +2439,8 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  		skb->skb_iif = skb->dev->ifindex;
> >  
> >  	null_or_orig = NULL;
> > -	orig_dev = skb->dev;
> > -	if (orig_dev->master) {
> > +	orig_dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(skb->dev),skb->skb_iif);
> > +	if (orig_dev->master && !(skb->dev->priv_flags & IFF_802_1Q_VLAN)) {
> >  		if (skb_bond_should_drop(skb))
> >  			null_or_orig = orig_dev; /* deliver only exact match */
> >  		else
> 
> 
> Please dont add a __dev_get_by_index() call in netif_receive_skb()
> 
> First, this is not safe against writers.
> 
> Second its very expensive on some setups.
> 
> Eventually, you could do something like :
> 
> 
> Change prototypes of netif_receive_skb() to include the orig_dev in arguments.
> Change vlan code to call __netif_receive_skb(skb, orig_dev)
> instead of netif_received_skb(skb)
> 
> int __netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *orig_dev)
> {
> ...
> 	if (!skb->skb_iif) {
> 		skb->skb_iif = orig_dev->ifindex;
> 	} else {
> 		if (orig_dev->master &&  ...) 
> 	}
> 
> }
> 
> int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> 	return __netif_receive_skb(skb, skb->dev);
> }
> 

That is an interesting thought.  I'll investigate this as well.

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