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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:14:18 +0300
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Cc: roprabhu@...co.com, stephen.hemminger@...tta.com,
davem@...emloft.net, hadi@...erus.ca, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
gregory.v.rose@...el.com, krkumar2@...ibm.com, sri@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v1 7/7] macvlan: add FDB bridge ops and new
macvlan mode
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:09:16AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 03:00:54PM -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
> > This adds a new macvlan mode MACVLAN_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC
> > this mode acts the same as the original passthru mode _except_
> > it does not set promiscuous mode on the lowerdev. Because the
> > lowerdev is not put in promiscuous mode any unicast or multicast
> > addresses the device should receive must be explicitely added
> > with the FDB bridge ops. In many use cases the management stack
> > will know the mac addresses needed (maybe negotiated via EVB/VDP)
> > or may require only receiving known "good" mac addresses. This
> > mode with the FDB ops supports this usage model.
>
>
> Looks good to me. Some questions below:
>
> > This patch is a result of Roopa Prabhu's work. Follow up
> > patches are needed for VEPA and VEB macvlan modes.
>
> And bridge too?
>
> Also, my understanding is that other modes won't need a flag
> like this since they don't put the device in promisc mode initially,
> so no assumptions are broken if we require all addresses
> to be declared, right?
>
> A final question: I think we'll later add a macvlan mode
> that does not flood all multicasts. This would change behaviour
> in an incompatible way so we'll probably need yet another
> flag. Would it make sense to combine this functionality
> with nopromisc so we have less modes to support?
One other question I forgot:
> > CC: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>
> > CC: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> > ---
> >
> > drivers/net/macvlan.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > include/linux/if_link.h | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> > index b17fc90..9892d8d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> > @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static rx_handler_result_t macvlan_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
> > MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE |
> > MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA |
> > MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU|
> > + MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC |
> > MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE);
> > else if (src->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA)
> > /* flood to everyone except source */
> > @@ -312,7 +313,8 @@ static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
> > int err;
> >
> > if (vlan->port->passthru) {
> > - dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, 1);
> > + if (vlan->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU)
> > + dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, 1);
> > goto hash_add;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -344,12 +346,15 @@ static int macvlan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
> > struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
> > struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
> >
> > + dev_uc_unsync(lowerdev, dev);
> > + dev_mc_unsync(lowerdev, dev);
> > +
> > if (vlan->port->passthru) {
> > - dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, -1);
> > + if (vlan->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU)
> > + dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, 1);
> > goto hash_del;
> > }
> >
> > - dev_mc_unsync(lowerdev, dev);
> > if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
> > dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, -1);
> >
> > @@ -399,10 +404,11 @@ static void macvlan_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int change)
> > dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ? 1 : -1);
In the new mode, do we want to have promisc on lowerdev follow whatever
is set on the macvlan, like we do for allmulti?
I'm not sure at this point - what do others think?
> > }
> >
> > -static void macvlan_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
> > +static void macvlan_set_mac_lists(struct net_device *dev)
> > {
> > struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
> >
> > + dev_uc_sync(vlan->lowerdev, dev);
> > dev_mc_sync(vlan->lowerdev, dev);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -542,6 +548,43 @@ static int macvlan_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *dev,
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +static int macvlan_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm,
> > + struct net_device *dev,
> > + unsigned char *addr,
> > + u16 flags)
> > +{
> > + struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
> > + int err = -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + if (!vlan->port->passthru)
> > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +
> > + if (is_unicast_ether_addr(addr))
> > + err = dev_uc_add_excl(dev, addr);
> > + else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(addr))
> > + err = dev_mc_add_excl(dev, addr);
> > +
> > + return err;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int macvlan_fdb_del(struct ndmsg *ndm,
> > + struct net_device *dev,
> > + unsigned char *addr)
> > +{
> > + struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
> > + int err = -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + if (!vlan->port->passthru)
> > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +
> > + if (is_unicast_ether_addr(addr))
> > + err = dev_uc_del(dev, addr);
> > + else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(addr))
> > + err = dev_mc_del(dev, addr);
> > +
> > + return err;
> > +}
> > +
> > static void macvlan_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
> > struct ethtool_drvinfo *drvinfo)
> > {
> > @@ -572,11 +615,14 @@ static const struct net_device_ops macvlan_netdev_ops = {
> > .ndo_change_mtu = macvlan_change_mtu,
> > .ndo_change_rx_flags = macvlan_change_rx_flags,
> > .ndo_set_mac_address = macvlan_set_mac_address,
> > - .ndo_set_rx_mode = macvlan_set_multicast_list,
> > + .ndo_set_rx_mode = macvlan_set_mac_lists,
> > .ndo_get_stats64 = macvlan_dev_get_stats64,
> > .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
> > .ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid = macvlan_vlan_rx_add_vid,
> > .ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid = macvlan_vlan_rx_kill_vid,
> > + .ndo_fdb_add = macvlan_fdb_add,
> > + .ndo_fdb_del = macvlan_fdb_del,
> > + .ndo_fdb_dump = ndo_dflt_fdb_dump,
> > };
> >
> > void macvlan_common_setup(struct net_device *dev)
> > @@ -648,6 +694,7 @@ static int macvlan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
> > case MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA:
> > case MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE:
> > case MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU:
> > + case MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC:
> > break;
> > default:
> > return -EINVAL;
> > @@ -711,7 +758,8 @@ int macvlan_common_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
> > if (data && data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE])
> > vlan->mode = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE]);
> >
> > - if (vlan->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU) {
> > + if ((vlan->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU) ||
> > + (vlan->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC)) {
> > if (port->count)
> > return -EINVAL;
> > port->passthru = true;
> > diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
> > index 2f4fa93..db67b9d 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/if_link.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
> > @@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ enum macvlan_mode {
> > MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA = 2, /* talk to other ports through ext bridge */
> > MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE = 4, /* talk to bridge ports directly */
> > MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU = 8,/* take over the underlying device */
> > + MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC = 16, /* passthru without promisc */
> > };
> >
> > /* SR-IOV virtual function management section */
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