netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] neigh: set nud_state to NUD_INCOMPLETE when probing router reachability

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Date:	Mon, 12 May 2014 23:25:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	hannes@...essinduktion.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jbenc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] neigh: set nud_state to NUD_INCOMPLETE when probing
 router reachability

From: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 09:07:12 +0800

> 于 2014年05月13日 02:37, David Miller 写道:
>> From: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
>> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 11:26:10 +0800
>> 
>>> 于 2014年05月12日 06:04, Hannes Frederic Sowa 写道:
>>>> On Thu, May 8, 2014, at 22:16, Duan Jiong wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Since commit 7e98056964("ipv6: router reachability probing"), a router falls
>>>>> into NUD_FAILED will be probed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now if function rt6_select() selects a router which neighbour state is NUD_FAILED,
>>>>> and at the same time function rt6_probe() changes the neighbour state to NUD_PROBE,
>>>>> then function dst_neigh_output() can directly send packets, but actually the
>>>>> neighbour still is unreachable. If we set nud_state to NUD_INCOMPLETE instead
>>>>> NUD_PROBE, packets will not be sent out until the neihbour is reachable.
>>>>>
>>>>> In addition, because the route should be probes with a single NS, so we must
>>>>> set neigh->probes to neigh_max_probes(), then the neigh timer timeout and function
>>>>> neigh_timer_handler() will not send other NS Messages.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Changes from v1:
>>>>> 	*modify changelog to explain in detail why use neigh_max_probes().
>>>>>
>>>>>  net/core/neighbour.c | 4 ++--
>>>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
>>>>> index 8f8a96e..32d872e 100644
>>>>> --- a/net/core/neighbour.c
>>>>> +++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
>>>>> @@ -1248,8 +1248,8 @@ void __neigh_set_probe_once(struct neighbour *neigh)
>>>>>  	neigh->updated = jiffies;
>>>>>  	if (!(neigh->nud_state & NUD_FAILED))
>>>>>  		return;
>>>>> -	neigh->nud_state = NUD_PROBE;
>>>>> -	atomic_set(&neigh->probes, NEIGH_VAR(neigh->parms, UCAST_PROBES));
>>>>> +	neigh->nud_state = NUD_INCOMPLETE;
>>>>> +	atomic_set(&neigh->probes, neigh_max_probes(neigh));
>>>>
>>>> Wouldn't it be better if we neigh_suspect the neighbour and leaving the state in NUD_PROBE? We call down to ->output in case neighbour is in NUD_PROBE state, so we must just disable connected 'fast-path'.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You can look into neigh_event_send() called in neigh_resolve_output(), and if neigh->nud_state
>>> still is NUD_PROBE, the neigh_event_send() will return 0, so the packet will still be sent out
>>> without probe.
>>>
>>> So, using neigh_suspect is not a good idea.
>> 
>> If you set it to NUD_INCOMPLETE however, neigh_event_send() is going to add the packet
>> to the neigh's ARP queue and return '1'.
>> 
>> Is that really what you want to happen in this case?
> 
> Yes, packets should not be sent out until the neihbour is reachable.

But shouldn't we be using the router in the list which did not enter
NUD_FAILED in this situation?
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