linux-kernel - Re: Linux, tcpdump and vlan

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Message-ID: <20070719160033.628f39e1@oldman.hamilton.local>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:00:33 +0100
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	andrei radulescu-banu <iubica2@...oo.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux, tcpdump and vlan

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:23:48 +0200
Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
> 
> > 1) non-accelerated device 
> >     * all frames show in promiscious mode
> >     * tag is part of the frame that shows up
> >        in tcpdump, and then gets stripped by the 8021q module.
> 
> Sure. It's IMHO good and working, modulo the tag being removed
> on the master device (optional cloning or something, IIRC).
> 
> > 2) rx tag stripping device
> >      * all frames show in promiscious mode
> >      * tag is in skb but NOT passed to tcpdump
> > 3) rx vlan acceleration
> >      * only frames that for vlan's that are registered show up
> >         in promisicous mode
> >      * tag is in skb but NOT passed to tcpdump
> 
> I wasn't aware of devices doing 3. Aren't we able to tell them
> to receive all packets anyway (even unknown VLANs#)?

See NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER (e1000, etc).

> > Unfortunately, the tag is lost as part of the VLAN acceleration process
> > so it is not a simple matter of changing code in AF_PACKET receive
> > to restore the tag.
> 
> I'm not sure if we really want it. If needed we can disable
> acceleration, can't we? While accelerated we can see the packets
> (without tags) on logical devices.

Not at runtime, acceleration is always on if you compile kernel with vlan
support.  That is a design mistake as far as I can tell.

> However seeing unknown tags on master device (with tcpdump etc)
> would certainly be useful.

Only in promiscuous mode. In some sense tag is part of the mac address.
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