linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] veth: move loopback logic to common location

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Message-ID: <4B0E9FD0.4040107@trash.net>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:33:36 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Smith <lk-netdev@...netdev.nosense.org>,
	Gerhard Stenzel <gerhard.stenzel@...ibm.com>,
	Jens Osterkamp <jens@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@...ell.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] veth: move loopback logic to common location

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 November 2009, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>> I don't quite follow what you intend with dev_queue_xmit when the macvlan
>>> is in one namespace and the real physical device is in another.  Are
>>> you mentioning that the packet classifier runs in the namespace where
>>> the primary device lives with packets from a different namespace?
>> Exactly. And I think we should make sure that the namespace of
>> the macvlan device can't (deliberately or accidentally) cause
>> misclassification.
> 
> This is independent of my series and a preexisting problem, right?

Correct.

> Which fields do you think need to be reset to maintain namespace
> isolation for the outbound path in macvlan?

In addition to those already handled, I'd say

- priority: affects qdisc classification, may refer to classes of the
  old namespace
- ipvs_property: might cause packets to incorrectly skip netfilter hooks
- nf_trace: might trigger packet tracing
- nf_bridge: contains references to network devices in the old NS,
  also indicates packet was bridged
- iif: index is only valid in the originating namespace
- tc_index: classification result, should only be set in the namespace
  of the classifier
- tc_verd: RTTL etc. should begin at zero again
- probably secmark.

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