linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next ] Fix time-lag of IFF_RUNNING flag consistency between vlan and real devices

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Date:	Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:02:57 +0900
From:	Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@...achi.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	MichałMirosław 
	<mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>, Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com,
	Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@...achi.com>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"MichałMirosław" 
	<mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>, Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next ] Fix time-lag of IFF_RUNNING flag consistency
 between vlan and real devices

There is a time-lag of IFF_RUNNING flag consistency between vlan and real
devices when the real devices are in problem such as link or cable broken.
This leads to a degradation of Availability such as a delay of failover in
HA systems using vlan since the detection of the problem at real device is
delayed.

Why this happens:
Network devices' flags can be checked using ioctl with SIOCGIFFLAGS. When
vlan technique is used, it checks the flags of vlan device, not real
device.

Patch:
This patch adds vlan-device check into dev_get_flags(). So, it can check
flags of the real device even if the vlan is used.

Signed-off-by: Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@...achi.com>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: "Michał Mirosław" <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
---

 include/linux/if_vlan.h |    2 +-
 net/core/dev.c          |    7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/if_vlan.h b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
index 44da482..4df4e6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_vlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct vlan_group {
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 };
 
-static inline int is_vlan_dev(struct net_device *dev)
+static inline int is_vlan_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
         return dev->priv_flags & IFF_802_1Q_VLAN;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a4306f7..527e21b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4603,6 +4603,13 @@ unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *dev)
 		(dev->gflags & (IFF_PROMISC |
 				IFF_ALLMULTI));
 
+	/*
+	 * If we're trying to get flags on a vlan device
+	 * use the underlying physical device instead.
+	 */
+	if (is_vlan_dev(dev))
+		dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(dev);
+
 	if (netif_running(dev)) {
 		if (netif_oper_up(dev))
 			flags |= IFF_RUNNING;

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