linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/smc: add support for netdevice in containers.

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Message-ID: <20230926104831.GJ1642130@unreal>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:48:31 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Albert Huang <huangjie.albert@...edance.com>
Cc:     Karsten Graul <kgraul@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jan Karcher <jaka@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Tony Lu <tonylu@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/smc: add support for netdevice in
 containers.

On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 10:35:45AM +0800, Albert Huang wrote:
> If the netdevice is within a container and communicates externally
> through network technologies like VXLAN, we won't be able to find
> routing information in the init_net namespace. To address this issue,
> we need to add a struct net parameter to the smc_ib_find_route function.
> This allow us to locate the routing information within the corresponding
> net namespace, ensuring the correct completion of the SMC CLC interaction.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Albert Huang <huangjie.albert@...edance.com>
> ---
>  net/smc/af_smc.c | 3 ++-
>  net/smc/smc_ib.c | 7 ++++---
>  net/smc/smc_ib.h | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
> index bacdd971615e..7a874da90c7f 100644
> --- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
> +++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
> @@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ static int smc_connect_rdma_v2_prepare(struct smc_sock *smc,
>  		(struct smc_clc_msg_accept_confirm_v2 *)aclc;
>  	struct smc_clc_first_contact_ext *fce =
>  		smc_get_clc_first_contact_ext(clc_v2, false);
> +	struct net *net = sock_net(&smc->sk);
>  	int rc;
>  
>  	if (!ini->first_contact_peer || aclc->hdr.version == SMC_V1)
> @@ -1210,7 +1211,7 @@ static int smc_connect_rdma_v2_prepare(struct smc_sock *smc,
>  		memcpy(ini->smcrv2.nexthop_mac, &aclc->r0.lcl.mac, ETH_ALEN);
>  		ini->smcrv2.uses_gateway = false;
>  	} else {
> -		if (smc_ib_find_route(smc->clcsock->sk->sk_rcv_saddr,
> +		if (smc_ib_find_route(net, smc->clcsock->sk->sk_rcv_saddr,
>  				      smc_ib_gid_to_ipv4(aclc->r0.lcl.gid),
>  				      ini->smcrv2.nexthop_mac,
>  				      &ini->smcrv2.uses_gateway))
> diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ib.c b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
> index 9b66d6aeeb1a..89981dbe46c9 100644
> --- a/net/smc/smc_ib.c
> +++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ bool smc_ib_port_active(struct smc_ib_device *smcibdev, u8 ibport)
>  	return smcibdev->pattr[ibport - 1].state == IB_PORT_ACTIVE;
>  }
>  
> -int smc_ib_find_route(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
> +int smc_ib_find_route(struct net *net, __be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
>  		      u8 nexthop_mac[], u8 *uses_gateway)
>  {
>  	struct neighbour *neigh = NULL;
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int smc_ib_find_route(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
>  
>  	if (daddr == cpu_to_be32(INADDR_NONE))
>  		goto out;
> -	rt = ip_route_output_flow(&init_net, &fl4, NULL);
> +	rt = ip_route_output_flow(net, &fl4, NULL);

This patch made me wonder, why doesn't SMC use RDMA-CM like all other
in-kernel ULPs which work over RDMA?

Thanks