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Message-ID: <4F733539.9040106@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:58:49 -0700
From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] macvlan: add FDB bridge ops
On 3/28/2012 8:52 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 08:43:56AM -0700, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
>> On 3/20/12 5:26 PM, "John Fastabend" <john.r.fastabend@...el.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Add support to add/del and dump the forwarding database
>>> for macvlan passthru mode. The macvlan driver acts like
>>> a Two Port Mac Relay (TPMR 802.1Q-2011) in the passthru
>>> case so adding forwarding rules is just adding the addr
>>> to the uc or mc lists.
>>>
>>> By default the passthru mode puts the lowerdev into a
>>> promiscuous mode to receive all packets. This behavior
>>> is not changed by this patch. This is a bit problematic
>>> and needs to be solved without IMHO breaking existing
>>> mechanics. Maybe on the first add_fdb we can decrement
>>> the promisc mode? That seems to work reasonable well and
>>> keep existing functionality in place... but requires
>>> an initial add to set things up which is a bit annoying
>>> so maybe a flag is better. I haven't thought too hard
>>> about it yet so any ideas welcome
>
>
> ...
>
>> Thanks John. Looks good.
>> I added a few things to your patch below. Yes, I think the promisc check is
>> required. Made an attempt to add a flag below (I did not get a chance to
>> think about other approaches there too). Briefly tested it with the br
>> command.
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>> index f975afd..9bc70ad 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
>> @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
>>
>> #define MACVLAN_HASH_SIZE (1 << BITS_PER_BYTE)
>>
>> +/* macvlan port flags */
>> +#define MACVLAN_FLAG_PROMISC 0x1
>> +
>> struct macvlan_port {
>> struct net_device *dev;
>> struct hlist_head vlan_hash[MACVLAN_HASH_SIZE];
>> @@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ struct macvlan_port {
>> struct rcu_head rcu;
>> bool passthru;
>> int count;
>> + unsigned int flags;
>> };
>>
>> static void macvlan_port_destroy(struct net_device *dev);
>> @@ -313,6 +317,7 @@ static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
>>
>> if (vlan->port->passthru) {
>> dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, 1);
>> + vlan->port->flags |= MACVLAN_FLAG_PROMISC;
>> goto hash_add;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -345,10 +350,14 @@ static int macvlan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
>> struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
>>
>> if (vlan->port->passthru) {
>> - dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, -1);
>> + if (vlan->port->flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_PROMISC) {
>> + dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, -1);
>> + vlan->port->flags &= ~MACVLAN_FLAG_PROMISC;
>> + }
>> goto hash_del;
>> }
>>
>> + dev_uc_unsync(lowerdev, dev);
>> dev_mc_unsync(lowerdev, dev);
>> if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
>> dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, -1);
>> @@ -403,6 +412,7 @@ static void macvlan_set_multicast_list(struct net_device
>> *dev)
>> {
>> struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
>>
>> + dev_uc_sync(vlan->lowerdev, dev);
>> dev_mc_sync(vlan->lowerdev, dev);
>> }
>>
>> @@ -542,6 +552,58 @@ static int macvlan_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device
>> *dev,
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> +static int macvlan_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm,
>> + struct net_device *dev,
>> + unsigned char *addr,
>> + u16 flags)
>> +{
>> + struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
>> + struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
>> + const struct net_device_ops *ops = lowerdev->netdev_ops;
>> + int err = -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + if (!vlan->port->passthru)
>> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +
>> + if (vlan->port->flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_PROMISC) {
>> + dev_set_promiscuity (lowerdev, -1);
>> + vlan->port->flags &= ~MACVLAN_FLAG_PROMISC;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (ops->ndo_fdb_add)
>> + return ops->ndo_fdb_add(ndm, lowerdev, addr, flags);
>> +
>> + if (is_unicast_ether_addr(addr))
>> + err = dev_uc_add_excl(lowerdev, addr);
>> + else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(addr))
>> + err = dev_mc_add(lowerdev, addr);
>> +
>> + return err;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int macvlan_fdb_del(struct ndmsg *ndm,
>> + struct net_device *dev,
>> + unsigned char *addr)
>> +{
>> + struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
>> + struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
>> + const struct net_device_ops *ops = lowerdev->netdev_ops;
>> + int err = -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + if (!vlan->port->passthru)
>> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +
>> + if (ops->ndo_fdb_del)
>> + return ops->ndo_fdb_del(ndm, lowerdev, addr);
>> +
>> + if (is_unicast_ether_addr(addr))
>> + err = dev_uc_del(lowerdev, addr);
>> + else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(addr))
>> + err = dev_mc_del(lowerdev, addr);
>> +
>> + return err;
>> +}
>> +
>> static void macvlan_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
>> struct ethtool_drvinfo *drvinfo)
>> {
>> @@ -577,6 +639,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops macvlan_netdev_ops =
>> {
>> .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
>> .ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid = macvlan_vlan_rx_add_vid,
>> .ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid = macvlan_vlan_rx_kill_vid,
>> + .ndo_fdb_add = macvlan_fdb_add,
>> + .ndo_fdb_del = macvlan_fdb_del,
>> + .ndo_fdb_dump = ndo_dflt_fdb_dump,
>> };
>>
>> void macvlan_common_setup(struct net_device *dev)
>>
>
>
> So this clears the promisc on the first add which
> is a bit annoying. How about a simple flag, set when
> we create the macvlan?
>
Agreed. This probably needs a new attrib maybe IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS unless
there already exists a per "kind" (rtnl_link_ops) flags field we can use.
I scanned the code briefly and didn't see any such thing so likely we need
the new attribute.
.John
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