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Message-ID: <20120411080239.GB8562@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:02:40 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Cc:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>, roprabhu@...co.com,
	stephen.hemminger@...tta.com, davem@...emloft.net, hadi@...erus.ca,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gregory.v.rose@...el.com,
	krkumar2@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v1 7/7] macvlan: add FDB bridge ops and new
 macvlan mode

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 06:42:47PM -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
> On 4/10/2012 5:46 PM, Sridhar Samudrala wrote:
> > On 4/10/2012 8:35 AM, John Fastabend wrote:
> >> On 4/10/2012 8:30 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 08:26:21AM -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
> >>>> On 4/10/2012 7:35 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 07:25:58AM -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hmm okay, but this would mean we should convert
> >>>>>>> MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC to something
> >>>>>>> that can combined with all modes. E.g.
> >>>>>>> MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE | MACVLAN_MODE_FLAG_XXXXX
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> and document that it does not promise to flood
> >>>>>>> multicast.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> How about changing MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC ->  MACVLAN_MODE_NOPORMISC
> >>>>>> for this patch. Then a follow on series can rework bridge
> >>>>>> and VEPA to use it as well.
> >>>>> Right. We probably need a better name if it's going to
> >>>>> affect other things besides promisc though.
> >>>>>
> >>>> how about MACVLAN_MODE_FDBFLAG?
> >>> The idea being that no one figures out what this means so
> >>> no one will make any wrong assumptions? ;)
> >>>
> >> Well its a flag to enable the FDB (forwarding database) ops
> >> and skip dev_set_promisc() on passthru mode. Any better ideas?
> >> Maybe MACVLAN_MODE_FDBENABLE or MACVLAN_MODE_MANAGE_FDB?
> > Do we need to introduce another mode? I think this patch is enabling passthru mode without the need
> > to put the underlying device in promiscuous mode. So basically we can consider this patch as
> > an optimization.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Sridhar
> > 
> 
> Sridhar, Michael,
> 
> After thinking about this a bit I would propose keeping this
> patch as is. Or if we prefer I can make this a flag but I don't
> think that helps much. passthru mode is the only macvlan mode
> that calls dev_set_promiscuity(). Either way I think this mode
> or flag should _only_ toggle the call to dev_set_promiscuity().
> 
> Setting multicast dev->flag IFF_ALLMULTI seems to be a completely
> separate optimization that we can work with a follow up patch.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks for the feedback,
> John

I agree it's a separate optimization. But if we let the
number of supported modes explode
(MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOPROMISC MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU_NOALLMULTI
....) supporting them all and combinations thereof might become a problem.

I'm looking for an interface solution that will limit this
overhead without breaking existing setups.


One idea was to have a flag that says basically "really obey device
configuration".  Yes if we do this we can then split the support to
multiple patches and consider each individual one a bugfix, though if we
put a known broken solution in 3.5 there's a danger that someone will
come to depend on the broken behaviour. Other ideas?


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