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Message-ID: <20160617055331.GA24833@vergenet.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:53:34 +0900
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
To: pravin shelar <pshelar@....org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
ovs dev <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 2/5] openvswitch: set skb protocol and
mac_len when receiving on internal device
On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 03:45:27PM -0700, pravin shelar wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 03:01:47PM -0700, pravin shelar wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Simon Horman
> >> <simon.horman@...ronome.com> wrote:
> >> > * Set skb protocol based on contents of packet. I have observed this is
> >> > necessary to get actual protocol of a packet when it is injected into an
> >> > internal device e.g. by libnet in which case skb protocol will be set to
> >> > ETH_ALL.
> >> >
> >> > * Set the mac_len which has been observed to not be set up correctly when
> >> > an ARP packet is generated and sent via an openvswitch bridge.
> >> > My test case is a scenario where there are two open vswtich bridges.
> >> > One outputs to a tunnel port which egresses on the other.
> >> >
> >> > The motivation for this is that support for outputting to layer 3 (non-tap)
> >> > GRE tunnels as implemented by a subsequent patch depends on protocol and
> >> > mac_len being set correctly on receive.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >> > v10
> >> > * Set mac_len
> >> >
> >> > v9
> >> > * New patch
> >> > ---
> >> > net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c | 4 ++++
> >> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> >> > index 2ee48e447b72..f89b1efa88f1 100644
> >> > --- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> >> > +++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> >> > @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ static int internal_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
> >> > {
> >> > int len, err;
> >> >
> >> > + skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
> >> > + skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
> >> > + skb_reset_mac_len(skb);
> >> > +
> >> resetting mac-len breaks the assumption about mac_len for referencing
> >> MPLS header ref: skb_mpls_header().
> >
> > Thanks I had overlooked this. I think it is actually safe as
> > the mac_len is recalculated quite soon in key_extract() and IIRC
> > the most important thing is for mac_len to be 0 or non-zero
> > for the benefit of ovs_flow_key_extract(). None the less it does
> > seem untidy and moreover inconsistent with the handling in
> > netdev_port_receive() by a latter patch which does the following:
> >
> > eth_type = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
> > skb->mac_len = skb->data - skb_mac_header(skb);
> > __skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
> >
> > if (eth_type == htons(ETH_P_8021Q))
> > skb->mac_len += VLAN_HLEN;
> >
> > Perhaps that logic ought to be in a helper used by both internal_dev_xmit()
> > and netdev_port_receive(). Or somehow centralised in ovs_vport_receive().
>
> This does looks bit complex. Can we use other skb metadata like
> skb_mac_header_was_set()?
Yes, I think that can be made to work if skb->mac_header is unset
for l3 packets in netdev_port_receive(). The following is an incremental
patch on the entire series. Is this the kind of thing you had in mind?
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.c b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
index 86f2cfb19de3..42587d5bf894 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ int ovs_flow_key_extract(const struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info,
key->phy.skb_mark = skb->mark;
ovs_ct_fill_key(skb, key);
key->ovs_flow_hash = 0;
- key->phy.is_layer3 = skb->mac_len == 0;
+ key->phy.is_layer3 = skb_mac_header_was_set(skb) == 0;
key->recirc_id = 0;
err = key_extract(skb, key);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
index 484ba529c682..8973d4db509b 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static int internal_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, netdev);
skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
- skb_reset_mac_len(skb);
len = skb->len;
rcu_read_lock();
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
index 3df36df62ee9..4cf3f12ffc99 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
@@ -60,22 +60,9 @@ static void netdev_port_receive(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (vport->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
skb_postpush_rcsum(skb, skb->data, ETH_HLEN);
- } else if (vport->dev->type == ARPHRD_NONE) {
- if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_TEB)) {
- __be16 eth_type;
-
- if (unlikely(skb->len < ETH_HLEN))
- goto error;
-
- eth_type = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
- skb->mac_len = skb->data - skb_mac_header(skb);
- __skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
-
- if (eth_type == htons(ETH_P_8021Q))
- skb->mac_len += VLAN_HLEN;
- } else {
- skb->mac_len = 0;
- }
+ } else if (vport->dev->type == ARPHRD_NONE &&
+ skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_TEB)) {
+ skb->mac_header = (typeof(skb->mac_header))~0U;
}
ovs_vport_receive(vport, skb, skb_tunnel_info(skb));
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