netdev - Re: [PATCH next v2] ipvlan: improvise dev

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:47:41 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mahesh@...dewar.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, maheshb@...gle.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        davem@...emloft.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next v2] ipvlan: improvise dev_id generation logic in
 IPvlan

From: Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>
Date: Mon,  9 Jan 2017 15:05:54 -0800

> From: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
> 
> The patch 009146d117b ("ipvlan: assign unique dev-id for each slave
> device.") used ida_simple_get() to generate dev_ids assigned to the
> slave devices. However (Eric has pointed out that) there is a shortcoming
> with that approach as it always uses the first available ID. This
> becomes a problem when a slave gets deleted and a new slave gets added.
> The ID gets reassigned causing the new slave to get the same link-local
> address. This side-effect is undesirable.
> 
> This patch adds a per-port variable that keeps track of the IDs
> assigned and used as the stat-base for the IDR api. This base will be
> wrapped around when it reaches the MAX (0xFFFE) value possibly on a
> busy system where slaves are added and deleted routinely.
> 
> Fixes: 009146d117b ("ipvlan: assign unique dev-id for each slave device.")
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> CC: David Miller <davem@...emloft.org>
> ---
> v1 -> v2
>   Implemented Dave's comments and reinstated IDR API.

Applied, thanks.