netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: allow interface to be set into VRF if VLAN interface in same VRF

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Message-ID: <b188e7cc-37db-00af-7dfe-4cd7f5008373@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:56:32 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Mike Manning <mmanning@...tta.mail-att.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        roopa <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: allow interface to be set into VRF if VLAN interface
 in same VRF

On 2/26/18 4:49 PM, Mike Manning wrote:
> Setting an interface into a VRF fails with 'RTNETLINK answers: File
> exists' if one of its VLAN interfaces is already in the same VRF.
> As the VRF is an upper device of the VLAN interface, it is also showing
> up as an upper device of the interface itself. The solution is to
> restrict this check to devices other than master. As only one master
> device can be linked to a device, the check in this case is that the
> upper device (VRF) being linked to is not the same as the master device
> instead of it not being any one of the upper devices.
> 
> The following example shows an interface ens12 (with a VLAN interface
> ens12.10) being set into VRF green, which behaves as expected:
> 
>   # ip link add link ens12 ens12.10 type vlan id 10
>   # ip link set dev ens12 master vrfgreen
>   # ip link show dev ens12
>     3: ens12: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel
>        master vrfgreen state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>        link/ether 52:54:00:4c:a0:45 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 
> But if the VLAN interface has previously been set into the same VRF,
> then setting the interface into the VRF fails:
> 
>   # ip link set dev ens12 nomaster
>   # ip link set dev ens12.10 master vrfgreen
>   # ip link show dev ens12.10
>     39: ens12.10@...12: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500
>     qdisc noqueue master vrfgreen state UP mode DEFAULT group default
>     qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:4c:a0:45 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>   # ip link set dev ens12 master vrfgreen
>     RTNETLINK answers: File exists
> 
> The workaround is to move the VLAN interface back into the default VRF
> beforehand, but it has to be shut first so as to avoid the risk of
> traffic leaking from the VRF. This fix avoids needing this workaround.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Manning <mmanning@....com>
> ---
>  net/core/dev.c | 14 +++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index d4362be..2cedf52 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -6396,6 +6396,7 @@ static int __netdev_upper_dev_link(struct net_device *dev,
>  		.linking = true,
>  		.upper_info = upper_info,
>  	};
> +	struct net_device *master_dev;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	ASSERT_RTNL();
> @@ -6407,11 +6408,14 @@ static int __netdev_upper_dev_link(struct net_device *dev,
>  	if (netdev_has_upper_dev(upper_dev, dev))
>  		return -EBUSY;
>  
> -	if (netdev_has_upper_dev(dev, upper_dev))
> -		return -EEXIST;
> -
> -	if (master && netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev))
> -		return -EBUSY;
> +	if (!master) {
> +		if (netdev_has_upper_dev(dev, upper_dev))
> +			return -EEXIST;
> +	} else {
> +		master_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev);
> +		if (master_dev)
> +			return master_dev == upper_dev ? -EEXIST : -EBUSY;
> +	}
>  
>  	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER,
>  					    &changeupper_info.info);
> 

This looks ok to me. Adding a few others to double check.