netdev - Re: getneigh: add nondump to retrieve single entry

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Date:   Mon, 13 May 2019 16:01:04 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     mcmahon@...sta.com, davem@...emloft.net, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        christian@...uner.io, khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru,
        lzgrablic@...sta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mowat@...sta.com, dmia@...sta.com
Subject: Re: getneigh: add nondump to retrieve single entry

On 5/13/19 10:03 AM, mcmahon@...sta.com wrote:
> diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
> index 30f6fd8f68e0..981f1568710b 100644
> --- a/net/core/neighbour.c
> +++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
> +static int neigh_find_fill(struct neigh_table *tbl, const void *pkey,
> +                           struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
> +                           u32 seq)
> +{
> +	struct neighbour *neigh;
> +	int key_len = tbl->key_len;
> +	u32 hash_val;
> +	struct neigh_hash_table *nht;
> +	int err;

reverse xmas tree ordering

...

> +static int neigh_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
> +{
> +	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
> +	struct ndmsg *ndm;
> +	struct nlattr *dst_attr;
> +	struct neigh_table *tbl;
> +	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
> +
> +	ASSERT_RTNL();
> +	if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(*ndm))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	dst_attr = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(*ndm), NDA_DST);
> +	if (dst_attr == NULL)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	ndm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
> +	if (ndm->ndm_ifindex) {
> +		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ndm->ndm_ifindex);
> +		if (dev == NULL)
> +			return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +
> +	read_lock(&neigh_tbl_lock);

this patch is clearly for a MUCH older kernel than 5.2 (like 3.18
maybe?) as that lock no longer exists.

> +	for (tbl = neigh_tables; tbl; tbl = tbl->next) {
> +		struct sk_buff *nskb;
> +		int err;
> +
> +		if (tbl->family != ndm->ndm_family)
> +			continue;

Use neigh_find_table.

You need to update the patch to top of net-next tree and re-work the
locking. Run tests with RCU and lock debugging enabled to make sure you
have it right.