netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] vxlan: do not destroy fdb if register

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Date:   Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:06:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ap420073@...il.com
Cc:     roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, petrm@...lanox.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] vxlan: do not destroy fdb if
 register_netdevice() is failed

From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:07:25 +0900

> __vxlan_dev_create() destroys FDB using specific pointer which indicates
> a fdb when error occurs.
> But that pointer should not be used when register_netdevice() fails because
> register_netdevice() internally destroys fdb when error occurs.
> 
> This patch makes vxlan_fdb_create() to do not link fdb entry to vxlan dev
> internally.
> Instead, a new function vxlan_fdb_insert() is added to link fdb to vxlan
> dev.
> 
> vxlan_fdb_insert() is called after calling register_netdevice().
> This routine can avoid situation that ->ndo_uninit() destroys fdb entry
> in error path of register_netdevice().
> Hence, error path of __vxlan_dev_create() routine can have an opportunity
> to destroy default fdb entry by hand.
> 
> Test command
>     ip link add bonding_masters type vxlan id 0 group 239.1.1.1 \
> 	    dev enp0s9 dstport 4789
> 
> Splat looks like:
 ...
> Fixes: 0241b836732f ("vxlan: fix default fdb entry netlink notify ordering during netdev create")
> Suggested-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.