netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]

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Date:   Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:00:15 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
To:     Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
CC:     "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "johannes.berg@...el.com" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "m.chetan.kumar@...el.com" <m.chetan.kumar@...el.com>,
        Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] rtnetlink: add
 IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME



> From: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 9:16 PM
> 
> Hi Parav,
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 15:01, Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:15 PM
> > >
> > > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> > >
> > > In some cases, for example in the upcoming WWAN framework changes,
> > > there's no natural "parent netdev", so sometimes dummy netdevs are
> > > created or similar. IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME is a new attribute intended
> > > to contain a device (sysfs, struct device) name that can be used
> > > instead when creating a new netdev, if the rtnetlink family implements it.
> > >
> > > As suggested by Parav Pandit, we also introduce
> > > IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME attribute in order to uniquely identify a
> > > device on the system (with bus/name pair).
> 
> [...]
> 
> > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> > > b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h index
> > > a5a7f0e..4882e81 100644
> > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> > > @@ -341,6 +341,13 @@ enum {
> > >       IFLA_ALT_IFNAME, /* Alternative ifname */
> > >       IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS,
> > >       IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON,
> > > +
> > > +     /* device (sysfs) name as parent, used instead
> > > +      * of IFLA_LINK where there's no parent netdev
> > > +      */
> > > +     IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME,
> > > +     IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME,
> > > +
> > >       __IFLA_MAX
> > >  };
> > >
> > > diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index
> > > 92c3e43..32599f3
> > > 100644
> > > --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> > > +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> > > @@ -1821,6 +1821,16 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > >       if (rtnl_fill_prop_list(skb, dev))
> > >               goto nla_put_failure;
> > >
> > > +     if (dev->dev.parent &&
> > > +         nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME,
> > > +                        dev_name(dev->dev.parent)))
> > > +             goto nla_put_failure;
> > > +
> > > +     if (dev->dev.parent && dev->dev.parent->bus &&
> > > +         nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME,
> > > +                        dev->dev.parent->bus->name))
> > > +             goto nla_put_failure;
> > > +
> > >       nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
> > >       return 0;
> > >
> > > @@ -1880,6 +1890,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy
> > > ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
> > >       [IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS]     = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
> > >       [IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
> > >       [IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX]      = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_S32, 1),
> > > +     [IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME]  = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING },
> > > +     [IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING },
> > >  };
> > >
> > This hunk should go in the patch that enables users to use these fields to
> specify it for new link creation.
> 
> Don't get it, the previous changes I see in the tree change both if_link.h and
> rtnetlink.c for new atributes (e.g. f74877a5457d). Can you elaborate on what
> you expect here?
> 
Commit f74877a5457d did in same patch because one of the objective of commit f74877a5457d is to also block PERM_ADDR using policy NLA_REJECT.
This patch-2 is not enabling user to pass these params via new_link command.
It is done in a later patch. So ifla_policy doesn’t need to have these fields in this patch.