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Date:   Sun, 28 Aug 2022 13:24:22 +0200
From:   netdev@...io-technology.com
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Cc:     Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>,
        Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
        DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Yuwei Wang <wangyuweihx@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 1/6] net: bridge: add locked entry fdb flag to
 extend locked port feature

On 2022-08-27 15:17, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 02:30:25PM +0300, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
>> On 26/08/2022 14:45, Hans Schultz wrote:
>> Please add the blackhole flag in a separate patch.
> 
> +1
> 
> [...]
> 
>> > @@ -185,6 +196,9 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
>> >  		if (test_bit(BR_FDB_LOCAL, &dst->flags))
>> >  			return br_pass_frame_up(skb);
>> >
>> > +		if (test_bit(BR_FDB_BLACKHOLE, &dst->flags))
>> > +			goto drop;
>> > +
>> Not happy about adding a new test in arguably the most used fast-path, 
>> but I don't see
>> a better way to do blackhole right now. Could you please make it an 
>> unlikely() ?
>> 
>> I guess the blackhole flag will be allowed for user-space to set at 
>> some point, why
>> not do it from the start?
>> 
>> Actually adding a BR_FDB_LOCAL and BR_FDB_BLACKHOLE would be a 
>> conflict above -
>> the packet will be received. So you should move the blackhole check 
>> above the
>> BR_FDB_LOCAL one if user-space is allowed to set it to any entry.
> 
> Agree about unlikely() and making it writeable from user space from the
> start. This flag is different from the "locked" flag that should only 
> be
> ever set by the kernel.
> 
> Regarding BR_FDB_LOCAL, I think BR_FDB_BLACKHOLE should only be allowed
> with BR_FDB_LOCAL as these entries are similar in the following ways:
> 
> 1. It doesn't make sense to associate a blackhole entry with a specific
> port. The packet will never be forwarded to this port, but dropped by
> the bridge. This means user space will add them on the bridge itself:
> 
> # bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev br0 self local blackhole
> 
> 2. If you agree that these entries should not be associated with a
> specific port, then it also does not make sense to subject them to
> ageing and roaming, just like existing local/permanent entries.
> 
> The above allows us to push the new check under the BR_FDB_LOCAL check:
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> index 68b3e850bcb9..4357445529a5 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> @@ -182,8 +182,11 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net,
> struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
>         if (dst) {
>                 unsigned long now = jiffies;
> 
> -               if (test_bit(BR_FDB_LOCAL, &dst->flags))
> +               if (test_bit(BR_FDB_LOCAL, &dst->flags)) {
> +                       if (unlikely(test_bit(BR_FDB_BLACKHOLE, 
> &dst->flags)))
> +                               goto drop;
>                         return br_pass_frame_up(skb);
> +               }
> 
>                 if (now != dst->used)
>                         dst->used = now;

It shall be so as suggested. :-)

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