netdev - Re: [PATCH net] team: prevent ipv6 link local address on port devices

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Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2022 12:19:46 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, LiLiang <liali@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] team: prevent ipv6 link local address on port devices

Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 12:35:48AM CET, lucien.xin@...il.com wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 8:31 AM Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>>
>> Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 10:52:33PM CET, lucien.xin@...il.com wrote:
>> >On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 8:32 AM Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 3:05 AM Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 06:46:05PM CET, lucien.xin@...il.com wrote:
>> >> > >The similar fix from commit c2edacf80e15 ("bonding / ipv6: no addrconf
>> >> > >for slaves separately from master") is also needed in Team. Otherwise,
>> >> > >DAD and RS packets to be sent from the slaves in turn can confuse the
>> >> > >switches and cause them to incorrectly update their forwarding tables
>> >> > >as Liang noticed in the test with activebackup mode.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Note that the patch also sets IFF_MASTER flag for Team dev accordingly
>> >> > >while IFF_SLAVE flag is set for port devs. Although IFF_MASTER flag is
>> >> > >not really used in Team, it's good to show in 'ip link':
>> >> > >
>> >> > >  eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP>
>> >> > >  team0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP>
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Fixes: 3d249d4ca7d0 ("net: introduce ethernet teaming device")
>> >> > >Reported-by: LiLiang <liali@...hat.com>
>> >> > >Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
>> >> >
>> >> > Nack. Please don't do this. IFF_MASTER and IFF_SLAVE are historical
>> >> > flags used by bonding and eql. Should not be used for other devices.
>> >> I see. I was wondering why it was not used in Team at the beginning. :)
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > addrconf_addr_gen() should not check IFF_SLAVE. It should use:
>> >> > netif_is_lag_port() and netif_is_failover_slave() helpers.
>> >Hi Jiri,
>> >
>> >Sorry, it seems not to work with this.
>> >
>> >As addrconf_addr_gen() is also called in NETDEV_UP event where
>> >IFF_TEAM_PORT and IFF_BONDING haven't yet been set before
>> >dev_open() when adding the port.
>> >
>> >If we move IFF_TEAM_PORT setting ahead of dev_open(), it will revert
>> >the fix in:
>> >
>> >commit d7d3c05135f37d8fdf73f9966d27155cada36e56
>> >Author: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>> >Date:   Mon Aug 25 21:38:27 2014 +0200
>> >
>> >    team: set IFF_TEAM_PORT priv_flag after rx_handler is registered
>> >
>> >Can we keep IFF_SLAVE here only for no ipv6 addrconf?
>>
>> So, shouldn't it be rather a new flag specifically for this purpose?
>Maybe IFF_NO_ADDRCONF in dev->priv_flags?

Sounds fine to me.


>
>I will give it a try.
>
>Thanks.