netdev - [PATCH net v3] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode

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Message-Id: <1699481180-17511-1-git-send-email-longli@linuxonhyperv.com>
Date: Wed,  8 Nov 2023 14:06:20 -0800
From: longli@...uxonhyperv.com
To: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v3] hv_netvsc: Mark VF as slave before exposing it to user-mode

From: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>

When a VF is being exposed form the kernel, it should be marked as "slave"
before exposing to the user-mode. The VF is not usable without netvsc running
as master. The user-mode should never see a VF without the "slave" flag.

An example of a user-mode program depending on this flag is cloud-init
(https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/blob/19.3/cloudinit/net/__init__.py)
When scanning interfaces, it checks on if this interface has a master to
decide if it should be configured. There are other user-mode programs perform
similar checks.

This commit moves the code of setting the slave flag to the time before VF is
exposed to user-mode.

Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
---

Change since v1:
Use a new function to handle NETDEV_POST_INIT.

Change since v2:
Add "net" in subject. Add more details on the user-mode program behavior.

 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index ec77fb9dcf89..fdad58dcc6a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -2206,9 +2206,6 @@ static int netvsc_vf_join(struct net_device *vf_netdev,
 		goto upper_link_failed;
 	}
 
-	/* set slave flag before open to prevent IPv6 addrconf */
-	vf_netdev->flags |= IFF_SLAVE;
-
 	schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->vf_takeover, VF_TAKEOVER_INT);
 
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_JOIN, vf_netdev);
@@ -2320,11 +2317,9 @@ static struct net_device *get_netvsc_byslot(const struct net_device *vf_netdev)
 	 */
 	list_for_each_entry(ndev_ctx, &netvsc_dev_list, list) {
 		ndev = hv_get_drvdata(ndev_ctx->device_ctx);
-		if (ether_addr_equal(vf_netdev->perm_addr, ndev->perm_addr)) {
-			netdev_notice(vf_netdev,
-				      "falling back to mac addr based matching\n");
+		if (ether_addr_equal(vf_netdev->perm_addr, ndev->perm_addr) ||
+		    ether_addr_equal(vf_netdev->dev_addr, ndev->perm_addr))
 			return ndev;
-		}
 	}
 
 	netdev_notice(vf_netdev,
@@ -2332,6 +2327,19 @@ static struct net_device *get_netvsc_byslot(const struct net_device *vf_netdev)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int netvsc_prepare_slave(struct net_device *vf_netdev)
+{
+	struct net_device *ndev;
+
+	ndev = get_netvsc_byslot(vf_netdev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	/* set slave flag before open to prevent IPv6 addrconf */
+	vf_netdev->flags |= IFF_SLAVE;
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
 static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev)
 {
 	struct net_device_context *net_device_ctx;
@@ -2753,6 +2761,8 @@ static int netvsc_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	switch (event) {
+	case NETDEV_POST_INIT:
+		return netvsc_prepare_slave(event_dev);
 	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
 		return netvsc_register_vf(event_dev);
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-- 
2.34.1