netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bonding: use WARN_ON instead of BUG in alb_upper_dev

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Message-ID: <fbd774ed-12d2-2f47-129e-cd7b1947c65b@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:22:45 +0800
From: shaozhengchao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
To: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	<weiyongjun1@...wei.com>, <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bonding: use WARN_ON instead of BUG in
 alb_upper_dev_walk



On 2023/11/14 8:31, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com> wrote:
> 
>> If failed to allocate "tags" or could not find the final upper device from
>> start_dev's upper list in bond_verify_device_path(), only the loopback
>> detection of the current upper device should be affected, and the system is
>> no need to be panic.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 6 ++++--
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>> index dc2c7b979656..5519cc95b966 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>> @@ -984,8 +984,10 @@ static int alb_upper_dev_walk(struct net_device *upper,
>> 	 */
>> 	if (netif_is_macvlan(upper) && !strict_match) {
>> 		tags = bond_verify_device_path(bond->dev, upper, 0);
>> -		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tags))
>> -			BUG();
>> +		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tags)) {
>> +			WARN_ON(1);
>> +			return 0;
> 
> 	This seems reasonable enough, although I'd suggest the using
> WARN_ON_ONCE instead of WARN_ON.  Alternatively, this could stay as
> WARN_ON if the above also returns non-zero in order to terminate the
> netdev_walk_all_upper_dev_rcu walk.  The intent here is to avoid
> spamming the log if there's a lot of macvlans above the bond.  If the
> allocation in bond_verify_device_path failed, trying again immediately
> seems likely to fail as well.
Hi Jay:
	Thank you for your reply. I do agree with you. I will send v2.

Zhengchao Shao
> 
> 	We could also arrange for whatever called alb_upper_dev_walk to
> reschedule at a slightly later time, but I don't think that's worth the
> trouble.  The bond will by default resend learning packets once per
> second, so issues related to a lost learning packet should resolve
> relatively quickly.
> 
> 	-J
> 
>> +		}
>> 		alb_send_lp_vid(slave, upper->dev_addr,
>> 				tags[0].vlan_proto, tags[0].vlan_id);
>> 		kfree(tags);
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
> 
> ---
> 	-Jay Vosburgh, jay.vosburgh@...onical.com