Hans Schultz
2022-Jun-02 10:17 UTC
[Bridge] [PATCH V3 net-next 1/4] net: bridge: add fdb flag to extent locked port feature
On tor, jun 02, 2022 at 12:33, Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor at blackwall.org> wrote:> On 02/06/2022 12:17, Hans Schultz wrote: >> On tis, maj 31, 2022 at 17:23, Ido Schimmel <idosch at nvidia.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 11:34:21AM +0200, Hans Schultz wrote:>> Another issue is that >> bridge fdb add MAC dev DEV master static >> seems to add the entry with the SELF flag set, which I don't think is >> what we would want it to do or? > > I don't see such thing (hacked iproute2 to print the flags before cmd): > $ bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vnet110 master static > flags 0x4 > > 0x4 = NTF_MASTER only >I also get 0x4 from iproute2, but I still get SELF entries when I look with: bridge fdb show dev DEV>> Also the replace command is not really supported properly as it is. I >> have made a fix for that which looks something like this: >> >> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c >> index 6cbb27e3b976..f43aa204f375 100644 >> --- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c >> +++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c >> @@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ static int fdb_add_entry(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *source, >> if (flags & NLM_F_EXCL) >> return -EEXIST; >> >> + if (flags & NLM_F_REPLACE) >> + modified = true; >> + >> if (READ_ONCE(fdb->dst) != source) { >> WRITE_ONCE(fdb->dst, source); >> modified = true; >> >> The argument for always sending notifications to the driver in the case >> of replace is that a replace command will refresh the entries timeout if >> the entry is the same. Any thoughts on this? > > I don't think so. It always updates its "used" timer, not its "updated" timer which is the one > for expire. A replace that doesn't actually change anything on the entry shouldn't generate > a notification.Okay, so then there is missing checks on flags as the issue arose from replacing locked entries with dynamic entries. I will do another fix based on flags as modified needs to be true for the driver to get notified.
Nikolay Aleksandrov
2022-Jun-02 10:30 UTC
[Bridge] [PATCH V3 net-next 1/4] net: bridge: add fdb flag to extent locked port feature
On 02/06/2022 13:17, Hans Schultz wrote:> On tor, jun 02, 2022 at 12:33, Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor at blackwall.org> wrote: >> On 02/06/2022 12:17, Hans Schultz wrote: >>> On tis, maj 31, 2022 at 17:23, Ido Schimmel <idosch at nvidia.com> wrote: >>>> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 11:34:21AM +0200, Hans Schultz wrote: > >>> Another issue is that >>> bridge fdb add MAC dev DEV master static >>> seems to add the entry with the SELF flag set, which I don't think is >>> what we would want it to do or? >> >> I don't see such thing (hacked iproute2 to print the flags before cmd): >> $ bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vnet110 master static >> flags 0x4 >> >> 0x4 = NTF_MASTER only >> > > I also get 0x4 from iproute2, but I still get SELF entries when I look > with: > bridge fdb show dev DEV >after the above add: $ bridge fdb show dev vnet110 | grep 00:11 00:11:22:33:44:55 master virbr0 static>>> Also the replace command is not really supported properly as it is. I >>> have made a fix for that which looks something like this: >>> >>> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c >>> index 6cbb27e3b976..f43aa204f375 100644 >>> --- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c >>> +++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c >>> @@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ static int fdb_add_entry(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *source, >>> if (flags & NLM_F_EXCL) >>> return -EEXIST; >>> >>> + if (flags & NLM_F_REPLACE) >>> + modified = true; >>> + >>> if (READ_ONCE(fdb->dst) != source) { >>> WRITE_ONCE(fdb->dst, source); >>> modified = true; >>> >>> The argument for always sending notifications to the driver in the case >>> of replace is that a replace command will refresh the entries timeout if >>> the entry is the same. Any thoughts on this? >> >> I don't think so. It always updates its "used" timer, not its "updated" timer which is the one >> for expire. A replace that doesn't actually change anything on the entry shouldn't generate >> a notification. > > Okay, so then there is missing checks on flags as the issue arose from > replacing locked entries with dynamic entries. I will do another fix > based on flags as modified needs to be true for the driver to get notified.