Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] net: vlan: fix bridge binding behavior and add selftests

From: Sevinj Aghayeva
Date: Wed Aug 10 2022 - 11:00:46 EST


On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:50 AM Nikolay Aleksandrov
<razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 10/08/2022 17:42, Sevinj Aghayeva wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 4:54 AM Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/08/2022 06:11, Sevinj Aghayeva wrote:
> > > When bridge binding is enabled for a vlan interface, it is expected
> > > that the link state of the vlan interface will track the subset of the
> > > ports that are also members of the corresponding vlan, rather than
> > > that of all ports.
> > >
> > > Currently, this feature works as expected when a vlan interface is
> > > created with bridge binding enabled:
> > >
> > > ip link add link br name vlan10 type vlan id 10 protocol 802.1q \
> > > bridge_binding on
> > >
> > > However, the feature does not work when a vlan interface is created
> > > with bridge binding disabled, and then enabled later:
> > >
> > > ip link add link br name vlan10 type vlan id 10 protocol 802.1q \
> > > bridge_binding off
> > > ip link set vlan10 type vlan bridge_binding on
> > >
> > > After these two commands, the link state of the vlan interface
> > > continues to track that of all ports, which is inconsistent and
> > > confusing to users. This series fixes this bug and introduces two
> > > tests for the valid behavior.
> > >
> > > Sevinj Aghayeva (3):
> > > net: core: export call_netdevice_notifiers_info
> > > net: 8021q: fix bridge binding behavior for vlan interfaces
> > > selftests: net: tests for bridge binding behavior
> > >
> > > include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 +
> > > net/8021q/vlan.h | 2 +-
> > > net/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 25 ++-
> > > net/core/dev.c | 7 +-
> > > tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile | 1 +
> > > .../selftests/net/bridge_vlan_binding_test.sh | 143 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > 6 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/bridge_vlan_binding_test.sh
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> > NETDEV_CHANGE event is already propagated when the vlan changes flags,
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure if NETDEV_CHANGE is actually propagated when the vlan changes flags. The two functions in the bridge module that handle NETDEV_CHANGE are br_vlan_port_event and br_vlan_bridge_event. I've installed probes for both, and when I'm changing flags using "sudo ip link set vlan10 type vlan bridge_binding on", I don't see any of those functions getting called, although I do see vlan_dev_change_flags getting called. I think there may be a bug in core/dev.c:__dev_notify_flags.
>
> are both vlan and bridge interfaces up?
> what exactly are you probing for?


I first run the attached pre.sh script that sets up the environment
and creates a vlan interface with bridge binding off. I then start
recording with perf, and here's the list of probes:

$ sudo ./k/linux/tools/perf/perf probe -l
probe:br_vlan_bridge_event (on br_vlan_bridge_event in bridge with event dev)
probe:br_vlan_port_event (on br_vlan_port_event in bridge with event)
probe:br_vlan_set_vlan_dev_state (on br_vlan_set_vlan_dev_state in
bridge with br vlan_dev)
probe:register_vlan_dev (on register_vlan_dev in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_changelink (on vlan_changelink in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_dev_change_flags (on vlan_dev_change_flags in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_dev_fix_features (on vlan_dev_fix_features in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_dev_init (on vlan_dev_init in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_dev_ioctl (on vlan_dev_ioctl in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_dev_open (on vlan_dev_open in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_dev_stop (on vlan_dev_stop in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_dev_uninit (on vlan_dev_uninit in 8021q with dev)
probe:vlan_newlink (on vlan_newlink in 8021q with dev)

I then run the following command to turn the bridge binding flag on:

$ sudo ip link set vlan10 type vlan bridge_binding on

Then I stop the recording and print out the events, and I see this. I
don't see br_vlan_port_event or br_vlan_bridge_event getting called.

ip 5933 [003] 2204.722470:
probe:vlan_changelink: (ffffffffc1042b50) dev="vlan10"
ip 5933 [003] 2204.722476:
probe:vlan_dev_change_flags: (ffffffffc1042600) dev="vlan10"

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks



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> I can see the NETDEV_CHANGE event go through when changing the loose binding.
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Sevinj.Aghayeva

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