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Subject: Re: [Bridge] [PATCH net-next 07/14] bridge: mcast: Add a flag for user installed source entries
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor () blackwall ! org>
Date: 2022-12-09 7:32:19
Message-ID: bc17a159-41d9-6627-080a-272464ee05fe () blackwall ! org
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On 08/12/2022 17:28, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> There are a few places where the bridge driver differentiates between
> (S, G) entries installed by the kernel (in response to Membership
> Reports) and those installed by user space. One of them is when deleting
> an (S, G) entry corresponding to a source entry that is being deleted.
>
> While user space cannot currently add a source entry to a (*, G), it can
> add an (S, G) entry that later corresponds to a source entry created by
> the reception of a Membership Report. If this source entry is later
> deleted because its source timer expired or because the (*, G) entry is
> being deleted, the bridge driver will not delete the corresponding (S,
> G) entry if it was added by user space as permanent.
>
> This is going to be a problem when the ability to install a (*, G) with
> a source list is exposed to user space. In this case, when user space
> installs the (*, G) as permanent, then all the (S, G) entries
> corresponding to its source list will also be installed as permanent.
> When user space deletes the (*, G), all the source entries will be
> deleted and the expectation is that the corresponding (S, G) entries
> will be deleted as well.
>
> Solve this by introducing a new source entry flag denoting that the
> entry was installed by user space. When the entry is deleted, delete the
> corresponding (S, G) entry even if it was installed by user space as
> permanent, as the flag tells us that it was installed in response to the
> source entry being created.
>
> The flag will be set in a subsequent patch where source entries are
> created in response to user requests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
> ---
> net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 3 ++-
> net/bridge/br_private.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
> index 8432b4ea7f28..48170bd3785e 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
> @@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ static void br_multicast_fwd_src_remove(struct net_bridge_group_src *src,
> continue;
>
> if (p->rt_protocol != RTPROT_KERNEL &&
> - (p->flags & MDB_PG_FLAGS_PERMANENT))
> + (p->flags & MDB_PG_FLAGS_PERMANENT) &&
> + !(src->flags & BR_SGRP_F_USER_ADDED))
> break;
>
> if (fastleave)
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
> index a3db99d79a3d..74f17b56c9eb 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
> @@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ struct net_bridge_fdb_flush_desc {
> #define BR_SGRP_F_DELETE BIT(0)
> #define BR_SGRP_F_SEND BIT(1)
> #define BR_SGRP_F_INSTALLED BIT(2)
> +#define BR_SGRP_F_USER_ADDED BIT(3)
>
> struct net_bridge_mcast_gc {
> struct hlist_node gc_node;
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
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