Re: [PATCH] bonding: rlb mode of bond should not alter ARP originating via bridge

From: Jay Vosburgh
Date: Thu Nov 29 2012 - 13:28:21 EST


Zheng Li <zheng.x.li@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Do not modify or load balance ARP packets passing through balance-alb
>mode (wherein the ARP did not originate locally, and arrived via a bridge).
>
>Modifying pass-through ARP replies causes an incorrect MAC address
>to be placed into the ARP packet, rendering peers unable to communicate
>with the actual destination from which the ARP reply originated.
>
>Load balancing pass-through ARP requests causes an entry to be
>created for the peer in the rlb table, and bond_alb_monitor will
>occasionally issue ARP updates to all peers in the table instrucing them
>as to which MAC address they should communicate with; this occurs when
>some event sets rx_ntt. In the bridged case, however, the MAC address
>used for the update would be the MAC of the slave, not the actual source
>MAC of the originating destination. This would render peers unable to
>communicate with the destinations beyond the bridge.
>
>Signed-off-by: Zheng Li <zheng.x.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Andy Gospodarek <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@xxxxxxxxxx>

>---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 6 ++++++
> drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>index e15cc11..6fecb52 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>@@ -694,6 +694,12 @@ static struct slave *rlb_arp_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond)
> struct arp_pkt *arp = arp_pkt(skb);
> struct slave *tx_slave = NULL;
>
>+ /* Don't modify or load balance ARPs that do not originate locally
>+ * (e.g.,arrive via a bridge).
>+ */
>+ if (!bond_slave_has_mac(bond, arp->mac_src))
>+ return NULL;
>+
> if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REPLY)) {
> /* the arp must be sent on the selected
> * rx channel
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
>index f8af2fc..6dded56 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
>@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #include <linux/in6.h>
> #include <linux/netpoll.h>
> #include <linux/inetdevice.h>
>+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
> #include "bond_3ad.h"
> #include "bond_alb.h"
>
>@@ -450,6 +451,18 @@ static inline void bond_destroy_proc_dir(struct bond_net *bn)
> }
> #endif
>
>+static inline struct slave *bond_slave_has_mac(struct bonding *bond,
>+ const u8 *mac)
>+{
>+ int i = 0;
>+ struct slave *tmp;
>+
>+ bond_for_each_slave(bond, tmp, i)
>+ if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(mac, tmp->dev->dev_addr))
>+ return tmp;
>+
>+ return NULL;
>+}
>
> /* exported from bond_main.c */
> extern int bond_net_id;
>--
>1.7.6.5
>

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