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ipv6: don't call addrconf_dst_alloc again when enable lo

Message ID 52C51C1E.9040603@huawei.com
State RFC, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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chenweilong Jan. 2, 2014, 7:58 a.m. UTC
On 2014/1/2 14:54, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 01:48:46PM +0800, chenweilong wrote:
>> On 2013/12/31 11:57, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:05:32PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>>>> From: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>>> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:14:30 +0800
>>>>
>>>>> If we disable all of the net interfaces, and enable
>>>>> un-lo interface before lo interface, we already allocated
>>>>> the addrconf dst in ipv6_add_addr. So we shouldn't allocate
>>>>> it again when we enable lo interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise the message below will be triggered.
>>>>> unregister_netdevice: waiting for sit1 to become free. Usage count = 1
>>>>>
>>>>> This problem is introduced by commit 25fb6ca4ed9cad72f14f61629b68dc03c0d9713f
>>>>> "net IPv6 : Fix broken IPv6 routing table after loopback down-up"
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>>>
>>>> This is the second such regression added by that commit :-/
>>>>
>>>> Applied and queue up for -stable, thanks.
>>>
>>> Hmm, and this change also has a regression and breaks the original fix. :/
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67951
>>>
>>> I tried to track it down but it seems pretty complicated. Maybe we have to
>>> special-case the take-down of the loopback device.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> When I did the tests,If 'ifconfig lo down',all IPv6 connection broken,
>> but IPv4 connection were still OK.
>>
>> Is it designed like that or a bug?
> 
> This seems to solve the loopback up/down problem, but there are still
> some issues with up/down of interfaces and routing table interactions.
> 
> We enable routes over interfaces when interface is actually down and
> kick manually specified on-link routes when we actually should try to
> keep them and just disable them.
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> index 6c16345..61d752a 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> @@ -2629,8 +2629,10 @@ static void init_loopback(struct net_device *dev)
>  			if (sp_ifa->flags & (IFA_F_DADFAILED | IFA_F_TENTATIVE))
>  				continue;
>  
> -			if (sp_ifa->rt)
> +			if (sp_ifa->rt) {
> +				ip6_ins_rt(sp_ifa->rt);
>  				continue;
> +			}
>  
>  			sp_rt = addrconf_dst_alloc(idev, &sp_ifa->addr, false);
>  
> 
> .
> 
I test the patch,it has the problem Gao feng reported.

How about this:

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Comments

Hannes Frederic Sowa Jan. 2, 2014, 8:23 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 03:58:22PM +0800, chenweilong wrote:
> On 2014/1/2 14:54, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 01:48:46PM +0800, chenweilong wrote:
> >> On 2013/12/31 11:57, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:05:32PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> >>>> From: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
> >>>> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:14:30 +0800
> >>>>
> >>>>> If we disable all of the net interfaces, and enable
> >>>>> un-lo interface before lo interface, we already allocated
> >>>>> the addrconf dst in ipv6_add_addr. So we shouldn't allocate
> >>>>> it again when we enable lo interface.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Otherwise the message below will be triggered.
> >>>>> unregister_netdevice: waiting for sit1 to become free. Usage count = 1
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This problem is introduced by commit 25fb6ca4ed9cad72f14f61629b68dc03c0d9713f
> >>>>> "net IPv6 : Fix broken IPv6 routing table after loopback down-up"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> This is the second such regression added by that commit :-/
> >>>>
> >>>> Applied and queue up for -stable, thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Hmm, and this change also has a regression and breaks the original fix. :/
> >>>
> >>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67951
> >>>
> >>> I tried to track it down but it seems pretty complicated. Maybe we have to
> >>> special-case the take-down of the loopback device.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> When I did the tests,If 'ifconfig lo down',all IPv6 connection broken,
> >> but IPv4 connection were still OK.
> >>
> >> Is it designed like that or a bug?
> > 
> > This seems to solve the loopback up/down problem, but there are still
> > some issues with up/down of interfaces and routing table interactions.
> > 
> > We enable routes over interfaces when interface is actually down and
> > kick manually specified on-link routes when we actually should try to
> > keep them and just disable them.
> > 
> > diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> > index 6c16345..61d752a 100644
> > --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> > +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> > @@ -2629,8 +2629,10 @@ static void init_loopback(struct net_device *dev)
> >  			if (sp_ifa->flags & (IFA_F_DADFAILED | IFA_F_TENTATIVE))
> >  				continue;
> >  
> > -			if (sp_ifa->rt)
> > +			if (sp_ifa->rt) {
> > +				ip6_ins_rt(sp_ifa->rt);
> >  				continue;
> > +			}
> >  
> >  			sp_rt = addrconf_dst_alloc(idev, &sp_ifa->addr, false);
> >  
> > 
> > .
> > 
> I test the patch,it has the problem Gao feng reported.

Thanks for testing. I wonder why.

> How about this:
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> index d5fa5b8..5e2db6e 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
> @@ -2609,10 +2609,13 @@ static void init_loopback(struct net_device *dev)
> 
>                         if (sp_ifa->flags & (IFA_F_DADFAILED | IFA_F_TENTATIVE))
>                                 continue;
> 
> -                       if (sp_ifa->rt)
> -                               continue;
> +                       if (sp_ifa->rt && sp_ifa->rt->dst.dev == dev){
> +                               ip6_del_rt(sp_ifa->rt);
> +                       }
> 

It could work, but it looks like a band-aid for another problem to me. I am
not sure if it is in init_loopback, yet.

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Patch

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d5fa5b8..5e2db6e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2609,10 +2609,13 @@  static void init_loopback(struct net_device *dev)

                        if (sp_ifa->flags & (IFA_F_DADFAILED | IFA_F_TENTATIVE))
                                continue;

-                       if (sp_ifa->rt)
-                               continue;
+                       if (sp_ifa->rt && sp_ifa->rt->dst.dev == dev){
+                               ip6_del_rt(sp_ifa->rt);
+                       }

                        sp_rt = addrconf_dst_alloc(idev, &sp_ifa->addr, false);

                        /* Failure cases are ignored */