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* [PATCH net-next 0/4] vxlan: fix default fdb entry user-space notify ordering/race
@ 2018-07-04 23:46 Roopa Prabhu
  2018-07-04 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next 1/4] rtnetlink: add rtnl_link_state check in rtnl_configure_link Roopa Prabhu
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  0 siblings, 5 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Roopa Prabhu @ 2018-07-04 23:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem; +Cc: netdev, jbenc, mike.rapoport, stephen

From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>

Problem:
In vxlan_newlink, a default fdb entry is added before register_netdev.
The default fdb creation function notifies user-space of the
fdb entry on the vxlan device which user-space does not know about yet.
(RTM_NEWNEIGH goes before RTM_NEWLINK for the same ifindex).

This series fixes the user-space netlink notification ordering issue
with the following changes:
- decouple fdb notify from fdb create.
- Move fdb notify after register_netdev.
- modify rtnl_configure_link to allow configuring a link early.
- Call rtnl_configure_link in vxlan newlink handler to notify
userspace about the newlink before fdb notify and
hence avoiding the user-space race.

Fixes: afbd8bae9c79 ("vxlan: add implicit fdb entry for default destination")
Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>

Roopa Prabhu (4):
  vxlan: add new fdb alloc and create helpers
  vxlan: make netlink notify in vxlan_fdb_destroy optional
  rtnetlink: add rtnl_link_state check in rtnl_configure_link
  vxlan: fix default fdb netlink notify ordering during netdev create

 drivers/net/vxlan.c  | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 net/core/rtnetlink.c |   9 ++--
 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

-- 
2.1.4

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2018-07-04 23:46 [PATCH net-next 0/4] vxlan: fix default fdb entry user-space notify ordering/race Roopa Prabhu
2018-07-04 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next 1/4] rtnetlink: add rtnl_link_state check in rtnl_configure_link Roopa Prabhu
2018-07-04 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next 2/4] vxlan: add new fdb alloc and create helpers Roopa Prabhu
2018-07-04 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next 3/4] vxlan: make netlink notify in vxlan_fdb_destroy optional Roopa Prabhu
2018-07-04 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next 4/4] vxlan: fix default fdb entry netlink notify ordering during netdev create Roopa Prabhu
2018-07-07 11:23 ` [PATCH net-next 0/4] vxlan: fix default fdb entry user-space notify ordering/race David Miller
2018-07-07 16:38   ` Roopa Prabhu

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