Re: [PATCH] bonding: fix bridged bonds in 802.3ad mode

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:43:12 -0400
Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@polymtl.ca> wrote:

> On 21/04/11 03:08 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 20:47 +0200, Jiri Bohac wrote:
> >> 802.3ad bonding inside a bridge is broken again. Originally fixed by
> >> 43aa1920117801fe9ae3d1fad886b62511e09bee, the bug was re-introduced by
> >> 1e253c3b8a1aeed51eef6fc366812f219b97de65.
> >>
> >> LACP frames must not have their skb->dev changed by the bridging hook.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>
> >>
> >> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> >> @@ -1514,6 +1514,11 @@ static rx_handler_result_t bond_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
> >>  		memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, bond->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
> >>  	}
> >>  
> >> +	/* prevent bridging code from mangling and forwarding LACP frames */
> >> +	if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD &&
> >> +	    skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_SLOW))
> >> +		return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
> >> +
> >>  	return RX_HANDLER_ANOTHER;
> >>  }
> >>  
> > 
> > It seems to me that 1e253c3b8a1aeed51eef6fc366812f219b97de65 is bogus
> 
> You bet, it's rubbish ;)
> 
> Any thoughts on how we could support a transparent bridging
> configuration without repurposing br->stp_enabled or adding another
> option to bridge-utils?
> 
> btw, the particular scenario I was trying to address is a virtual
> machine bridged to an ethernet interface connected to a switch port with
> 802.1x enabled.
> 
> -Benjamin
> 
> > and should be reverted, rather than worked around by other drivers.  We
> > shouldn't enable non-conformant forwarding behaviour by default just
> > because some people find it useful.  The administrator should have to
> > explicitly enable it.
> > 
> > Ben.
> > 
> 


The IEEE standard says bridge's shouldn't forward link-local addresses.
The problem is that people expect it to.


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