From: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 2/2] netlink: specs: add ovs datapath and vport set operations
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:34:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261025103409.3519874-3-houminxi@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261025103409.3519874-1-houminxi@gmail.com>
Both families register a SET command that the spec never described, so
a YNL client could not modify an existing datapath or vport. The kernel
handlers take CAP_NET_ADMIN through GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM.
In the kernel, the datapath SET command changes the user features, the
masks cache size and the per-cpu upcall pids. The vport SET command
changes the upcall pid. The kernel rejects an ifindex before it looks
at the type or the options, rejects a type change, and rejects options.
Signed-off-by: Minxi Hou <houminxi@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_datapath.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_vport.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_datapath.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_datapath.yaml
index f7b3671991e6..83f6b060ed75 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_datapath.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_datapath.yaml
@@ -138,21 +138,42 @@ operations:
doc: Create new OVS data path
value: 1
attribute-set: datapath
+ flags: [uns-admin-perm]
do:
request:
attributes:
- name
- upcall-pid
- user-features
+ - masks-cache-size
+ - per-cpu-pids
+ - ifindex
-
name: del
doc: Delete existing OVS data path
value: 2
attribute-set: datapath
+ flags: [uns-admin-perm]
do:
request:
attributes:
- name
+ -
+ name: set
+ doc: |
+ Modify an existing OVS data path. The kernel treats a missing
+ user-features attribute as zero and clears the previously set
+ features.
+ value: 4
+ attribute-set: datapath
+ flags: [uns-admin-perm]
+ do:
+ request:
+ attributes:
+ - name
+ - user-features
+ - masks-cache-size
+ - per-cpu-pids
mcast-groups:
list:
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_vport.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_vport.yaml
index fa975f8821b6..189cb5b99aee 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_vport.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_vport.yaml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ operations:
name: new
doc: Create a new OVS vport
attribute-set: vport
+ flags: [uns-admin-perm]
do:
request:
attributes:
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ operations:
name: del
doc: Delete existing OVS vport from a data path
attribute-set: vport
+ flags: [uns-admin-perm]
do:
request:
attributes:
@@ -165,6 +167,25 @@ operations:
- netnsid
- upcall-stats
dump: *vport-get-op
+ -
+ name: set
+ doc: |
+ Modify an existing OVS vport. The kernel rejects an ifindex with
+ -EOPNOTSUPP, before it looks at the type or the options. It rejects
+ options with -EOPNOTSUPP, and rejects a type that differs from the
+ vport's type with -EINVAL.
+ value: 4
+ attribute-set: vport
+ flags: [uns-admin-perm]
+ do:
+ request:
+ attributes:
+ - name
+ - type
+ - options
+ - upcall-pid
+ - port-no
+ - ifindex
mcast-groups:
list:
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-25 10:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-25 10:34 [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] netlink: specs: fill in the missing ovs operations Minxi Hou
2026-10-25 10:34 ` [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] netlink: specs: add ovs_flow del and set operations Minxi Hou
2026-10-25 10:34 ` Minxi Hou [this message]
2026-10-27 0:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 0/2] netlink: specs: fill in the missing ovs operations Jakub Kicinski
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