Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix randomly populated arp target array

[Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>]

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 02:46:46PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> In commit dc9c4d0fe023, the arp_target array moved from a static global
> to a local variable. By the nature of static globals, the array used to
> be initialized to all 0. At present, it's full of random data, which
> that gets interpreted as arp_target values, when none have actually been
> specified. Systems end up booting with spew along these lines:
> 
> [   32.161783] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): lacp0: link is not ready
> [   32.168475] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): lacp0: link is not ready
> [   32.175089] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lacp0
> [   32.193091] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): lacp0: link is not ready
> [   32.204892] lacp0: Setting MII monitoring interval to 100
> [   32.211071] lacp0: Removing ARP target 216.124.228.17
> [   32.216824] lacp0: Removing ARP target 218.160.255.255
> [   32.222646] lacp0: Removing ARP target 185.170.136.184
> [   32.228496] lacp0: invalid ARP target 255.255.255.255 specified for removal
> [   32.236294] lacp0: option arp_ip_target: invalid value (-255.255.255.255)
> [   32.243987] lacp0: Removing ARP target 56.125.228.17
> [   32.249625] lacp0: Removing ARP target 218.160.255.255
> [   32.255432] lacp0: Removing ARP target 15.157.233.184
> [   32.261165] lacp0: invalid ARP target 255.255.255.255 specified for removal
> [   32.268939] lacp0: option arp_ip_target: invalid value (-255.255.255.255)
> [   32.276632] lacp0: Removing ARP target 16.0.0.0
> [   32.281755] lacp0: Removing ARP target 218.160.255.255
> [   32.287567] lacp0: Removing ARP target 72.125.228.17
> [   32.293165] lacp0: Removing ARP target 218.160.255.255
> [   32.298970] lacp0: Removing ARP target 8.125.228.17
> [   32.304458] lacp0: Removing ARP target 218.160.255.255
> 
> None of these were actually specified as ARP targets, and the driver does
> seem to clean up the mess okay, but it's rather noisy and confusing, leaks
> values to userspace, and the 255.255.255.255 spew shows up even when debug
> prints are disabled.
> 
> The fix: just zero out arp_target at init time.
> 
> While we're in here, init arp_all_targets_value in the right place.
> 

Looks good.  Thanks, Jarod!

Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>

> Fixes: dc9c4d0fe023 ("bonding: reduce scope of some global variables")
> CC: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>
> CC: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@gmail.com>
> CC: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@gmail.com>
> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
> CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> index 2be78807fd6e..73313318399c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> @@ -4271,10 +4271,10 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
>  	int arp_validate_value, fail_over_mac_value, primary_reselect_value, i;
>  	struct bond_opt_value newval;
>  	const struct bond_opt_value *valptr;
> -	int arp_all_targets_value;
> +	int arp_all_targets_value = 0;
>  	u16 ad_actor_sys_prio = 0;
>  	u16 ad_user_port_key = 0;
> -	__be32 arp_target[BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS];
> +	__be32 arp_target[BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS] = { 0 };
>  	int arp_ip_count;
>  	int bond_mode	= BOND_MODE_ROUNDROBIN;
>  	int xmit_hashtype = BOND_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER2;
> @@ -4501,7 +4501,6 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
>  		arp_validate_value = 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	arp_all_targets_value = 0;
>  	if (arp_all_targets) {
>  		bond_opt_initstr(&newval, arp_all_targets);
>  		valptr = bond_opt_parse(bond_opt_get(BOND_OPT_ARP_ALL_TARGETS),
> -- 
> 2.12.1
>