| Message ID | 1493218702-10906-1-git-send-email-dsa@cumulusnetworks.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
On Wed, 2017-04-26 at 07:58 -0700, David Ahern wrote: > Moving the loopback into a VRF breaks networking for the default VRF. > Since the VRF device is the loopback for VRF domains, there is no > reason to move the loopback. Given the repercussions, block attempts > to set lo into a VRF. > > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> > --- > drivers/net/vrf.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c > index aa5d30428bba..ceda5861da78 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c > +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c > @@ -877,6 +877,12 @@ static int do_vrf_add_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev) > { > int ret; > > + /* do not allow loopback device to be enslaved to a VRF. > + * The vrf device acts as the loopback for the vrf. > + */ > + if (port_dev == dev_net(dev)->loopback_dev) > + return -EOPNOTSUPP; > + > port_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE; > ret = netdev_master_upper_dev_link(port_dev, dev, NULL, NULL); > if (ret < 0) I think that's a great idea. Reviewed-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com>
From: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 07:58:22 -0700 > Moving the loopback into a VRF breaks networking for the default VRF. > Since the VRF device is the loopback for VRF domains, there is no > reason to move the loopback. Given the repercussions, block attempts > to set lo into a VRF. > > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> Applied, thanks David.
diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c index aa5d30428bba..ceda5861da78 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c @@ -877,6 +877,12 @@ static int do_vrf_add_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev) { int ret; + /* do not allow loopback device to be enslaved to a VRF. + * The vrf device acts as the loopback for the vrf. + */ + if (port_dev == dev_net(dev)->loopback_dev) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + port_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE; ret = netdev_master_upper_dev_link(port_dev, dev, NULL, NULL); if (ret < 0)
Moving the loopback into a VRF breaks networking for the default VRF. Since the VRF device is the loopback for VRF domains, there is no reason to move the loopback. Given the repercussions, block attempts to set lo into a VRF. Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> --- drivers/net/vrf.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)