çå: çå: çå: çå: [PATCH] set fake_rtable's dst to NULL to avoid kernel Oops.

[Peter Huang (Peng)]

Hi, Eric

Thanks very much for your reply.
I will refine this patch and send it out later.

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Peter Huang(peng)


> -----éäåä-----
> åää: Eric Dumazet [mailto:eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx]
> åéæé: 2012å3æ31æ 13:41
> æää: Peter Huang (Peng)
> æé: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; harry.majun@xxxxxxxxxx; zhoukang7@xxxxxxxxxx; 'netdev'
> äé: Re: çå: çå: çå: [PATCH] set fake_rtable's dst to NULL to avoid kernel Oops.
> 
> On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 09:26 +0800, Peter Huang (Peng) wrote:
> > > > >Check net/bridge/br_netfilter.c and commits e688a6048076 (net: introduce
> > > > >DST_NOPEER dst flag )  4adf0af6818f3ea5 (bridge: send correct MTU value
> > > > >in PMTU (revised))
> >
> > Hi, Eric
> >
> > I confirmed the patch contents again.
> > For our case, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING is involved, not NF_BR_LOCAL_IN.
> > It seems pre-routing is not included in the patch you mentioned.
> > BTW, our pkts are all ipv6 DHCP pkts(with MAC 33 33 00 01 00 02).
> >
> > We verified the patch bellow, and this works fine, no WARN_ON happened.
> 
> Hi Peter
> 
> I claim that your patch is not the good one and you need to refine it.
> 
> First, code is not needed if CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER is not set.
> 
> In fact, if CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER is not set, compilation will fail
> since fake_rtable doesnt exist in "struct net_bridge", so you fix a bug
> and introduce a new one.
> 
>   CC [M]  net/bridge/br_forward.o
> net/bridge/br_forward.c: In function â__br_forwardâ:
> net/bridge/br_forward.c:94: error: âstruct sk_buffâ has no member named â_skb_dstâ
> net/bridge/br_forward.c:94: error: âstruct net_bridgeâ has no member named âfake_rtableâ
> make[1]: *** [net/bridge/br_forward.o] Error 1
> make: *** [_module_net/bridge] Error 2
> 
> 
> Then, the test is using obsolete dst internals and cast that should not
> be in a C file. :
> 
> if (skb->_skb_dst == (unsigned long)&to->br->fake_rtable)
> 
> So I suggested you take a look at net/bridge/br_netfilter.c code to see
> how this can be done properly. Maybe you need to add a helper in an
> include file to make this proper.
> 
> I hope this is now clear to you, because your initial patch cannot be
> applied as is. If you want full credit for this work, you must go a step
> forward, or else another guy will finish the job.
> 
> Thanks


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