Re: [PATCH 3/5] tun: drop broken IFF_VNET_LE

From: Jason Wang
Date: Tue Dec 16 2014 - 22:16:06 EST




On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Use TUNSETVNETLE/TUNGETVNETLE instead.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index c052bd6b..e3e8a0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -109,9 +109,11 @@ do { \
* overload it to mean fasync when stored there.
*/
#define TUN_FASYNC IFF_ATTACH_QUEUE
+/* High bits in flags field are unused. */
+#define TUN_VNET_LE 0x80000000
#define TUN_FEATURES (IFF_NO_PI | IFF_ONE_QUEUE | IFF_VNET_HDR | \
- IFF_VNET_LE | IFF_MULTI_QUEUE)
+ IFF_MULTI_QUEUE)
#define GOODCOPY_LEN 128
#define FLT_EXACT_COUNT 8
@@ -207,12 +209,12 @@ struct tun_struct {
static inline u16 tun16_to_cpu(struct tun_struct *tun, __virtio16 val)
{
- return __virtio16_to_cpu(tun->flags & IFF_VNET_LE, val);
+ return __virtio16_to_cpu(tun->flags & TUN_VNET_LE, val);
}
static inline __virtio16 cpu_to_tun16(struct tun_struct *tun, u16 val)
{
- return __cpu_to_virtio16(tun->flags & IFF_VNET_LE, val);
+ return __cpu_to_virtio16(tun->flags & TUN_VNET_LE, val);
}
static inline u32 tun_hashfn(u32 rxhash)
@@ -1853,6 +1855,7 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
int sndbuf;
int vnet_hdr_sz;
unsigned int ifindex;
+ int le;
int ret;
if (cmd == TUNSETIFF || cmd == TUNSETQUEUE || _IOC_TYPE(cmd) == 0x89) {
@@ -2052,6 +2055,23 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
tun->vnet_hdr_sz = vnet_hdr_sz;
break;
+ case TUNGETVNETLE:
+ le = !!(tun->flags & TUN_VNET_LE);
+ if (put_user(le, (int __user *)argp))
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ break;
+
+ case TUNSETVNETLE:
+ if (get_user(le, (int __user *)argp)) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (le)
+ tun->flags |= TUN_VNET_LE;
+ else
+ tun->flags &= ~TUN_VNET_LE;
+ break;
+

A little bit different from persistent devices:

- TUNSETPERSIST check argp instead
- Userspace may check persist flags through TUNGETIFF

Probably this patch may needs more modifications on userspace.

case TUNATTACHFILTER:
/* Can be set only for TAPs */
ret = -EINVAL;
--
MST

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