Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 01/14] net: bridge: mst: Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) mode

[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On 14/03/2022 11:52, Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> Allow the user to switch from the current per-VLAN STP mode to an MST
> mode.
> 
> Up to this point, per-VLAN STP states where always isolated from each
> other. This is in contrast to the MSTP standard (802.1Q-2018, Clause
> 13.5), where VLANs are grouped into MST instances (MSTIs), and the
> state is managed on a per-MSTI level, rather that at the per-VLAN
> level.
> 
> Perhaps due to the prevalence of the standard, many switching ASICs
> are built after the same model. Therefore, add a corresponding MST
> mode to the bridge, which we can later add offloading support for in a
> straight-forward way.
> 
> For now, all VLANs are fixed to MSTI 0, also called the Common
> Spanning Tree (CST). That is, all VLANs will follow the port-global
> state.
> 
> Upcoming changes will make this actually useful by allowing VLANs to
> be mapped to arbitrary MSTIs and allow individual MSTI states to be
> changed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
[snip]
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
> index 48bc61ebc211..35b47f6b449a 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
> @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ enum {
>   * @br_mcast_ctx: if MASTER flag set, this is the global vlan multicast context
>   * @port_mcast_ctx: if MASTER flag unset, this is the per-port/vlan multicast
>   *                  context
> + * @msti: if MASTER flag set, this holds the VLANs MST instance
>   * @vlist: sorted list of VLAN entries
>   * @rcu: used for entry destruction
>   *
> @@ -210,6 +211,8 @@ struct net_bridge_vlan {
>  		struct net_bridge_mcast_port	port_mcast_ctx;
>  	};
>  
> +	u16				msti;
> +
>  	struct list_head		vlist;
>  
>  	struct rcu_head			rcu;
> @@ -445,6 +448,7 @@ enum net_bridge_opts {
>  	BROPT_NO_LL_LEARN,
>  	BROPT_VLAN_BRIDGE_BINDING,
>  	BROPT_MCAST_VLAN_SNOOPING_ENABLED,
> +	BROPT_MST_ENABLED,
>  };
>  
>  struct net_bridge {
> @@ -1765,6 +1769,29 @@ static inline bool br_vlan_state_allowed(u8 state, bool learn_allow)
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> +/* br_mst.c */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING

There is already such ifdef, you can embed all MST code inside it.

> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(br_mst_used);
> +static inline bool br_mst_is_enabled(struct net_bridge *br)
> +{
> +	return static_branch_unlikely(&br_mst_used) &&
> +		br_opt_get(br, BROPT_MST_ENABLED);
> +}
> +
> +void br_mst_set_state(struct net_bridge_port *p, u16 msti, u8 state);
> +void br_mst_vlan_init_state(struct net_bridge_vlan *v);
> +int br_mst_set_enabled(struct net_bridge *br, bool on,
> +		       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
> +#else
> +static inline bool br_mst_is_enabled(struct net_bridge *br)
> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void br_mst_set_state(struct net_bridge_port *p,
> +				    u16 msti, u8 state) {}
> +#endif
> +
>  struct nf_br_ops {
>  	int (*br_dev_xmit_hook)(struct sk_buff *skb);
>  };
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp.c b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
> index 1d80f34a139c..82a97a021a57 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_stp.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ void br_set_state(struct net_bridge_port *p, unsigned int state)
>  		return;
>  
>  	p->state = state;
> +	if (br_opt_get(p->br, BROPT_MST_ENABLED))
> +		br_mst_set_state(p, 0, state);
> +
>  	err = switchdev_port_attr_set(p->dev, &attr, NULL);
>  	if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
>  		br_warn(p->br, "error setting offload STP state on port %u(%s)\n",
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
> index 7557e90b60e1..0f5e75ccac79 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
> @@ -226,6 +226,24 @@ static void nbp_vlan_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
>  	kfree(v);
>  }
>  
> +static void br_vlan_init_state(struct net_bridge_vlan *v)
> +{
> +	struct net_bridge *br;
> +
> +	if (br_vlan_is_master(v))
> +		br = v->br;
> +	else
> +		br = v->port->br;
> +
> +	if (br_opt_get(br, BROPT_MST_ENABLED)) {
> +		br_mst_vlan_init_state(v);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	v->state = BR_STATE_FORWARDING;
> +	v->msti = 0;
> +}
> +
>  /* This is the shared VLAN add function which works for both ports and bridge
>   * devices. There are four possible calls to this function in terms of the
>   * vlan entry type:
> @@ -322,7 +340,7 @@ static int __vlan_add(struct net_bridge_vlan *v, u16 flags,
>  	}
>  
>  	/* set the state before publishing */
> -	v->state = BR_STATE_FORWARDING;
> +	br_vlan_init_state(v);
>  
>  	err = rhashtable_lookup_insert_fast(&vg->vlan_hash, &v->vnode,
>  					    br_vlan_rht_params);
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
> index a6382973b3e7..09112b56e79c 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
> @@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ static int br_vlan_modify_state(struct net_bridge_vlan_group *vg,
>  		return -EBUSY;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (br_opt_get(br, BROPT_MST_ENABLED)) {
> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Can't modify vlan state directly when MST is enabled");
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (v->state == state)
>  		return 0;
>