On 12/07/2023 18:44, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> When we create an L2 loop on a bridge in netns, we will see packets storm
> even if STP is enabled.
>
> # unshare -n
> # ip link add br0 type bridge
> # ip link add veth0 type veth peer name veth1
> # ip link set veth0 master br0 up
> # ip link set veth1 master br0 up
> # ip link set br0 type bridge stp_state 1
> # ip link set br0 up
> # sleep 30
> # ip -s link show br0
> 2: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP
> mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
> link/ether b6:61:98:1c:1c:b5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> RX: bytes packets errors dropped missed mcast
> 956553768 12861249 0 0 0 12861249 <-. Keep
> TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns | increasing
> 1027834 11951 0 0 0 0 <-' rapidly
>
> This is because llc_rcv() drops all packets in non-root netns and BPDU
> is dropped.
>
> Let's add extack warning when enabling STP in netns.
>
> # unshare -n
> # ip link add br0 type bridge
> # ip link set br0 type bridge stp_state 1
> Warning: bridge: STP does not work in non-root netns.
>
> Note this commit will be reverted later when we namespacify the whole LLC
> infra.
>
> Fixes: e730c15519d0 ("[NET]: Make packet reception network namespace safe")
> Suggested-by: Harry Coin <[email protected]>
> Link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
> Suggested-by: Ido Schimmel <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
> ---
> v2:
> - Just add extack instead of returning error (Ido Schimmel)
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
> ---
> net/bridge/br_stp_if.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
> index 75204d36d7f9..b65962682771 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
> @@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ int br_stp_set_enabled(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned
> long val,
> {
> ASSERT_RTNL();
>
> + if (!net_eq(dev_net(br->dev), &init_net))
> + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "STP does not work in non-root
> netns");
> +
> if (br_mrp_enabled(br)) {
> NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
> "STP can't be enabled if MRP is already
> enabled");
Thanks,
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email protected]>
