[ovs-dev] [PATCH v1] netdev-vport : Fix userspace tunnel ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX) info logs.

Aaron Conole aconole at redhat.com
Wed Oct 20 15:15:21 UTC 2021


Hi Lin,

lin huang <miterv at outlook.com> writes:

> From: linhuang <linhuang at ruijie.com.cn>
>
> Userspace tunnel doesn't have a valid device in the kernel. So
> get_ifindex() function (ioctl) always get error during
> adding a port, deleting a port or updating a port status.
>
> The info log is
> "2021-08-29T09:17:39.830Z|00059|netdev_linux|INFO|ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX)
> on vxlan_sys_4789 device failed: No such device"
>
> If there are a lot of userspace tunnel ports on a bridge, the
> iface_refresh_netdev_status() function will spend a lot of time.
>
> So ignore userspace tunnel port ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX) operation, just
> return ifindex=0.
>
> Signed-off-by: linhuang <linhuang at ruijie.com.cn>
> ---

Thanks for the patch - I think the commit says "return ifindex=0" but I
guess it should really say "return -ENODEV"?

Otherwise, it looks good to me.

>  lib/netdev-offload.c | 6 ++++--
>  lib/netdev-vport.c   | 3 ++-
>  vswitchd/bridge.c    | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload.c b/lib/netdev-offload.c
> index 8075cfbd8..00b7515cf 100644
> --- a/lib/netdev-offload.c
> +++ b/lib/netdev-offload.c
> @@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ netdev_ports_insert(struct netdev *netdev, const char *dpif_type,
>                      struct dpif_port *dpif_port)
>  {
>      struct port_to_netdev_data *data;
> -    int ifindex = netdev_get_ifindex(netdev);
> +    int ifindex;
> +
> +    netdev_set_dpif_type(netdev, dpif_type);
>  
>      ovs_rwlock_wrlock(&netdev_hmap_rwlock);
>      if (netdev_ports_lookup(dpif_port->port_no, dpif_type)) {
> @@ -589,6 +591,7 @@ netdev_ports_insert(struct netdev *netdev, const char *dpif_type,
>      data->netdev = netdev_ref(netdev);
>      dpif_port_clone(&data->dpif_port, dpif_port);
>  
> +    ifindex = netdev_get_ifindex(netdev);
>      if (ifindex >= 0) {
>          data->ifindex = ifindex;
>          hmap_insert(&ifindex_to_port, &data->ifindex_node, ifindex);
> @@ -596,7 +599,6 @@ netdev_ports_insert(struct netdev *netdev, const char *dpif_type,
>          data->ifindex = -1;
>      }
>  
> -    netdev_set_dpif_type(netdev, dpif_type);
>  
>      hmap_insert(&port_to_netdev, &data->portno_node,
>                  netdev_ports_hash(dpif_port->port_no, dpif_type));
> diff --git a/lib/netdev-vport.c b/lib/netdev-vport.c
> index 499c0291c..411ac343a 100644
> --- a/lib/netdev-vport.c
> +++ b/lib/netdev-vport.c
> @@ -1151,8 +1151,9 @@ netdev_vport_get_ifindex(const struct netdev *netdev_)
>  {
>      char buf[NETDEV_VPORT_NAME_BUFSIZE];
>      const char *name = netdev_vport_get_dpif_port(netdev_, buf, sizeof(buf));
> +    const char *type = netdev_get_dpif_type(netdev_);
>  
> -    return linux_get_ifindex(name);
> +    return (strcmp(type, "netdev")) ? linux_get_ifindex(name) : -ENODEV;
>  }
>  
>  #define NETDEV_VPORT_GET_IFINDEX netdev_vport_get_ifindex
> diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
> index c790a56ad..473d79acd 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
> +++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
> @@ -2052,6 +2052,8 @@ iface_do_create(const struct bridge *br,
>          goto error;
>      }
>  
> +    netdev_set_dpif_type(netdev, br->type);
> +
>      error = iface_set_netdev_config(iface_cfg, netdev, errp);
>      if (error) {
>          goto error;



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