Re: VLAN filtering/VLAN aware bridge problems

[Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>]

On 11/12/2013 04:31 PM, Stefan Priebe wrote:
> sorry for the very late response.
>
> Am 10.09.2013 16:11, schrieb Vlad Yasevich:
>> On 08/30/2013 11:01 AM, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG wrote:
>>> Yes
>>>
>>
>> Can you apply this patch and see if this fixes your problem.
>>      http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/273841/
>>
>> In my attempts to reproduce your problem I didn't configuring filtering
>> on the upper bridge, but that is what could have been causing
>> your problem.  I'll attempt it and let you know.
>
> Even with the complete patchset which was merged upstream it doesn't
> work ;-(
>
> What's wrong there and / or how can i debug?

Can you provide the filtering settings for both bridges you use?

Thanks
-vlad

>
> Stefan
>
>> -vlad
>>
>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>> This mail was sent with my iPhone.
>>>
>>> Am 30.08.2013 um 16:13 schrieb Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>:
>>>
>>>> On 08/30/2013 03:24 AM, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG wrote:
>>>>> Am 29.08.2013 22:45, schrieb Vlad Yasevich:
>>>>>> On 08/29/2013 08:50 AM, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The packets never reach the TAP device.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is an output of ip a l (vlan 3021):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you provide output of brctl show?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure:
>>>>> # brctl show
>>>>> bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
>>>>> vmbr0           8000.00259084dea8       no              bond0
>>>>>                                                          tap320i0
>>>>> vmbr1           8000.00259084deaa       no              bond1
>>>>> vmbr1v3021              8000.00259084deaa       no
>>>>> tap320i1
>>>>>                                                          vmbr1.3021
>>>>
>>>> so let me see if I can understand this configuration.
>>>>
>>>>           vmbr1v3021 (bridge)
>>>>            /          \
>>>>        tap320i1       vmbr1.3021 (vlan)
>>>>                           \
>>>>                           vmbr1 (bridge)
>>>>                              \
>>>>                             bond1
>>>>                                \
>>>>                              eth X
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is that right? Is this the setup that has the problem you are
>>>> describing?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -vlad
>>>>
>>>>>> On the off chance that you are actually trying to configure vlan
>>>>>> filtering, can you give this patch a try (net-2.6 tree):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Author: Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@lab.ntt.co.jp>
>>>>>> Date:   Tue Aug 20 17:10:18 2013 +0900
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      bridge: Use the correct bit length for bitmap functions in the
>>>>>> VLAN
>>>>>> code
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think it made it to stable yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> I addd that patch and now the vlan stuff works at least on the host
>>>>> node. But my tap devices still don't work.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried to attach the tap device on top of a vlan attached to
>>>>> bond1
>>>>> but then gvrp does not work anymore. The kernel announces gvrp once
>>>>> and
>>>>> then does not answer the query packets from the switch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stefan
>>>>
>>