[PATCH net v2] net: vrf: Fix ping failed when vrf mtu is set to 0

[PATCH net v2] net: vrf: Fix ping failed when vrf mtu is set to 0

[linmiaohe]

From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>

When the mtu of a vrf device is set to 0, it would cause ping
failed. So I think we should limit vrf mtu in a reasonable range
to solve this problem. I set dev->min_mtu to 1280, so it will
works for both ipv4 and ipv6. And if dev->max_mtu still be 0
can be confusing, so I set dev->max_mtu to 0xFFFFU.

Here is the reproduce step:

1.Config vrf interface and set mtu to 0:
3: enp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel
master vrf1 state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 52:54:00:9e:dd:c1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

2.Ping peer:
3: enp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel
master vrf1 state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 52:54:00:9e:dd:c1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.0.0.1/16 scope global enp4s0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
connect: Network is unreachable

3.Set mtu to default value, ping works:
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.88 ms

Fixes: ad49bc6361ca2 ("net: vrf: remove MTU limits for vrf device")
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
---
V1->V2:
- fix patch commit message
- adjust to work for ipv6

 drivers/net/vrf.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index 7c1430ed0244..4d35d37f225a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@

 #define FIB_RULE_PREF  1000       /* default preference for FIB rules */

+/* The MTU is really irrelevant for VRF except for odd cases, so limit it
+ * to a reasonable range which both works for IPV4 and IPV6.
+ */
+#define VRF_MIN_MTU	1280      /* same as IPV6_MIN_MTU */
+#define VRF_MAX_MTU	0xFFFFU   /* same as IP_MAX_MTU */
+
 static unsigned int vrf_net_id;

 struct net_vrf {
@@ -1274,8 +1280,8 @@ static void vrf_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* default to no qdisc; user can add if desired */
 	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;

-	dev->min_mtu = 0;
-	dev->max_mtu = 0;
+	dev->min_mtu = VRF_MIN_MTU;
+	dev->max_mtu = VRF_MAX_MTU;
 }

 static int vrf_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
-- 
2.19.1

Re: [PATCH net v2] net: vrf: Fix ping failed when vrf mtu is set to 0

[David Ahern]

On 4/6/19 11:46 PM, linmiaohe wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
> index 7c1430ed0244..4d35d37f225a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
> 
>  #define FIB_RULE_PREF  1000       /* default preference for FIB rules */
> 
> +/* The MTU is really irrelevant for VRF except for odd cases, so limit it
> + * to a reasonable range which both works for IPV4 and IPV6.
> + */
> +#define VRF_MIN_MTU	1280      /* same as IPV6_MIN_MTU */
> +#define VRF_MAX_MTU	0xFFFFU   /* same as IP_MAX_MTU */

Since VRF does not care about MTU, there is no reason for VRF specific
macros.

> +
>  static unsigned int vrf_net_id;
> 
>  struct net_vrf {
> @@ -1274,8 +1280,8 @@ static void vrf_setup(struct net_device *dev)
>  	/* default to no qdisc; user can add if desired */
>  	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
> 
> -	dev->min_mtu = 0;
> -	dev->max_mtu = 0;
> +	dev->min_mtu = VRF_MIN_MTU;
> +	dev->max_mtu = VRF_MAX_MTU;

Set these to IPV6_MIN_MTU and ETH_MAX_MTU and add a comment that VRF
devices do not care about MTU, but if the MTU is set too low then the
ipv4 and ipv6 protocols are disabled which breaks networking.

Re: [PATCH net v2] net: vrf: Fix ping failed when vrf mtu is set to 0

[linmiaohe]

On 2019/4/7 22:30, David Ahern wrote:
> On 4/6/19 11:46 PM, linmiaohe wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
>> index 7c1430ed0244..4d35d37f225a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
>> @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
>>
>>  #define FIB_RULE_PREF  1000       /* default preference for FIB rules */
>>
>> +/* The MTU is really irrelevant for VRF except for odd cases, so limit it
>> + * to a reasonable range which both works for IPV4 and IPV6.
>> + */
>> +#define VRF_MIN_MTU	1280      /* same as IPV6_MIN_MTU */
>> +#define VRF_MAX_MTU	0xFFFFU   /* same as IP_MAX_MTU */
> 
> Since VRF does not care about MTU, there is no reason for VRF specific
> macros.
> 
>> +
>>  static unsigned int vrf_net_id;
>>
>>  struct net_vrf {
>> @@ -1274,8 +1280,8 @@ static void vrf_setup(struct net_device *dev)
>>  	/* default to no qdisc; user can add if desired */
>>  	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
>>
>> -	dev->min_mtu = 0;
>> -	dev->max_mtu = 0;
>> +	dev->min_mtu = VRF_MIN_MTU;
>> +	dev->max_mtu = VRF_MAX_MTU;
> 
> Set these to IPV6_MIN_MTU and ETH_MAX_MTU and add a comment that VRF
> devices do not care about MTU, but if the MTU is set too low then the
> ipv4 and ipv6 protocols are disabled which breaks networking.
> 
> 

Thanks a lot for your advice. I will send v3 latter.