On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 14:45 -0500, Alexander Aring wrote:
> Commit e730c15519d09 ("[NET]: Make packet reception network namespace
> safe") added several init_net compares to protocols with unknown
> net namespace support. The idea was as users started using the
> different
> protocols they would test and enable them.
> In our use-case we generate STP enabled Linux bridges in different
> namespaces. The bridges are connected via veth interfaces.
> This patch makes STP work in such a setup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <ar...@mojatatu.com>
> ---
> net/llc/llc_input.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/llc/llc_input.c b/net/llc/llc_input.c
> index 82cb93f66b9b..09b530d90610 100644
> --- a/net/llc/llc_input.c
> +++ b/net/llc/llc_input.c
> @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
> #include <linux/netdevice.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/export.h>
> -#include <net/net_namespace.h>
> #include <net/llc.h>
> #include <net/llc_pdu.h>
> #include <net/llc_sap.h>
> @@ -162,9 +161,6 @@ int llc_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> net_device *dev,
> void (*sta_handler)(struct sk_buff *skb);
> void (*sap_handler)(struct llc_sap *sap, struct sk_buff
> *skb);
>
> - if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), &init_net))
> - goto drop;
> -
> /*
> * When the interface is in promisc. mode, drop all the crap
> that it
> * receives, do not try to analyse it.
Well, we use different netns for isolation.
You need more changes than simply removing this check, I guess.
__llc_sap_find() would need a per netns list, or proper netns checks.
