Le 13/05/2019 à 15:47, Sabrina Dubroca a écrit :
> Currently, nla_put_iflink() doesn't put the IFLA_LINK attribute when
> iflink == ifindex.
>
> In some cases, a device can be created in a different netns with the
> same ifindex as its parent. That device will not dump its IFLA_LINK
> attribute, which can confuse some userspace software that expects it.
> For example, if the last ifindex created in init_net and foo are both
> 8, these commands will trigger the issue:
>
> ip link add parent type dummy # ifindex 9
> ip link add link parent netns foo type macvlan # ifindex 9 in ns foo
>
> So, in case a device puts the IFLA_LINK_NETNSID attribute in a dump,
> always put the IFLA_LINK attribute as well.
>
> Thanks to Dan Winship for analyzing the original OpenShift bug down to
> the missing netlink attribute.
>
> Analyzed-by: Dan Winship <d...@redhat.com>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
I would say:
Fixes: 5e6700b3bf98 ("sit: add support of x-netns")
Because before this patch, there was no device with an iflink that can be put in
another netns.
Regards,
Nicolas
