linux.git/net/ipv4/arp.c, branch v4.12

arp: fixed -Wuninitialized compiler warning

2017-05-25T17:38:20+00:00

Commit 7d472a59c0e5ec117220a05de6b370447fb6cb66 ("arp: always override
existing neigh entries with gratuitous ARP") introduced a compiler
warning:

net/ipv4/arp.c:880:35: warning: 'addr_type' may be used uninitialized in
this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]

While the code logic seems to be correct and doesn't allow the variable
to be used uninitialized, and the warning is not consistently
reproducible, it's still worth fixing it for other people not to waste
time looking at the warning in case it pops up in the build environment.
Yes, compiler is probably at fault, but we will need to accommodate.

Fixes: 7d472a59c0e5 ("arp: always override existing neigh entries with gratuitous ARP")
Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

arp: always override existing neigh entries with gratuitous ARP

2017-05-21T17:26:45+00:00

Currently, when arp_accept is 1, we always override existing neigh
entries with incoming gratuitous ARP replies. Otherwise, we override
them only if new replies satisfy _locktime_ conditional (packets arrive
not earlier than _locktime_ seconds since the last update to the neigh
entry).

The idea behind locktime is to pick the very first (=> close) reply
received in a unicast burst when ARP proxies are used. This helps to
avoid ARP thrashing where Linux would switch back and forth from one
proxy to another.

This logic has nothing to do with gratuitous ARP replies that are
generally not aligned in time when multiple IP address carriers send
them into network.

This patch enforces overriding of existing neigh entries by all incoming
gratuitous ARP packets, irrespective of their time of arrival. This will
make the kernel honour all incoming gratuitous ARP packets.

Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

arp: postpone addr_type calculation to as late as possible

2017-05-21T17:26:45+00:00

The addr_type retrieval can be costly, so it's worth trying to avoid its
calculation as much as possible. This patch makes it calculated only
for gratuitous ARP packets. This is especially important since later we
may want to move is_garp calculation outside of arp_accept block, at
which point the costly operation will be executed for all setups.

The patch is the result of a discussion in net-dev:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=149506354216994

Suggested-by: Julian Anastasov 
Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

arp: decompose is_garp logic into a separate function

2017-05-21T17:26:45+00:00

The code is quite involving already to earn a separate function for
itself. If anything, it helps arp_process readability.

Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

arp: fixed error in a comment

2017-05-21T17:26:45+00:00

the is_garp code deals just with gratuitous ARP packets, not every
unsolicited packet.

This patch is a result of a discussion in netdev:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=149506354216994

Suggested-by: Julian Anastasov 
Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

arp: honour gratuitous ARP _replies_

2017-05-17T15:32:44+00:00

When arp_accept is 1, gratuitous ARPs are supposed to override matching
entries irrespective of whether they arrive during locktime. This was
implemented in commit 56022a8fdd87 ("ipv4: arp: update neighbour address
when a gratuitous arp is received and arp_accept is set")

There is a glitch in the patch though. RFC 2002, section 4.6, "ARP,
Proxy ARP, and Gratuitous ARP", defines gratuitous ARPs so that they can
be either of Request or Reply type. Those Reply gratuitous ARPs can be
triggered with standard tooling, for example, arping -A option does just
that.

This patch fixes the glitch, making both Request and Reply flavours of
gratuitous ARPs to behave identically.

As per RFC, if gratuitous ARPs are of Reply type, their Target Hardware
Address field should also be set to the link-layer address to which this
cache entry should be updated. The field is present in ARP over Ethernet
but not in IEEE 1394. In this patch, I don't consider any broadcasted
ARP replies as gratuitous if the field is not present, to conform the
standard. It's not clear whether there is such a thing for IEEE 1394 as
a gratuitous ARP reply; until it's cleared up, we will ignore such
broadcasts. Note that they will still update existing ARP cache entries,
assuming they arrive out of locktime time interval.

Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

neighbour: fix nlmsg_pid in notifications

2017-03-22T17:48:49+00:00

neigh notifications today carry pid 0 for nlmsg_pid
in all cases. This patch fixes it to carry calling process
pid when available. Applications (eg. quagga) rely on
nlmsg_pid to ignore notifications generated by their own
netlink operations. This patch follows the routing subsystem
which already sets this correctly.

Reported-by: Vivek Venkatraman 
Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

NET: Fix /proc/net/arp for AX.25

2017-02-14T03:15:03+00:00

When sending ARP requests over AX.25 links the hwaddress in the neighbour
cache are not getting initialized.  For such an incomplete arp entry
ax2asc2 will generate an empty string resulting in /proc/net/arp output
like the following:

$ cat /proc/net/arp
IP address       HW type     Flags       HW address            Mask     Device
192.168.122.1    0x1         0x2         52:54:00:00:5d:5f     *        ens3
172.20.1.99      0x3         0x0              *        bpq0

The missing field will confuse the procfs parsing of arp(8) resulting in
incorrect output for the device such as the following:

$ arp
Address                  HWtype  HWaddress           Flags Mask            Iface
gateway                  ether   52:54:00:00:5d:5f   C                     ens3
172.20.1.99                      (incomplete)                              ens3

This changes the content of /proc/net/arp to:

$ cat /proc/net/arp
IP address       HW type     Flags       HW address            Mask     Device
172.20.1.99      0x3         0x0         *                     *        bpq0
192.168.122.1    0x1         0x2         52:54:00:00:5d:5f     *        ens3

To do so it change ax2asc to put the string "*" in buf for a NULL address
argument.  Finally the HW address field is left aligned in a 17 character
field (the length of an ethernet HW address in the usual hex notation) for
readability.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: rename NET_{ADD|INC}_STATS_BH()

2016-04-28T02:48:24+00:00

Rename NET_INC_STATS_BH() to __NET_INC_STATS()
and NET_ADD_STATS_BH() to __NET_ADD_STATS()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

arp: correct return value of arp_rcv

2016-03-07T19:55:04+00:00

Currently, arp_rcv() always return zero on a packet delivery upcall.

To make its behavior more compliant with the way this API should be
used, this patch changes this to let it return NET_RX_SUCCESS when the
packet is proper handled, and NET_RX_DROP otherwise.

v1->v2:
If sanity check is failed, call kfree_skb() instead of consume_skb(), then
return the correct return value.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Shengju 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller