Re: [PATCH net-next] net/bridge: Add skb drop reasons to the most common drop points

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On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 03:33:44PM -0500, Radu Rendec wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-12-10 at 11:18 +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> > On 12/9/24 00:18, Radu Rendec wrote:
> > > The bridge input code may drop frames for various reasons and at various
> > > points in the ingress handling logic. Currently kfree_skb() is used
> > > everywhere, and therefore no drop reason is specified. Add drop reasons
> > > to the most common drop points.
> > > 
> > > The purpose of this patch is to address the most common drop points on
> > > the bridge ingress path. It does not exhaustively add drop reasons to
> > > the entire bridge code. The intention here is to incrementally add drop
> > > reasons to the rest of the bridge code in follow up patches.
> > > 
> > > Most of the skb drop points that are addressed in this patch can be
> > > easily tested by sending crafted packets. The diagram below shows a
> > > simple test configuration, and some examples using `packit`(*) are
> > > also included. The bridge is set up with STP disabled.
> > > (*) https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/packit
> > > 
> > > The following changes were *not* tested:
> > > * SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_NO_EGRESS_PORT in br_multicast_flood(). I could
> > >   not find an easy way to make a crafted packet get there.
> > > * SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD in br_handle_frame_finish()
> > >   when the port state is BR_STATE_DISABLED, because in that case the
> > >   frame is already dropped in the switch/case block at the end of
> > >   br_handle_frame().
> > > 
> > >     +---+---+
> > >     |  br0  |
> > >     +---+---+
> > >         |
> > >     +---+---+  veth pair  +-------+
> > >     | veth0 +-------------+ xeth0 |
> > >     +-------+             +-------+
> > > 
> > > SKB_DROP_REASON_MAC_INVALID_SOURCE - br_handle_frame()
> > > packit -t UDP -s 192.168.0.1 -d 192.168.0.2 -S 8000 -D 8000 \
> > >   -e 01:22:33:44:55:66 -E aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -c 1 \
> > >   -p '0x de ad be ef' -i xeth0
> > > 
> > > SKB_DROP_REASON_MAC_IEEE_MAC_CONTROL - br_handle_frame()
> > > packit -t UDP -s 192.168.0.1 -d 192.168.0.2 -S 8000 -D 8000 \
> > >   -e 02:22:33:44:55:66 -E 01:80:c2:00:00:01 -c 1 \
> > >   -p '0x de ad be ef' -i xeth0
> > > 
> > > SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD - br_handle_frame()
> > > bridge link set dev veth0 state 0 # disabled
> > > packit -t UDP -s 192.168.0.1 -d 192.168.0.2 -S 8000 -D 8000 \
> > >   -e 02:22:33:44:55:66 -E aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -c 1 \
> > >   -p '0x de ad be ef' -i xeth0
> > > 
> > > SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD - br_handle_frame_finish()
> > > bridge link set dev veth0 state 2 # learning
> > > packit -t UDP -s 192.168.0.1 -d 192.168.0.2 -S 8000 -D 8000 \
> > >   -e 02:22:33:44:55:66 -E aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -c 1 \
> > >   -p '0x de ad be ef' -i xeth0
> > > 
> > > SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_NO_EGRESS_PORT - br_flood()
> > > packit -t UDP -s 192.168.0.1 -d 192.168.0.2 -S 8000 -D 8000 \
> > >   -e 02:22:33:44:55:66 -E aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff -c 1 \
> > >   -p '0x de ad be ef' -i xeth0
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Radu Rendec <rrendec@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  include/net/dropreason-core.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >  net/bridge/br_forward.c       |  4 ++--
> > >  net/bridge/br_input.c         | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
> > >  3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for working on this, a few comments below.
> 
> Sure, thanks for reviewing! Please see my comments below.
> 
> > > diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> > > index c29282fabae6..1f2ae5b387c1 100644
> > > --- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> > > +++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> > > @@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
> > >  	FN(TUNNEL_TXINFO)		\
> > >  	FN(LOCAL_MAC)			\
> > >  	FN(ARP_PVLAN_DISABLE)		\
> > > +	FN(MAC_IEEE_MAC_CONTROL)	\
> > > +	FN(BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD)	\
> > > +	FN(BRIDGE_NO_EGRESS_PORT)	\
> > >  	FNe(MAX)
> > >  
> > >  /**
> > > @@ -502,6 +505,21 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
> > >  	 * enabled.
> > >  	 */
> > >  	SKB_DROP_REASON_ARP_PVLAN_DISABLE,
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_MAC_IEEE_MAC_CONTROL: the destination MAC address
> > > +	 * is an IEEE MAC Control address.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	SKB_DROP_REASON_MAC_IEEE_MAC_CONTROL,
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD: the STP state of the
> > > +	 * ingress bridge port does not allow frames to be forwarded.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD,
> > 
> > Since this is used only when the port state causes the packet to drop, why not
> > rename it to something that suggests it was the state?
> 
> Yes, Ido had a similar suggestion [1], so it's clear that it must be
> renamed. I will go with SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_STP_STATE in the
> next version, unless you have a better idea.
> 
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_NO_EGRESS_PORT: no eligible egress port was
> > > +	 * found while attempting to flood the frame.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_NO_EGRESS_PORT,
> > >  	/**
> > >  	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_MAX: the maximum of core drop reasons, which
> > >  	 * shouldn't be used as a real 'reason' - only for tracing code gen
> > > diff --git a/net/bridge/br_forward.c b/net/bridge/br_forward.c
> > > index e19b583ff2c6..e33e2f4fc3d9 100644
> > > --- a/net/bridge/br_forward.c
> > > +++ b/net/bridge/br_forward.c
> > > @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void br_flood(struct net_bridge *br, struct sk_buff *skb,
> > >  
> > >  out:
> > >  	if (!local_rcv)
> > > -		kfree_skb(skb);
> > > +		kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_NO_EGRESS_PORT);
> > 
> > This is not entirely correct, we can get here if we had an error forwarding
> > the packet to some port, but it may already have been forwarded to others.
> > The reason should distinguish between those two cases.
> 
> I will follow Ido's suggestion [2] and rename SKB_DROP_REASON_VXLAN_NO_REMOTE
> to SKB_DROP_REASON_NO_TX_TARGET, and then use that.
> 
> But it will only cover the case when there are no errors, so I still
> need a different reason for the error case. I looked, and I couldn't
> find an existing one that's close enough, so I think I should create a
> new one. How about SKB_DROP_REASON_TX_ERROR? I would not use "BRIDGE"
> in the name because I'm thinking it may be reused elsewhere, outside
> the bridge module.

AFAICT the only possible error is skb_clone() failure and this is
supposed to be covered by 'SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM'.

> 
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  #ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
> > > @@ -349,6 +349,6 @@ void br_multicast_flood(struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *mdst,
> > >  
> > >  out:
> > >  	if (!local_rcv)
> > > -		kfree_skb(skb);
> > > +		kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_NO_EGRESS_PORT);
> > 
> > Same comment as above (br_flood).
> > 
> > >  }
> > >  #endif
> > > diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> > > index ceaa5a89b947..fc00e172e1e1 100644
> > > --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
> > > +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
> > > @@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
> > >  	if (br_mst_is_enabled(br)) {
> > >  		state = BR_STATE_FORWARDING;
> > >  	} else {
> > > -		if (p->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED)
> > > -			goto drop;
> > > +		if (p->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED) {
> > > +			kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD);
> > > +			return 0;
> > > +		}
> > >  
> > >  		state = p->state;
> > >  	}
> > > @@ -155,8 +157,10 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
> > >  		}
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > -	if (state == BR_STATE_LEARNING)
> > > -		goto drop;
> > > +	if (state == BR_STATE_LEARNING) {
> > > +		kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD);
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +	}>  
> > >  	BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->brdev = br->dev;
> > >  	BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->src_port_isolated = !!(p->flags & BR_ISOLATED);
> > > @@ -331,8 +335,10 @@ static rx_handler_result_t br_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
> > >  	if (unlikely(skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK))
> > >  		return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
> > >  
> > > -	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source))
> > > -		goto drop;
> > > +	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source)) {
> > > +		kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_MAC_INVALID_SOURCE);
> > > +		return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
> > > +	}
> > >  
> > >  	skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > >  	if (!skb)
> > > @@ -374,7 +380,8 @@ static rx_handler_result_t br_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
> > >  			return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
> > >  
> > >  		case 0x01:	/* IEEE MAC (Pause) */
> > > -			goto drop;
> > > +			kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_MAC_IEEE_MAC_CONTROL);
> > > +			return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
> > >  
> > >  		case 0x0E:	/* 802.1AB LLDP */
> > >  			fwd_mask |= p->br->group_fwd_mask;
> > > @@ -423,8 +430,7 @@ static rx_handler_result_t br_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
> > >  
> > >  		return nf_hook_bridge_pre(skb, pskb);
> > >  	default:
> > > -drop:
> > > -		kfree_skb(skb);
> > > +		kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_BRIDGE_INGRESS_PORT_NFWD);
> > >  	}
> > >  	return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
> > >  }
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bridge/Z1sLyqZQCjbcCOde@shredder/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/bridge/Z1sUsSFfBC9GoiIA@shredder/
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> Radu
> 




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