[pve-devel] new bridge code doesn't work with redhat kernel

Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG s.priebe at profihost.ag
Wed Feb 6 14:48:11 CET 2013


Hio,

mhm strange i was sure that i've tested it with latest proxmox kernel.
Will retest. Didn't redhat backport all those changes done in vanilla? I
mean what's the correct workflow under redhat to use bond + bridge + vlan.

Stefan

Am 06.02.2013 14:35, schrieb Alexandre DERUMIER:
>>> Maybe, I'll do test without bond.
> 
> Doesn't work without bond too :(
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original ----- 
> 
> De: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <aderumier at odiso.com> 
> À: "Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG" <s.priebe at profihost.ag> 
> Cc: pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com 
> Envoyé: Mercredi 6 Février 2013 14:22:08 
> Objet: Re: [pve-devel] new bridge code doesn't work with redhat kernel 
> 
>>> Urgh... that's pretty sad. It was working fine my test. But maybe i 
>>> didn't test everything. Could you desribe me how exactly you've done the 
>>> test? 
> 
> simply start the vm with old code and new code. (I have reboot the host to be sure) 
> can't ping the vm with new code. 
> 
> But it's work fine with kernel 3.7. 
> 
> 
>>> I've no bond running - just plain eth => bridge. Maybe that's the 
>>> important difference? 
> 
> Maybe, I'll do test without bond. 
> 
> 
> It's really possible it's a kernel problem, because like I said it, a lot of work has been done in kernel around 2.6.39 on the vlan code. 
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original ----- 
> 
> De: "Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG" <s.priebe at profihost.ag> 
> À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <aderumier at odiso.com> 
> Cc: "Dietmar Maurer" <dietmar at proxmox.com>, pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com 
> Envoyé: Mercredi 6 Février 2013 13:56:08 
> Objet: Re: new bridge code doesn't work with redhat kernel 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Urgh... that's pretty sad. It was working fine my test. But maybe i 
> didn't test everything. Could you desribe me how exactly you've done the 
> test? 
> 
> I've no bond running - just plain eth => bridge. Maybe that's the 
> important difference? 
> 
> Stefan 
> 
> Am 06.02.2013 09:47, schrieb Alexandre DERUMIER: 
>> Hi, 
>> I'm testing the new bridge code, and it doesn't work for me ! 
>>
>> setup: bridge vmbr1, on top of bond0 
>> guest vm (id 115) have an interface in vlan95 
>> host kernel 2.6.32-18-pve 
>>
>>
>> But it's working fine with 3.7 kernel 
>>
>>
>>
>> Also I notice than we update the pve-common code, the old tagged network interface remain in bridge, 
>> I don't known if it's can do network loop. (bond0.95 and vmbr1.95 in same bridge in my example) 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> old 
>> -------------- 
>> #brctl show 
>>
>> vmbr1 8000.001aa03c98c5 no bond0 
>>
>> vmbr1v95 8000.001aa03c98c5 no bond0.95 
>> tap115i0 
>>
>>
>> update to last pve-common, restart the vm 
>> ------------------------------------------- 
>> #qm stop 115 
>> #qm start 115 
>> #brctl show 
>>
>> vmbr1 8000.001aa03c98c5 no bond0 
>> vmbr1v95 8000.001aa03c98c5 no bond0.95 -->old bond0.95 always attached (don't known if it can cause network loop ?) 
>> tap115i0 
>> vmbr1.95 
>>
>>
>> (I have also restart the server to have a clean bridge, doesn't work too) 
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Mail original ----- 
>>
>> De: "Stefan Priebe" <s.priebe at profihost.ag> 
>> À: "Dietmar Maurer" <dietmar at proxmox.com> 
>> Cc: pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com 
>> Envoyé: Lundi 28 Janvier 2013 17:45:27 
>> Objet: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH] pve-common: PVE/Network: rework of activate_bridge_vlan 
>>
>> Thanks! 
>> Am 28.01.2013 12:00, schrieb Dietmar Maurer: 
>>> applied, thanks! 
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>>> From: pve-devel-bounces at pve.proxmox.com [mailto:pve-devel- 
>>>> bounces at pve.proxmox.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Priebe 
>>>> Sent: Freitag, 25. Jänner 2013 22:16 
>>>> To: pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com 
>>>> Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH] pve-common: PVE/Network: rework of 
>>>> activate_bridge_vlan 
>>>>
>>>> - use ip command instead of old vconfig 
>>>> - activate gvrp by default (it doesn't harm if the switch does not support it or 
>>>> it is disabled) 
>>>> - use bridge instead of raw ethernet device as vlan bridge 
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe at profihost.ag> 
>>>> --- 
>>>> data/PVE/Network.pm | 22 ++++------------------ 
>>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) 
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/data/PVE/Network.pm b/data/PVE/Network.pm index 
>>>> 2c356eb..71045fe 100644 
>>>> --- a/data/PVE/Network.pm 
>>>> +++ b/data/PVE/Network.pm 
>>>> @@ -72,28 +72,14 @@ sub activate_bridge_vlan { 
>>>> die "got strange vlan tag '$tag_param'\n" if $tag < 1 || $tag > 4094; 
>>>>
>>>> my $bridgevlan = "${bridge}v$tag"; 
>>>> - 
>>>> - my $dir = "/sys/class/net/$bridge/brif"; 
>>>> - 
>>>> - #check if we have an only one ethX or bondX interface in the bridge 
>>>> - 
>>>> - my $iface; 
>>>> - PVE::Tools::dir_glob_foreach($dir, '((eth|bond)\d+)', sub { 
>>>> - my ($slave) = @_; 
>>>> - 
>>>> - die "more then one physical interfaces on bridge '$bridge'\n" if 
>>>> $iface; 
>>>> - $iface = $slave; 
>>>> - 
>>>> - }); 
>>>> - 
>>>> - die "no physical interface on bridge '$bridge'\n" if !$iface; 
>>>> - 
>>>> + my $iface = $bridge; 
>>>> my $ifacevlan = "${iface}.$tag"; 
>>>> + my $vlanflags = "reorder_hdr on gvrp on"; 
>>>>
>>>> # create vlan on $iface is not already exist 
>>>> if (! -d "/sys/class/net/$ifacevlan") { 
>>>> - system("/sbin/vconfig add $iface $tag") == 0 || 
>>>> - die "can't add vlan tag $tag to interface $iface\n"; 
>>>> + system("/sbin/ip link add link $iface name $ifacevlan type vlan id $tag 
>>>> $vlanflags") == 0 || 
>>>> + die "can't add vlan tag $tag to interface $iface\n"; 
>>>> } 
>>>>
>>>> # be sure to have the $ifacevlan up 
>>>> -- 
>>>> 1.7.10.4 
>>>>
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