[pve-devel] superseded: Re: [PATCH pve-common] inotify: interfaces: also set type 'bridge' for empty bridges

[Hannes Laimer]

superseded-by: 
https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250808093203.17668-1-h.laimer@proxmox.com/T/#u

On 07.08.25 16:21, Hannes Laimer wrote:
> If a bridge has `bridge_ports` set to `none` we just skip the field.
> Later we use the existance of the field to determine whether the type
> should be `bridge`. This led to bridges without `bridge_ports` not
> being recognized as bridges.
> 
> In the `/nodes/{}/network` we do permissions checks but only for ifaces
> with type `bridge`(or `OVSBridge`). So interfaces were returned by the
> endpoint even if the user did not have permissions the correct
> permissions because the interface did not have type `bridge`.
> 
> This fixes this by also setting the type to `bridge` for empty bridges.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Laimer <h.laimer at proxmox.com>
> ---
>   src/PVE/INotify.pm | 8 ++++++--
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/PVE/INotify.pm b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
> index bbcb9f8..5a42ddd 100644
> --- a/src/PVE/INotify.pm
> +++ b/src/PVE/INotify.pm
> @@ -994,7 +994,10 @@ SECTION: while (defined($line = <$fh>)) {
>                       } elsif ($id eq 'slaves' || $id eq 'bridge_ports') {
>                           my $devs = {};
>                           foreach my $p (split(/\s+/, $value)) {
> -                            next if $p eq 'none';
> +                            if ($p eq 'none') {
> +                                $d->{'is_empty_bridge'} = 1;
> +                                next;
> +                            }
>                               $devs->{$p} = 1;
>                           }
>                           my $str = join(' ', sort keys %{$devs});
> @@ -1077,7 +1080,8 @@ OUTER:
>   
>           my $ip_link = $ip_links->{$altnames->{$iface} // $iface};
>   
> -        if (defined $d->{'bridge_ports'}) {
> +        if (defined $d->{'bridge_ports'} || $d->{'is_empty_bridge'}) {
> +            delete $d->{'is_empty_bridge'} if defined $d->{'is_empty_bridge'};
>               $d->{type} = 'bridge';
>               if (!defined($d->{bridge_stp})) {
>                   $d->{bridge_stp} = 'off';