kernel_optimize_test/net
Bob Arendt 7998156344 ipv4: force_igmp_version ignored when a IGMPv3 query received
After all these years, it turns out that the
    /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/force_igmp_version
parameter isn't fully implemented.

*Symptom*:
When set force_igmp_version to a value of 2, the kernel should only perform
multicast IGMPv2 operations (IETF rfc2236).  An host-initiated Join message
will be sent as a IGMPv2 Join message.  But if a IGMPv3 query message is
received, the host responds with a IGMPv3 join message.  Per rfc3376 and
rfc2236, a IGMPv2 host should treat a IGMPv3 query as a IGMPv2 query and
respond with an IGMPv2 Join message.

*Consequences*:
This is an issue when a IGMPv3 capable switch is the querier and will only
issue IGMPv3 queries (which double as IGMPv2 querys) and there's an
intermediate switch that is only IGMPv2 capable.  The intermediate switch
processes the initial v2 Join, but fails to recognize the IGMPv3 Join responses
to the Query, resulting in a dropped connection when the intermediate v2-only
switch times it out.

*Identifying issue in the kernel source*:
The issue is in this section of code (in net/ipv4/igmp.c), which is called when
an IGMP query is received  (from mainline 2.6.36-rc3 gitweb):
 ...
A IGMPv3 query has a length >= 12 and no sources.  This routine will exit after
line 880, setting the general query timer (random timeout between 0 and query
response time).  This calls igmp_gq_timer_expire():
...
.. which only sends a v3 response.  So if a v3 query is received, the kernel
always sends a v3 response.

IGMP queries happen once every 60 sec (per vlan), so the traffic is low.  A
IGMPv3 query *is* a strict superset of a IGMPv2 query, so this patch properly
short circuit's the v3 behaviour.

One issue is that this does not address force_igmp_version=1.  Then again, I've
never seen any IGMPv1 multicast equipment in the wild.  However there is a lot
of v2-only equipment. If it's necessary to support the IGMPv1 case as well:

837         if (len == 8 || IGMP_V2_SEEN(in_dev) || IGMP_V1_SEEN(in_dev)) {

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-09-13 12:56:51 -07:00
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9p fs/9p: destroy fid on failed remove 2010-08-02 14:28:36 -05:00
802 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
8021q vlan: Match underlying dev carrier on vlan add 2010-08-19 00:26:46 -07:00
appletalk Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
atm ppp: make channel_ops const 2010-08-04 21:53:17 -07:00
ax25 ax25: missplaced sock_put(sk) 2010-08-26 15:18:27 -07:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix incorrect setting of remote_tx_win for L2CAP ERTM 2010-08-10 07:59:11 -04:00
bridge bridge: Clear INET control block of SKBs passed into ip_fragment(). 2010-09-01 19:17:34 -07:00
caif net/caif/cfrfml.c: use asm/unaligned.h 2010-08-26 16:11:08 -07:00
can can: add limit for nframes and clean up signed/unsigned variables 2010-08-11 16:12:35 -07:00
core gro: Re-fix different skb headrooms 2010-09-08 10:32:15 -07:00
dcb
dccp net: dccp: fix sign bug 2010-07-18 15:07:14 -07:00
decnet net-next: remove useless union keyword 2010-06-10 23:31:35 -07:00
dns_resolver DNS: If the DNS server returns an error, allow that to be cached [ver #2] 2010-08-11 17:11:28 +00:00
dsa phylib: available for any speed ethernet 2010-08-11 23:03:50 -07:00
econet econet: fix locking 2010-06-11 18:37:08 -07:00
ethernet Net: ethernet: pe2.c: fix EXPORT_SYMBOL macro code style issue 2010-07-14 18:27:09 -07:00
ieee802154 ieee802154: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wpan_phy_alloc 2010-05-23 23:11:07 -07:00
ipv4 ipv4: force_igmp_version ignored when a IGMPv3 query received 2010-09-13 12:56:51 -07:00
ipv6 udp: add rehash on connect() 2010-09-08 21:45:01 -07:00
ipx
irda irda: off by one 2010-09-07 13:57:22 -07:00
iucv net: use __packed annotation 2010-06-03 03:21:52 -07:00
key pfkey: add severity to printk 2010-05-17 23:23:13 -07:00
l2tp l2tp: test for ethernet header in l2tp_eth_dev_recv() 2010-08-26 13:29:38 -07:00
lapb
llc net/llc: make opt unsigned in llc_ui_setsockopt() 2010-09-13 12:44:10 -07:00
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-09-07 14:06:10 -07:00
netfilter ipvs: fix active FTP 2010-09-08 10:39:57 -07:00
netlabel net: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()s 2010-05-17 23:23:14 -07:00
netlink netlink: Make NETLINK_USERSOCK work again. 2010-08-31 09:51:37 -07:00
netrom net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
packet packet_mmap: expose hw packet timestamps to network packet capture utilities 2010-06-02 05:53:56 -07:00
phonet Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
rds rds: fix a leak of kernel memory 2010-08-18 23:40:03 -07:00
rfkill Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
rose net/rose: Use GFP_ATOMIC 2010-08-01 00:32:12 -07:00
rxrpc Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
sched sch_atm: Fix potential NULL deref. 2010-09-12 11:56:44 -07:00
sctp sctp: fix test for end of loop 2010-09-09 15:00:29 -07:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'bugfixes' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 2010-08-18 15:45:23 -07:00
tipc tipc: Reduce footprint by un-inlining tipc_msg_* routines 2010-05-12 23:02:29 -07:00
unix UNIX: Do not loop forever at unix_autobind(). 2010-09-07 13:57:23 -07:00
wanrouter net: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex 2010-07-12 20:21:47 -07:00
wimax Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-05-20 21:04:44 -07:00
wireless wireless: register wiphy rfkill w/o holding cfg80211_mutex 2010-08-31 14:48:47 -04:00
x25 X25: Remove bkl in sockopts 2010-05-17 17:39:28 -07:00
xfrm xfrm_user: avoid a warning with some compiler 2010-09-01 14:29:35 -07:00
compat.c From abbffa2aa9bd6f8df16d0d0a102af677510d8b9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 2010-06-03 20:03:40 -07:00
Kconfig DNS: Separate out CIFS DNS Resolver code 2010-08-05 17:17:51 +00:00
Makefile DNS: Separate out CIFS DNS Resolver code 2010-08-05 17:17:51 +00:00
nonet.c
socket.c net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()s 2010-05-17 23:23:14 -07:00
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