qdisc: catch misconfig of attaching qdisc to tx_queue_len zero device
It is a clear misconfiguration to attach a qdisc to a device with
tx_queue_len zero, because some qdisc's (namely, pfifo, bfifo, gred,
htb, plug and sfb) inherit/copy this value as their queue length.
Why should the kernel catch such a misconfiguration? Because prior to
introducing the IFF_NO_QUEUE device flag, userspace found a loophole
in the qdisc config system that allowed them to achieve the equivalent
of IFF_NO_QUEUE, which is to remove the qdisc code path entirely from
a device. The loophole on older kernels is setting tx_queue_len=0,
*prior* to device qdisc init (the config time is significant, simply
setting tx_queue_len=0 doesn't trigger the loophole).
This loophole is currently used by Docker[1] to get better performance
and scalability out of the veth device. The Docker developers were
warned[1] that they needed to adjust the tx_queue_len if ever
attaching a qdisc. The OpenShift project didn't remember this warning
and attached a qdisc, this were caught and fixed in[2].
[1] https://github.com/docker/libcontainer/pull/193
[2] https://github.com/openshift/origin/pull/11126
Instead of fixing every userspace program that used this loophole, and
forgot to reset the tx_queue_len, prior to attaching a qdisc. Let's
catch the misconfiguration on the kernel side.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 206dc24..f337f1b 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -960,6 +960,17 @@
sch->handle = handle;
+ /* This exist to keep backward compatible with a userspace
+ * loophole, what allowed userspace to get IFF_NO_QUEUE
+ * facility on older kernels by setting tx_queue_len=0 (prior
+ * to qdisc init), and then forgot to reinit tx_queue_len
+ * before again attaching a qdisc.
+ */
+ if ((dev->priv_flags & IFF_NO_QUEUE) && (dev->tx_queue_len == 0)) {
+ dev->tx_queue_len = DEFAULT_TX_QUEUE_LEN;
+ netdev_info(dev, "Caught tx_queue_len zero misconfig\n");
+ }
+
if (!ops->init || (err = ops->init(sch, tca[TCA_OPTIONS])) == 0) {
if (qdisc_is_percpu_stats(sch)) {
sch->cpu_bstats =