Subject: Re: [PATCH net] mlxsw: spectrum: Forbid creation of VLAN 1 over port/LAG

From: Ido Schimmel <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 09:33:03 +0300

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 05:55:58AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
> > index ca38a30fbe91..adc6ab2cf429 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
> > @@ -4433,6 +4433,11 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_netdevice_port_upper_event(struct net_device *lower_dev,
> >  			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Can not put a VLAN on an OVS port");
> >  			return -EINVAL;
> >  		}
> > +		if (is_vlan_dev(upper_dev) &&
> > +		    vlan_dev_vlan_id(upper_dev) == 1) {
> > +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Creating a VLAN device with VID 1 is unsupported: VLAN 1 carries untagged traffic");
> > +			return -EINVAL;
> > +		}
> 
> Hi Ido
> 
> Would ENOTSUPP be a better return code. VLAN 1 is valid, you just
> don't support it.

OK, makes sense. We currently use EINVAL for such errors, but we can
convert to EOPNOTSUPP in net-next.

Thanks