bridge: update sysfs link names if port device names have changed

Links for each port are created in sysfs using the device
name, but this could be changed after being added to the
bridge.

As well as being unable to remove interfaces after this
occurs (because userspace tools don't recognise the new
name, and the kernel won't recognise the old name), adding
another interface with the old name to the bridge will
cause an error trying to create the sysfs link.

This fixes the problem by listening for NETDEV_CHANGENAME
notifications and renaming the link.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12743

Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
index 0b99164..fd5799c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ const struct sysfs_ops brport_sysfs_ops = {
 /*
  * Add sysfs entries to ethernet device added to a bridge.
  * Creates a brport subdirectory with bridge attributes.
- * Puts symlink in bridge's brport subdirectory
+ * Puts symlink in bridge's brif subdirectory
  */
 int br_sysfs_addif(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 {
@@ -257,15 +257,37 @@ int br_sysfs_addif(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 	err = sysfs_create_link(&p->kobj, &br->dev->dev.kobj,
 				SYSFS_BRIDGE_PORT_LINK);
 	if (err)
-		goto out2;
+		return err;
 
 	for (a = brport_attrs; *a; ++a) {
 		err = sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &((*a)->attr));
 		if (err)
-			goto out2;
+			return err;
 	}
 
-	err = sysfs_create_link(br->ifobj, &p->kobj, p->dev->name);
-out2:
+	strlcpy(p->sysfs_name, p->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
+	return sysfs_create_link(br->ifobj, &p->kobj, p->sysfs_name);
+}
+
+/* Rename bridge's brif symlink */
+int br_sysfs_renameif(struct net_bridge_port *p)
+{
+	struct net_bridge *br = p->br;
+	int err;
+
+	/* If a rename fails, the rollback will cause another
+	 * rename call with the existing name.
+	 */
+	if (!strncmp(p->sysfs_name, p->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ))
+		return 0;
+
+	err = sysfs_rename_link(br->ifobj, &p->kobj,
+				p->sysfs_name, p->dev->name);
+	if (err)
+		netdev_notice(br->dev, "unable to rename link %s to %s",
+			      p->sysfs_name, p->dev->name);
+	else
+		strlcpy(p->sysfs_name, p->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
+
 	return err;
 }