register_netdev() race with ip addr
I am developing a proof of concept for a networking application that uses a generic stack interface driver that connects the stack to a userspace application rather than a physical device. This driver works fine and is in production.
The problem I have encountered is this: after I register the device in the kernel module for that driver via register_netdev(), I must sleep between 3ms and 6ms before I can successfully call "ip addr add". It would obviously be better to query something to see if I can set the IP address than to wait for a fixed time (or repeatedly attempt to set it until it sticks).
I am running 4.19.19 with Centos 7.6.
Does anyone know how to check (in a C application, via a system call, via sysfs, etc) if a network device is ready to receive an IP address? Here are some things I have tried without success (they return before I can successfully set the IP without sleeping):
1) Waiting for net_device.flags & IFF_UP
2) Waiting for net_device.reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED
3) Waiting for netif_running(net_device)
I have also waited to see that I have an index reported by ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX...), and I seem to right after registering the device.
It feels like something in the network registration notify chain is taking its sweet time to finish up, but I have no idea what it is or how to tell when it is done.
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I am developing a proof of concept for a networking application that uses a generic stack interface driver that connects the stack to a userspace application rather than a physical device. This driver works fine and is in production.
The problem I have encountered is this: after I register the device in the kernel module for that driver via register_netdev(), I must sleep between 3ms and 6ms before I can successfully call "ip addr add". It would obviously be better to query something to see if I can set the IP address than to wait for a fixed time (or repeatedly attempt to set it until it sticks).
I am running 4.19.19 with Centos 7.6.
Does anyone know how to check (in a C application, via a system call, via sysfs, etc) if a network device is ready to receive an IP address? Here are some things I have tried without success (they return before I can successfully set the IP without sleeping):
1) Waiting for net_device.flags & IFF_UP
2) Waiting for net_device.reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED
3) Waiting for netif_running(net_device)
I have also waited to see that I have an index reported by ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX...), and I seem to right after registering the device.
It feels like something in the network registration notify chain is taking its sweet time to finish up, but I have no idea what it is or how to tell when it is done.
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I am developing a proof of concept for a networking application that uses a generic stack interface driver that connects the stack to a userspace application rather than a physical device. This driver works fine and is in production.
The problem I have encountered is this: after I register the device in the kernel module for that driver via register_netdev(), I must sleep between 3ms and 6ms before I can successfully call "ip addr add". It would obviously be better to query something to see if I can set the IP address than to wait for a fixed time (or repeatedly attempt to set it until it sticks).
I am running 4.19.19 with Centos 7.6.
Does anyone know how to check (in a C application, via a system call, via sysfs, etc) if a network device is ready to receive an IP address? Here are some things I have tried without success (they return before I can successfully set the IP without sleeping):
1) Waiting for net_device.flags & IFF_UP
2) Waiting for net_device.reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED
3) Waiting for netif_running(net_device)
I have also waited to see that I have an index reported by ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX...), and I seem to right after registering the device.
It feels like something in the network registration notify chain is taking its sweet time to finish up, but I have no idea what it is or how to tell when it is done.
linux kernel
I am developing a proof of concept for a networking application that uses a generic stack interface driver that connects the stack to a userspace application rather than a physical device. This driver works fine and is in production.
The problem I have encountered is this: after I register the device in the kernel module for that driver via register_netdev(), I must sleep between 3ms and 6ms before I can successfully call "ip addr add". It would obviously be better to query something to see if I can set the IP address than to wait for a fixed time (or repeatedly attempt to set it until it sticks).
I am running 4.19.19 with Centos 7.6.
Does anyone know how to check (in a C application, via a system call, via sysfs, etc) if a network device is ready to receive an IP address? Here are some things I have tried without success (they return before I can successfully set the IP without sleeping):
1) Waiting for net_device.flags & IFF_UP
2) Waiting for net_device.reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED
3) Waiting for netif_running(net_device)
I have also waited to see that I have an index reported by ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX...), and I seem to right after registering the device.
It feels like something in the network registration notify chain is taking its sweet time to finish up, but I have no idea what it is or how to tell when it is done.
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