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bgpd: fix error handling PREFIX_FLAG_FILTERED
On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 10:37:12PM +0200, Claudio Jeker wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 09:30:36PM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote:
> > On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 09:15:11PM +0200, Claudio Jeker wrote:
> > > With the introduction of 'rde rib Loc-RIB include filtered' it is possible
> > > that prefixes change prefix_eligible() outcome without a change of
> > > attributes or nexthop. This happens when new filters are installed.
> > >
> > > In prefix_update() this takes a shortcut path but that path is missing a
> > > call to prefix_evaluate() to ensure that if the filtered flag changes an
> > > update is forced.
> > >
> > > Below is my try to fix this. If the filtered state changed, toggle the
> > > PREFIX_FLAG_FILTERED bit and then call prefix_evaluate(). If the filtered
> > > flag is in sync with filtered then this can be skipped.
> >
> > That makes sense.
> >
> > ok
> >
> > > I used p_filtered to be 0 or 1 and check against !filtered (to ensure that
> > > this value is also 0 or 1). I hope that's not too much magic...
> >
> > The magic seems fine. I wouldn't mind normalizing filtered = !!filtered;
> > at the top, so the check could become if (p_filtered != filtered), which
> > I find more readable, but we tend to avoid !! in our tree for some reason.
>
> Like this?
Yes, that's what I meant. I'm ok with either version.
>
> --
> :wq Claudio
>
> Index: rde_rib.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/bgpd/rde_rib.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.290 rde_rib.c
> --- rde_rib.c 17 Mar 2026 09:29:29 -0000 1.290
> +++ rde_rib.c 4 May 2026 20:34:58 -0000
> @@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ prefix_update(struct rib *rib, struct rd
> struct rde_community *comm, *ncomm = &state->communities;
> struct prefix *p;
>
> + filtered = !!filtered; /* normalize value for later */
> +
> /*
> * First try to find a prefix in the specified RIB.
> */
> @@ -872,13 +874,22 @@ prefix_update(struct rib *rib, struct rd
> prefix_nhflags(p) == state->nhflags &&
> communities_equal(ncomm, prefix_communities(p)) &&
> path_equal(nasp, prefix_aspath(p))) {
> + int p_filtered;
> +
> /* no change, update last change */
> p->lastchange = getmonotime();
> p->validation_state = state->vstate;
> - if (filtered)
> - p->flags |= PREFIX_FLAG_FILTERED;
> - else
> - p->flags &= ~PREFIX_FLAG_FILTERED;
> + p_filtered = (p->flags & PREFIX_FLAG_FILTERED) != 0;
> + /* check if filtered flag changed */
> + if (p_filtered != filtered) {
> + struct rib_entry *re;
> +
> + /* toggle filtered flag */
> + p->flags ^= PREFIX_FLAG_FILTERED;
> + /* make route decision */
> + re = rib_get_addr(rib, prefix, prefixlen);
> + prefix_evaluate(re, p, p);
> + }
> return (0);
> }
> }
bgpd: fix error handling PREFIX_FLAG_FILTERED