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Bug 1883958 - initrd: can't disable NICs during boot
Summary: initrd: can't disable NICs during boot
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 8.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Thomas Haller
QA Contact: Filip Pokryvka
Sagar Dubewar
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 1894575 1875967
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-09-30 15:17 UTC by Dusty Mabe
Modified: 2021-05-18 13:31 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: NetworkManager-1.30.0-0.1.el8
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
.The `ip=IF_NAME:off` flag now disables both `IPv4` and `IPv6` and saves unexpected delays Previously, setting the `ip=IF_NAME:off` flag in the kernel only disabled `IPv4` on the network interface. Consequently, the NetworkManager was trying to fetch the `IPv6` details and was causing unexpected delays if `IPv6` details were not found. With this update, the `ip=IF_NAME:off` flag now disables both `IPv4` and `IPv6`. As a result, it avoids unexpected delays. However, users from 'ip=IP4::GW::IFACE:none' and relied on having `IPv6` connectivity can use 'ip=IP4::GW::IFACE:link6' or 'ip=IP4::GW::IFACE:auto6' to enable IPv6 connectivity again.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-05-18 13:29:41 UTC
Type: Bug
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Description Dusty Mabe 2020-09-30 15:17:13 UTC 
Description of problem:

This is a downstream bug with corresponding upstream bug: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/539

If I have two NICs and I want one to come up and the other one to not attempt any network bringup in the past I specified something like:

- rd.neednet=1
- ip=192.168.122.111::192.168.122.1:255.255.255.0:initrdhost:ens2:none:192.168.122.1
- ip=ens3:off

However this doesn't work as expected now. The system has to timeout the ens3 connection in the initramfs before it comes up.

```
[   36.018249] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478650.9087] device (ens3): state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   36.021156] NetworkManager[724]: <warn>  [1601478650.9090] device (ens3): Activation: failed for connection 'ens3'
[   36.022372] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478650.9090] device (ens3): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   36.023859] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478650.9111] policy: auto-activating connection 'ens3' (293aad14-25de-4640-ab49-df1f619c3bf6)
[   36.025218] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478650.9114] device (ens3): Activation: starting connection 'ens3' (293aad14-25de-4640-ab49-df1f619c3bf6)
[   36.026773] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478650.9115] device (ens3): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   36.028378] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478650.9115] device (ens3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   36.029772] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478650.9121] device (ens3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   67.003467] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478681.8947] device (ens3): state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   67.006982] NetworkManager[724]: <warn>  [1601478681.8952] device (ens3): Activation: failed for connection 'ens3'
[   67.008357] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478681.8952] device (ens3): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   67.010081] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478681.8986] policy: auto-activating connection 'ens3' (293aad14-25de-4640-ab49-df1f619c3bf6)
[   67.011288] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478681.8988] device (ens3): Activation: starting connection 'ens3' (293aad14-25de-4640-ab49-df1f619c3bf6)
[   67.012705] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478681.8988] device (ens3): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   67.014057] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478681.8989] device (ens3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   67.015681] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478681.8995] device (ens3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   99.023314] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478713.9145] device (ens3): state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   99.026982] NetworkManager[724]: <warn>  [1601478713.9149] device (ens3): Activation: failed for connection 'ens3'
[   99.029880] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478713.9149] device (ens3): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   99.032386] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478713.9182] policy: auto-activating connection 'ens3' (293aad14-25de-4640-ab49-df1f619c3bf6)
[   99.033584] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478713.9184] device (ens3): Activation: starting connection 'ens3' (293aad14-25de-4640-ab49-df1f619c3bf6)
[   99.034871] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478713.9184] device (ens3): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   99.036181] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478713.9184] device (ens3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[   99.037429] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478713.9188] device (ens3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[  131.023105] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478745.9143] device (ens3): state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[  131.026126] NetworkManager[724]: <warn>  [1601478745.9147] device (ens3): Activation: failed for connection 'ens3'
[  131.027165] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478745.9147] device (ens3): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
[  131.028510] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478745.9182] manager: startup complete
[  131.029312] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478745.9182] quitting now that startup is complete
[  131.030233] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478745.9187] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
[  131.031227] NetworkManager[724]: <info>  [1601478745.9188] exiting (success)
```


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

NetworkManager-1.26.0-0.2.el8.x86_64



Additional info:

We need this fixed so we don't have a behavior change between RHCOS 4.6 and RHCOS 4.7.
Comment 3 Antonio Cardace 2020-10-09 09:03:49 UTC 
MR in review https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/643.
Comment 4 Beniamino Galvani 2020-10-09 09:54:12 UTC 
The fix for this bug reverts the change that was done for bug 1848943. We agreed that the new behavior makes more sense. I think we should document the change somewhere and perhaps reach out to the reporter of bug 1848943 to explain how to change the command line.
Comment 5 Antonio Cardace 2020-10-09 14:22:09 UTC 
Merged upstream https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/3093a0073b6f578da1a52ee6f44d666e1c254afd.
Comment 15 Thomas Haller 2021-02-02 10:09:24 UTC 
this is a change in behavior and needs to be highlighted in the release notes of 8.4.

See also bug 1909213 which is about this change.
Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 13:29:41 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: NetworkManager and libnma security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1574
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