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Sometimes weird things happen.
Let dummy0 be an externally created device that has a master. We decide
to activate a connection that has no master on it:
active-connection[0x55ed7ba78400]: constructed (NMActRequest, version-id 4, type managed)
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): sys-iface-state: external -> managed
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): queue activation request waiting for currently active connection to disconnect
device (dummy0): disconnecting for new activation request.
device (dummy0): state change: activated -> deactivating (reason 'new-activation', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
device (br0): master: release one slave 0a458361f9fed8f5/dummy0 (enslaved)(no-config)
Note the "no-config" above. We'set priv->master = NULL, but didn't
communicate the change to the platform. I believe this is not good.
device (br0): bridge port dummy0 was detached
device (dummy0): released from master device br0
active-connection[0x55ed7ba782e0]: set state deactivating (was activated)
device (dummy0): ip4: set state none (was done, reason: ip-state-clear)
device (dummy0): ip6: set state none (was done, reason: ip-state-clear)
device (dummy0): state change: deactivating -> disconnected (reason 'new-activation', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
platform: (dummy0) emit signal link-changed changed: 102: dummy0
<NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP;broadcast,noarp,up,running,lowerup> mtu 1500 master 101 arp 1 dummy* init
addrgenmode none addr EA:8D:DD:DF:1F:B7 brd FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF driver dummy rx:0,0 tx:39,4746
Now the platform sent us a new link, the "master" property is still set.
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): queued link change for ifindex 102
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): deactivating device (reason 'new-activation') [60]
device (dummy0): ip: set (combined) state none (was done, reason: ip-state-clear)
config: device-state: write #102 (/run/NetworkManager/devices/102); managed=managed, perm-hw-addr-fake=EA:8D:DD:DF:1F:B7, route-metric-default=0-0
active-connection[0x55ed7ba782e0]: set state deactivated (was deactivating)
active-connection[0x55ed7ba782e0]: check-master-ready: already signalled (state deactivated, master 0x55ed7ba781c0 is in state activated)
device (dummy0): Activation: starting connection 'dummy1' (ec6fca51-84e6-4a5b-a297-f602252c9f69)
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): activation-stage: schedule activate_stage1_device_prepare
l3cfg[ae290b5c1f585d6c,ifindex=102]: emit signal (platform-change-on-idle, obj-type-flags=0x2a)
device (br0): master: add one slave 0a458361f9fed8f5/dummy0
Amidst the new activation we're processing the netlink message we got.
We set priv->master back, effectively nullifying the release above.
device (dummy0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): add_pending_action (2): 'in-state-change'
active-connection[0x55ed7ba78400]: set state activating (was unknown)
manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
active-connection[0x55ed7ba78400]: check-master-ready: not signalling (state activating, no master)
device[8fff58d61c7686ce] (br0): slave dummy0 state change 30 (disconnected) -> 40 (prepare)
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): remove_pending_action (1): 'in-state-change'
device (br0): master: release one slave 0a458361f9fed8f5/dummy0 (not enslaved) (force-configure)
platform: (dummy0) link: releasing 102 from master 'br0' (101)
device (br0): detached bridge port dummy0
Now stage1 cleans the device up, removing it from the master.
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): Activation: connection 'dummy1' master deactivated
device (dummy0): ip4: set state none (was pending, reason: ip-state-clear)
device (dummy0): ip6: set state none (was pending, reason: ip-state-clear)
device[0a458361f9fed8f5] (dummy0): add_pending_action (2): 'queued-state-change-deactivating'
We decide to deal with this by enqueuing a deactivation. That is not
great -- we shouldn't even have had this master!
This patch takes the deactivation path only if we were willingly
enslaved to the master in question.
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NetworkManager core daemon has moved to gitlab.freedesktop.org!
git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.git
Networking that Just Works
NetworkManager attempts to keep an active network connection available at all times. The point of NetworkManager is to make networking configuration and setup as painless and automatic as possible. NetworkManager is intended to replace default route, replace other routes, set IP addresses, and in general configure networking as NM sees fit (with the possibility of manual override as necessary). In effect, the goal of NetworkManager is to make networking Just Work with a minimum of user hassle, but still allow customization and a high level of manual network control. If you have special needs, we'd like to hear about them, but understand that NetworkManager is not intended for every use-case.
NetworkManager will attempt to keep every network device in the system up and active, as long as the device is available for use (has a cable plugged in, the killswitch isn't turned on, etc). Network connections can be set to 'autoconnect', meaning that NetworkManager will make that connection active whenever it and the hardware is available.
"Settings services" store lists of user- or administrator-defined "connections", which contain all the settings and parameters required to connect to a specific network. NetworkManager will never activate a connection that is not in this list, or that the user has not directed NetworkManager to connect to.
How it works:
The NetworkManager daemon runs as a privileged service (since it must access and control hardware), but provides a D-Bus interface on the system bus to allow for fine-grained control of networking. NetworkManager does not store connections or settings, it is only the mechanism by which those connections are selected and activated.
To store pre-defined network connections, two separate services, the "system settings service" and the "user settings service" store connection information and provide these to NetworkManager, also via D-Bus. Each settings service can determine how and where it persistently stores the connection information; for example, the GNOME applet stores its configuration in GConf, and the system settings service stores its config in distro-specific formats, or in a distro- agnostic format, depending on user/administrator preference.
A variety of other system services are used by NetworkManager to provide network functionality: wpa_supplicant for wireless connections and 802.1x wired connections, pppd for PPP and mobile broadband connections, DHCP clients for dynamic IP addressing, dnsmasq for proxy nameserver and DHCP server functionality for internet connection sharing, and avahi-autoipd for IPv4 link-local addresses. Most communication with these daemons occurs, again, via D-Bus.
Why doesn't my network Just Work?
Driver problems are the #1 cause of why NetworkManager sometimes fails to connect to wireless networks. Often, the driver simply doesn't behave in a consistent manner, or is just plain buggy. NetworkManager supports only those drivers that are shipped with the upstream Linux kernel, because only those drivers can be easily fixed and debugged. ndiswrapper, vendor binary drivers, or other out-of-tree drivers may or may not work well with NetworkManager, precisely because they have not been vetted and improved by the open-source community, and because problems in these drivers usually cannot be fixed.
Sometimes, command-line tools like 'iwconfig' will work, but NetworkManager will fail. This is again often due to buggy drivers, because these drivers simply aren't expecting the dynamic requests that NetworkManager and wpa_supplicant make. Driver bugs should be filed in the bug tracker of the distribution being run, since often distributions customize their kernel and drivers.
Sometimes, it really is NetworkManager's fault. If you think that's the case, please file a bug at:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/issues
Attaching NetworkManager debug logs from the journal (or wherever your distribution directs syslog's 'daemon' facility output, as /var/log/messages or /var/log/daemon.log) is often very helpful, and (if you can get) a working wpa_supplicant config file helps enormously. See the logging section of file contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.conf for how to enable debug logging in NetworkManager.