From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, paulb@mellanox.com, ozsh@mellanox.com,
vladbu@mellanox.com, jiri@resnulli.us, kuba@kernel.org,
saeedm@mellanox.com, michael.chan@broadcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8 net] the indirect flow_block offload, revisited
Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 00:36:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200514223627.GA3170@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8f1a3b9a-6a60-f1b3-0fc1-f2361864c822@solarflare.com>
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 12:44:48PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 13/05/2020 17:41, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This patchset fixes the indirect flow_block support for the tc CT action
> > offload. Please, note that this batch is probably slightly large for the
> > net tree, however, I could not find a simple incremental fix.
> >
> > = The problem
> >
> > The nf_flow_table_indr_block_cb() function provides the tunnel netdevice
> > and the indirect flow_block driver callback. From this tunnel netdevice,
> > it is not possible to obtain the tc CT flow_block. Note that tc qdisc
> > and netfilter backtrack from the tunnel netdevice to the tc block /
> > netfilter chain to reach the flow_block object. This allows them to
> > clean up the hardware offload rules if the tunnel device is removed.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > = About this patchset
> >
> > This patchset aims to address the existing TC CT problem while
> > simplifying the indirect flow_block infrastructure. Saving 300 LoC in
> > the flow_offload core and the drivers.
>
> This might be a dumb question, but: what is the actual bug being fixed,
> that makes this patch series needed on net rather than net-next?
The TC CT action crashes the kernel with an indirect flow_block in place:
https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter-devel/db9dfe4f-62e7-241b-46a0-d878c89696a8@ucloud.cn/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-14 22:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-13 16:41 [PATCH 0/8 net] the indirect flow_block offload, revisited Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 1/8 net] netfilter: nf_flowtable: expose nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 2/8 net] net: flow_offload: consolidate indirect flow_block infrastructure Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 3/8 net] net: cls_api: add tcf_block_offload_init() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 4/8 net] net: use flow_indr_dev_setup_offload() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 5/8 net] mlx5: update indirect block support Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 6/8 net] nfp: " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 7/8 net] bnxt_tc: " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-19 8:53 ` Sriharsha Basavapatna
2020-05-26 21:59 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-05-13 16:41 ` [PATCH 8/8 net] net: remove indirect block netdev event registration Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-06-08 21:07 ` Jacob Keller
2020-06-08 21:47 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2020-06-08 22:37 ` Jacob Keller
2020-05-14 11:44 ` [PATCH 0/8 net] the indirect flow_block offload, revisited Edward Cree
2020-05-14 22:36 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2020-05-15 0:29 ` David Miller
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