[PATCH net-next 0/8] the indirect flow_block infrastructure, revisited

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

Hi,

This series fixes b5140a36da78 ("netfilter: flowtable: add indr block
setup support") that adds support for the indirect block for the
flowtable. This patch crashes the kernel with the TC CT action.

[  630.908086] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000f0
[  630.908233] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[  630.908304] PGD 800000104addd067 P4D 800000104addd067 PUD 104311d067 PMD 0
[  630.908380] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [  630.908615] RIP: 0010:nf_flow_table_indr_block_cb+0xc0/0x190 [nf_flow_table]
[  630.908690] Code: 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 4c 89 75 a0 4c 89 65 a8 4d 89 ee 49 89 dd 4c 89 fe 48 c7 c7 b7 64 36 a0 31 c0 e8 ce ed d8 e0 <49> 8b b7 f0 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 c8 64      36 a0 31 c0 e8 b9 ed d8 e0 49[  630.908790] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000895f8c0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[...]
[  630.910774] Call Trace:
[  630.911192]  ? mlx5e_rep_indr_setup_block+0x270/0x270 [mlx5_core]
[  630.911621]  ? mlx5e_rep_indr_setup_block+0x270/0x270 [mlx5_core]
[  630.912040]  ? mlx5e_rep_indr_setup_block+0x270/0x270 [mlx5_core]
[  630.912443]  flow_block_cmd+0x51/0x80
[  630.912844]  __flow_indr_block_cb_register+0x26c/0x510
[  630.913265]  mlx5e_nic_rep_netdevice_event+0x9e/0x110 [mlx5_core]
[  630.913665]  notifier_call_chain+0x53/0xa0
[  630.914063]  raw_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20
[  630.914466]  call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x39/0x90
[  630.914859]  register_netdevice+0x484/0x550
[  630.915256]  __ip_tunnel_create+0x12b/0x1f0 [ip_tunnel]
[  630.915661]  ip_tunnel_init_net+0x116/0x180 [ip_tunnel]
[  630.916062]  ipgre_tap_init_net+0x22/0x30 [ip_gre]
[  630.916458]  ops_init+0x44/0x110
[  630.916851]  register_pernet_operations+0x112/0x200

A workaround patch to cure this crash has been proposed. However, there
is another problem: The indirect flow_block still does not work for the
new TC CT action. The problem is that the existing flow_indr_block_entry
callback assumes you can look up for the flowtable from the netdevice to
get the flow_block. This flow_block allows you to offload the flows via
TC_SETUP_CLSFLOWER. Unfortunately, it is not possible to get the
flow_block from the TC CT flowtables because they are _not_ bound to any
specific netdevice.

= What is the indirect flow_block infrastructure?

The indirect flow_block infrastructure allows drivers to offload
tc/netfilter rules that belong to software tunnel netdevices, e.g.
vxlan.

This indirect flow_block infrastructure relates tunnel netdevices with
drivers because there is no obvious way to relate these two things
from the control plane.

= How does the indirect flow_block work before this patchset?

Front-ends register the indirect block callback through
flow_indr_add_block_cb() if they support for offloading tunnel
netdevices.

== Setting up an indirect block

1) Drivers track tunnel netdevices via NETDEV_{REGISTER,UNREGISTER} events.
   If there is a new tunnel netdevice that the driver can offload, then the
   driver invokes __flow_indr_block_cb_register() with the new tunnel
   netdevice and the driver callback. The __flow_indr_block_cb_register()
   call iterates over the list of the front-end callbacks.

2) The front-end callback sets up the flow_block_offload structure and it
   invokes the driver callback to set up the flow_block.

3) The driver callback now registers the flow_block structure and it
   returns the flow_block back to the front-end.

4) The front-end gets the flow_block object and it is now ready to
   offload rules for this tunnel netdevice.

A simplified callgraph is represented below.

        Front-end                      Driver

                                   NETDEV_REGISTER
                                         |
                     __flow_indr_block_cb_register(netdev, cb_priv, driver_cb)
                                         | [1]
            .--------------frontend_indr_block_cb(cb_priv, driver_cb)
            |
            .
   setup_flow_block_offload(bo)
            | [2]
       driver_cb(bo, cb_priv) -----------.
                                         |
                                         \/
                                  set up flow_blocks [3]
                                         |
      add rules to flow_block <----------
      TC_SETUP_CLSFLOWER [4]

== Releasing the indirect flow_block

There are two possibilities, either tunnel netdevice is removed or
a netdevice (port representor) is removed.

=== Tunnel netdevice is removed

Driver waits for the NETDEV_UNREGISTER event that announces the tunnel
netdevice removal. Then, it calls __flow_indr_block_cb_unregister() to
remove the flow_block and rules.  Callgraph is very similar to the one
described above.

=== Netdevice is removed (port representor)

Driver calls __flow_indr_block_cb_unregister() to remove the existing
netfilter/tc rule that belong to the tunnel netdevice.

= How does the indirect flow_block work after this patchset?

Drivers register the indirect flow_block setup callback through
flow_indr_dev_register() if they support for offloading tunnel
netdevices.

== Setting up an indirect flow_block

1) Frontends check if dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc is unset. If so,
   frontends call flow_indr_dev_setup_offload(). This call invokes
   the drivers' indirect flow_block setup callback.

2) The indirect flow_block setup callback sets up a flow_block structure
   which relates the tunnel netdevice and the driver.

3) The front-end uses flow_block and offload the rules.

Note that the operational to set up (non-indirect) flow_block is very
similar.

== Releasing the indirect flow_block

=== Tunnel netdevice is removed

This calls flow_indr_dev_setup_offload() to set down the flow_block and
remove the offloaded rules. This alternate path is exercised if
dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc is unset.

=== Netdevice is removed (port representor)

If a netdevice is removed, then it might need to to clean up the
offloaded tc/netfilter rules that belongs to the tunnel netdevice:

1) The driver invokes flow_indr_dev_unregister() when a netdevice is
   removed.

2) This call iterates over the existing indirect flow_blocks
   and it invokes the cleanup callback to let the front-end remove the
   tc/netfilter rules. The cleanup callback already provides the
   flow_block that the front-end needs to clean up.

        Front-end                      Driver

                                         |
                            flow_indr_dev_unregister(...)
                                         |
                         iterate over list of indirect flow_block
                               and invoke cleanup callback
                                         |
            .-----------------------------
            |
            .
   frontend_flow_block_cleanup(flow_block)
            .
            |
           \/
   remove rules to flow_block
      TC_SETUP_CLSFLOWER

= 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. The operational gets aligned with
the (non-indirect) flow_blocks logic. Patchset is composed of:

Patch #1 add nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup() which is required by the
         netfilter's flowtable new indirect flow_block approach.

Patch #2 adds the flow_block_indr object which is actually part of
         of the flow_block object. This stores the indirect flow_block
         metadata such as the tunnel netdevice owner and the cleanup
         callback (in case the tunnel netdevice goes away).

         This patch adds flow_indr_dev_{un}register() to allow drivers
         to offer netdevice tunnel hardware offload to the front-ends.
         Then, front-ends call flow_indr_dev_setup_offload() to invoke
         the drivers to set up the (indirect) flow_block.

Patch #3 add the tcf_block_offload_init() helper function, this is
         a preparation patch to adapt the tc front-end to use this
         new indirect flow_block infrastructure.

Patch #4 updates the tc and netfilter front-ends to use the new
         indirect flow_block infrastructure.

Patch #5 updates the mlx5 driver to use the new indirect flow_block
         infrastructure.

Patch #6 updates the nfp driver to use the new indirect flow_block
         infrastructure.

Patch #7 updates the bnxt driver to use the new indirect flow_block
         infrastructure.

Patch #8 removes the indirect flow_block infrastructure version 1,
         now that frontends and drivers have been translated to
         version 2 (coming in this patchset).

Please, apply.

Pablo Neira Ayuso (8):
  netfilter: nf_flowtable: expose nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup()
  net: flow_offload: consolidate indirect flow_block infrastructure
  net: cls_api: add tcf_block_offload_init()
  net: use flow_indr_dev_setup_offload()
  mlx5: update indirect block support
  nfp: update indirect block support
  bnxt_tc: update indirect block support
  net: remove indirect block netdev event registration

 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h     |   1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c  |  51 +--
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c   |  81 +----
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.h   |   4 -
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c  |   1 -
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.h  |   5 -
 .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c  |  11 +-
 .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.h  |   7 +-
 .../ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/offload.c   |  35 +-
 include/net/flow_offload.h                    |  28 +-
 include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h         |   2 +
 net/core/flow_offload.c                       | 301 +++++++-----------
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c            |   6 +-
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c         |  85 +----
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c             |  69 ++--
 net/sched/cls_api.c                           | 157 +++------
 16 files changed, 249 insertions(+), 595 deletions(-)

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