From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fw@strlen.de,
horms@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 10/16] netfilter: nf_conncount: rework API to use sk_buff directly
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:33:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251125223312.1246891-11-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251125223312.1246891-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
When using nf_conncount infrastructure for non-confirmed connections a
duplicated track is possible due to an optimization introduced since
commit d265929930e2 ("netfilter: nf_conncount: reduce unnecessary GC").
In order to fix this introduce a new conncount API that receives
directly an sk_buff struct. It fetches the tuple and zone and the
corresponding ct from it. It comes with both existing conncount variants
nf_conncount_count_skb() and nf_conncount_add_skb(). In addition remove
the old API and adjust all the users to use the new one.
This way, for each sk_buff struct it is possible to check if there is a
ct present and already confirmed. If so, skip the add operation.
Fixes: d265929930e2 ("netfilter: nf_conncount: reduce unnecessary GC")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h | 17 ++-
net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c | 159 ++++++++++++++-------
net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c | 21 +--
net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c | 14 +-
net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 16 +--
5 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h
index 1b58b5b91ff6..52a06de41aa0 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@ struct nf_conncount_list {
struct nf_conncount_data *nf_conncount_init(struct net *net, unsigned int keylen);
void nf_conncount_destroy(struct net *net, struct nf_conncount_data *data);
-unsigned int nf_conncount_count(struct net *net,
- struct nf_conncount_data *data,
- const u32 *key,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone);
-
-int nf_conncount_add(struct net *net, struct nf_conncount_list *list,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone);
+unsigned int nf_conncount_count_skb(struct net *net,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num,
+ struct nf_conncount_data *data,
+ const u32 *key);
+
+int nf_conncount_add_skb(struct net *net, const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num, struct nf_conncount_list *list);
void nf_conncount_list_init(struct nf_conncount_list *list);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
index 913ede2f57f9..dbaa3051577c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
@@ -122,15 +122,65 @@ find_or_evict(struct net *net, struct nf_conncount_list *list,
return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
}
+static bool get_ct_or_tuple_from_skb(struct net *net,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num,
+ struct nf_conn **ct,
+ struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
+ const struct nf_conntrack_zone **zone,
+ bool *refcounted)
+{
+ const struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
+ enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
+ struct nf_conn *found_ct;
+
+ found_ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
+ if (found_ct && !nf_ct_is_template(found_ct)) {
+ *tuple = found_ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple;
+ *zone = nf_ct_zone(found_ct);
+ *ct = found_ct;
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ if (!nf_ct_get_tuplepr(skb, skb_network_offset(skb), l3num, net, tuple))
+ return false;
+
+ if (found_ct)
+ *zone = nf_ct_zone(found_ct);
+
+ h = nf_conntrack_find_get(net, *zone, tuple);
+ if (!h)
+ return true;
+
+ found_ct = nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h);
+ *refcounted = true;
+ *ct = found_ct;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
static int __nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
- struct nf_conncount_list *list,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone)
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num,
+ struct nf_conncount_list *list)
{
+ const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone = &nf_ct_zone_dflt;
const struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *found;
struct nf_conncount_tuple *conn, *conn_n;
+ struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
+ struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
struct nf_conn *found_ct;
unsigned int collect = 0;
+ bool refcounted = false;
+
+ if (!get_ct_or_tuple_from_skb(net, skb, l3num, &ct, &tuple, &zone, &refcounted))
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ if (ct && nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct)) {
+ if (refcounted)
+ nf_ct_put(ct);
+ return 0;
+ }
if ((u32)jiffies == list->last_gc)
goto add_new_node;
@@ -144,10 +194,10 @@ static int __nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
if (IS_ERR(found)) {
/* Not found, but might be about to be confirmed */
if (PTR_ERR(found) == -EAGAIN) {
- if (nf_ct_tuple_equal(&conn->tuple, tuple) &&
+ if (nf_ct_tuple_equal(&conn->tuple, &tuple) &&
nf_ct_zone_id(&conn->zone, conn->zone.dir) ==
nf_ct_zone_id(zone, zone->dir))
- return 0; /* already exists */
+ goto out_put; /* already exists */
} else {
collect++;
}
@@ -156,7 +206,7 @@ static int __nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
found_ct = nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(found);
- if (nf_ct_tuple_equal(&conn->tuple, tuple) &&
+ if (nf_ct_tuple_equal(&conn->tuple, &tuple) &&
nf_ct_zone_equal(found_ct, zone, zone->dir)) {
/*
* We should not see tuples twice unless someone hooks
@@ -165,7 +215,7 @@ static int __nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
* Attempt to avoid a re-add in this case.
*/
nf_ct_put(found_ct);
- return 0;
+ goto out_put;
} else if (already_closed(found_ct)) {
/*
* we do not care about connections which are
@@ -188,31 +238,35 @@ static int __nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
if (conn == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- conn->tuple = *tuple;
+ conn->tuple = tuple;
conn->zone = *zone;
conn->cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
conn->jiffies32 = (u32)jiffies;
list_add_tail(&conn->node, &list->head);
list->count++;
list->last_gc = (u32)jiffies;
+
+out_put:
+ if (refcounted)
+ nf_ct_put(ct);
return 0;
}
-int nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
- struct nf_conncount_list *list,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone)
+int nf_conncount_add_skb(struct net *net,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num,
+ struct nf_conncount_list *list)
{
int ret;
/* check the saved connections */
spin_lock_bh(&list->list_lock);
- ret = __nf_conncount_add(net, list, tuple, zone);
+ ret = __nf_conncount_add(net, skb, l3num, list);
spin_unlock_bh(&list->list_lock);
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conncount_add);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conncount_add_skb);
void nf_conncount_list_init(struct nf_conncount_list *list)
{
@@ -309,19 +363,22 @@ static void schedule_gc_worker(struct nf_conncount_data *data, int tree)
static unsigned int
insert_tree(struct net *net,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num,
struct nf_conncount_data *data,
struct rb_root *root,
unsigned int hash,
- const u32 *key,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone)
+ const u32 *key)
{
struct nf_conncount_rb *gc_nodes[CONNCOUNT_GC_MAX_NODES];
+ const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone = &nf_ct_zone_dflt;
+ bool do_gc = true, refcounted = false;
+ unsigned int count = 0, gc_count = 0;
struct rb_node **rbnode, *parent;
- struct nf_conncount_rb *rbconn;
+ struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
struct nf_conncount_tuple *conn;
- unsigned int count = 0, gc_count = 0;
- bool do_gc = true;
+ struct nf_conncount_rb *rbconn;
+ struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
spin_lock_bh(&nf_conncount_locks[hash]);
restart:
@@ -340,7 +397,7 @@ insert_tree(struct net *net,
} else {
int ret;
- ret = nf_conncount_add(net, &rbconn->list, tuple, zone);
+ ret = nf_conncount_add_skb(net, skb, l3num, &rbconn->list);
if (ret)
count = 0; /* hotdrop */
else
@@ -375,19 +432,24 @@ insert_tree(struct net *net,
goto out_unlock;
}
- conn->tuple = *tuple;
- conn->zone = *zone;
- conn->cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
- conn->jiffies32 = (u32)jiffies;
- memcpy(rbconn->key, key, sizeof(u32) * data->keylen);
+ if (get_ct_or_tuple_from_skb(net, skb, l3num, &ct, &tuple, &zone, &refcounted)) {
+ conn->tuple = tuple;
+ conn->zone = *zone;
+ conn->cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
+ conn->jiffies32 = (u32)jiffies;
+ memcpy(rbconn->key, key, sizeof(u32) * data->keylen);
- nf_conncount_list_init(&rbconn->list);
- list_add(&conn->node, &rbconn->list.head);
- count = 1;
- rbconn->list.count = count;
+ nf_conncount_list_init(&rbconn->list);
+ list_add(&conn->node, &rbconn->list.head);
+ count = 1;
+ rbconn->list.count = count;
- rb_link_node_rcu(&rbconn->node, parent, rbnode);
- rb_insert_color(&rbconn->node, root);
+ rb_link_node_rcu(&rbconn->node, parent, rbnode);
+ rb_insert_color(&rbconn->node, root);
+
+ if (refcounted)
+ nf_ct_put(ct);
+ }
out_unlock:
spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conncount_locks[hash]);
return count;
@@ -395,10 +457,10 @@ insert_tree(struct net *net,
static unsigned int
count_tree(struct net *net,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num,
struct nf_conncount_data *data,
- const u32 *key,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone)
+ const u32 *key)
{
struct rb_root *root;
struct rb_node *parent;
@@ -422,7 +484,7 @@ count_tree(struct net *net,
} else {
int ret;
- if (!tuple) {
+ if (!skb) {
nf_conncount_gc_list(net, &rbconn->list);
return rbconn->list.count;
}
@@ -437,7 +499,7 @@ count_tree(struct net *net,
}
/* same source network -> be counted! */
- ret = __nf_conncount_add(net, &rbconn->list, tuple, zone);
+ ret = __nf_conncount_add(net, skb, l3num, &rbconn->list);
spin_unlock_bh(&rbconn->list.list_lock);
if (ret)
return 0; /* hotdrop */
@@ -446,10 +508,10 @@ count_tree(struct net *net,
}
}
- if (!tuple)
+ if (!skb)
return 0;
- return insert_tree(net, data, root, hash, key, tuple, zone);
+ return insert_tree(net, skb, l3num, data, root, hash, key);
}
static void tree_gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -511,18 +573,19 @@ static void tree_gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
}
/* Count and return number of conntrack entries in 'net' with particular 'key'.
- * If 'tuple' is not null, insert it into the accounting data structure.
- * Call with RCU read lock.
+ * If 'skb' is not null, insert the corresponding tuple into the accounting
+ * data structure. Call with RCU read lock.
*/
-unsigned int nf_conncount_count(struct net *net,
- struct nf_conncount_data *data,
- const u32 *key,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone)
+unsigned int nf_conncount_count_skb(struct net *net,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u16 l3num,
+ struct nf_conncount_data *data,
+ const u32 *key)
{
- return count_tree(net, data, key, tuple, zone);
+ return count_tree(net, skb, l3num, data, key);
+
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conncount_count);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conncount_count_skb);
struct nf_conncount_data *nf_conncount_init(struct net *net, unsigned int keylen)
{
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c b/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c
index fc35a11cdca2..5df7134131d2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c
@@ -24,26 +24,11 @@ static inline void nft_connlimit_do_eval(struct nft_connlimit *priv,
const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt,
const struct nft_set_ext *ext)
{
- const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone = &nf_ct_zone_dflt;
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple_ptr;
- struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
- enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
- const struct nf_conn *ct;
unsigned int count;
+ int err;
- tuple_ptr = &tuple;
-
- ct = nf_ct_get(pkt->skb, &ctinfo);
- if (ct != NULL) {
- tuple_ptr = &ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple;
- zone = nf_ct_zone(ct);
- } else if (!nf_ct_get_tuplepr(pkt->skb, skb_network_offset(pkt->skb),
- nft_pf(pkt), nft_net(pkt), &tuple)) {
- regs->verdict.code = NF_DROP;
- return;
- }
-
- if (nf_conncount_add(nft_net(pkt), priv->list, tuple_ptr, zone)) {
+ err = nf_conncount_add_skb(nft_net(pkt), pkt->skb, nft_pf(pkt), priv->list);
+ if (err) {
regs->verdict.code = NF_DROP;
return;
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
index 0189f8b6b0bd..848287ab79cf 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ connlimit_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
{
struct net *net = xt_net(par);
const struct xt_connlimit_info *info = par->matchinfo;
- struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple_ptr = &tuple;
const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone = &nf_ct_zone_dflt;
enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
const struct nf_conn *ct;
@@ -40,13 +38,8 @@ connlimit_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
u32 key[5];
ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
- if (ct != NULL) {
- tuple_ptr = &ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple;
+ if (ct)
zone = nf_ct_zone(ct);
- } else if (!nf_ct_get_tuplepr(skb, skb_network_offset(skb),
- xt_family(par), net, &tuple)) {
- goto hotdrop;
- }
if (xt_family(par) == NFPROTO_IPV6) {
const struct ipv6hdr *iph = ipv6_hdr(skb);
@@ -69,10 +62,9 @@ connlimit_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
key[1] = zone->id;
}
- connections = nf_conncount_count(net, info->data, key, tuple_ptr,
- zone);
+ connections = nf_conncount_count_skb(net, skb, xt_family(par), info->data, key);
if (connections == 0)
- /* kmalloc failed, drop it entirely */
+ /* kmalloc failed or tuple couldn't be found, drop it entirely */
goto hotdrop;
return (connections > info->limit) ^ !!(info->flags & XT_CONNLIMIT_INVERT);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index e573e9221302..a0811e1fba65 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ static u32 ct_limit_get(const struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info, u16 zone)
}
static int ovs_ct_check_limit(struct net *net,
- const struct ovs_conntrack_info *info,
- const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ const struct ovs_conntrack_info *info)
{
struct ovs_net *ovs_net = net_generic(net, ovs_net_id);
const struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info = ovs_net->ct_limit_info;
@@ -942,8 +942,9 @@ static int ovs_ct_check_limit(struct net *net,
if (per_zone_limit == OVS_CT_LIMIT_UNLIMITED)
return 0;
- connections = nf_conncount_count(net, ct_limit_info->data,
- &conncount_key, tuple, &info->zone);
+ connections = nf_conncount_count_skb(net, skb, info->family,
+ ct_limit_info->data,
+ &conncount_key);
if (connections > per_zone_limit)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -972,8 +973,7 @@ static int ovs_ct_commit(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT)
if (static_branch_unlikely(&ovs_ct_limit_enabled)) {
if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct)) {
- err = ovs_ct_check_limit(net, info,
- &ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple);
+ err = ovs_ct_check_limit(net, skb, info);
if (err) {
net_warn_ratelimited("openvswitch: zone: %u "
"exceeds conntrack limit\n",
@@ -1770,8 +1770,8 @@ static int __ovs_ct_limit_get_zone_limit(struct net *net,
zone_limit.limit = limit;
nf_ct_zone_init(&ct_zone, zone_id, NF_CT_DEFAULT_ZONE_DIR, 0);
- zone_limit.count = nf_conncount_count(net, data, &conncount_key, NULL,
- &ct_zone);
+ zone_limit.count = nf_conncount_count_skb(net, NULL, 0, data,
+ &conncount_key);
return nla_put_nohdr(reply, sizeof(zone_limit), &zone_limit);
}
--
2.47.3
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2025-11-25 22:32 ` [PATCH net-next 01/16] netfilter: flowtable: move path discovery infrastructure to its own file Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:32 ` [PATCH net-next 02/16] netfilter: flowtable: consolidate xmit path Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-26 4:20 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-25 22:32 ` [PATCH net-next 03/16] netfilter: flowtable: inline vlan encapsulation in " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 04/16] netfilter: flowtable: inline pppoe " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-26 3:33 ` Qingfang Deng
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 05/16] netfilter: flowtable: remove hw_ifidx Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 06/16] netfilter: flowtable: use tuple address to calculate next hop Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 07/16] netfilter: flowtable: Add IPIP rx sw acceleration Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 08/16] netfilter: flowtable: Add IPIP tx " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 09/16] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IPIP flowtable selftest Pablo Neira Ayuso
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2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 12/16] netfilter: nft_connlimit: update the count if add was skipped Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 13/16] netfilter: nft_connlimit: add support to object update operation Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 14/16] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add the capability to send IPv6 TCP traffic Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 15/16] netfilter: ip6t_srh: fix UAPI kernel-doc comments format Pablo Neira Ayuso
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-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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