From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com, lorenzo@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH nf-next 1/7] net: pass net_device_path_ctx to dev_fill_forward_path()
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 00:35:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806223535.523098-2-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806223535.523098-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com>
Refactor dev_fill_forward_path() to take a struct net_device_path_ctx
pointer instead of a (dev, daddr) pair, so the caller can build and
populate the context up front and keep it after the forward path walk.
This allows additional fields (e.g. vlan and ether_type) to be carried
in the context and shared with ndo_fill_forward_path implementations,
instead of being reconstructed on the stack inside the core helper.
Update the mtk_ppe_offload, airoha_ppe and nf_flow_table_path callers to
allocate and fill the context before invoking dev_fill_forward_path().
The network topology resolution behaviour is unchanged.
This is a preliminary patch to enable HW flowtable offload for IPv4
over IPv6 tunnels.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
v2: Just a rebase on top of current nf-next.git
drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c | 7 ++++++-
.../net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c | 7 ++++++-
include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 +-
net/core/dev.c | 18 +++++++-----------
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c | 7 ++++++-
5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
index a03af9750573..92611802801e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
@@ -283,14 +283,19 @@ static int airoha_ppe_get_wdma_info(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
struct airoha_wdma_info *info)
{
struct net_device_path_stack stack;
+ struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
+ .dev = dev,
+ };
struct net_device_path *path;
int err;
if (!dev)
return -ENODEV;
+ ether_addr_copy(ctx.daddr, addr);
+
rcu_read_lock();
- err = dev_fill_forward_path(dev, addr, &stack);
+ err = dev_fill_forward_path(&ctx, &stack);
rcu_read_unlock();
if (err)
return err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c
index 771d9118f94a..99b28aaa7cc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ static int
mtk_flow_get_wdma_info(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr, struct mtk_wdma_info *info)
{
struct net_device_path_stack stack;
+ struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
+ .dev = dev,
+ };
struct net_device_path *path;
int err;
@@ -101,8 +104,10 @@ mtk_flow_get_wdma_info(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr, struct mtk_wdma_i
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_MEDIATEK_SOC_WED))
return -1;
+ ether_addr_copy(ctx.daddr, addr);
+
rcu_read_lock();
- err = dev_fill_forward_path(dev, addr, &stack);
+ err = dev_fill_forward_path(&ctx, &stack);
rcu_read_unlock();
if (err)
return err;
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 62cfad7e6b79..4319b949f405 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ void dev_remove_offload(struct packet_offload *po);
int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
int dev_fill_metadata_dst(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
-int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
+int dev_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx,
struct net_device_path_stack *stack);
void dev_fill_forward_path_release(struct net_device_path_stack *stack);
struct net_device *dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e50ed677de72..13dfd2113a5a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -769,35 +769,31 @@ void dev_fill_forward_path_release(struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_fill_forward_path_release);
-int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
+int dev_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx,
struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
{
const struct net_device *last_dev;
- struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
- .dev = dev,
- };
struct net_device_path *path;
int ret = 0;
- memcpy(ctx.daddr, daddr, sizeof(ctx.daddr));
stack->num_paths = 0;
- while (ctx.dev && ctx.dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path) {
- last_dev = ctx.dev;
+ while (ctx->dev && ctx->dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path) {
+ last_dev = ctx->dev;
path = dev_fwd_path(stack);
if (!path)
goto err_out;
memset(path, 0, sizeof(struct net_device_path));
- ret = ctx.dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path(&ctx, path);
+ ret = ctx->dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path(ctx, path);
if (ret < 0)
goto err_out;
stack->num_paths++;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(last_dev == ctx.dev))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(last_dev == ctx->dev))
goto err_out;
}
- if (!ctx.dev)
+ if (!ctx->dev)
return ret;
path = dev_fwd_path(stack);
@@ -805,7 +801,7 @@ int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
goto err_out;
path->type = DEV_PATH_ETHERNET;
- path->dev = ctx.dev;
+ path->dev = ctx->dev;
stack->num_paths++;
return 0;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
index 56219b02e122..0cbde535b8ba 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ static int nft_dev_fill_forward_path(const struct dst_entry *dst_cache,
{
const void *daddr = &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3;
struct net_device *dev = dst_cache->dev;
+ struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
+ .dev = dev,
+ };
struct neighbour *n;
u8 nud_state;
@@ -71,7 +74,9 @@ static int nft_dev_fill_forward_path(const struct dst_entry *dst_cache,
return -1;
out:
- return dev_fill_forward_path(dev, ha, stack);
+ ether_addr_copy(ctx.daddr, ha);
+
+ return dev_fill_forward_path(&ctx, stack);
}
struct nft_forward_info {
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 22:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 22:35 [PATCH nf-next 0/7] flowtable preparation for IPv4 over IPv6 and SIT Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-06 22:35 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-08-06 22:35 ` [PATCH nf-next 2/7] net: netfilter: add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx and use it Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-07 9:00 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-08-06 22:35 ` [PATCH nf-next 3/7] netfilter: flowtable: rename tun.l3_proto to tun.inner_proto Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-07 9:01 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-08-06 22:35 ` [PATCH nf-next 4/7] netfilter: flowtable: rename ctx.tun.proto to ctx.tun.inner_proto Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-07 9:02 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-08-06 22:35 ` [PATCH nf-next 5/7] netfilter: flowtable: store ethertype in flowtable context Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-07 9:10 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-08-06 22:35 ` [PATCH nf-next 6/7] netfilter: flowtable: move ipv4 and ipv6 xmit path to function Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-07 9:13 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-08-06 22:35 ` [PATCH nf-next 7/7] netfilter: flowtable: detach layer 2 encapsulation parser from lookup Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-08-07 9:15 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
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