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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, horms@kernel.org,
	fw@strlen.de, ja@ssi.bg
Subject: [PATCH net 10/11] netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:08:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260927220816.268206-11-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260927220816.268206-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

Rename NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING to NF_FLOW_PENDING and use it to inhibit the
flowtable GC worker until pending hw offload work has been completed.

Apparently, nf_flow_offload_stats() can schedule work to retrieve stats
while the flow is being removed by GC.

And this bit can also be used in a follow up patch to disable GC until
the flow has been fully added in both directions.

Revert the reordering done in commit d644b23afe1e ("netfilter:
flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done") to prevent a race
between GC and hw offload handler.

Fixes: 2c8897953f3b ("netfilter: flowtable: Add pending bit for offload work")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c    |  7 ++++++-
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c | 14 +++++---------
 net/sched/act_ct.c                    |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
index f2e2771f188f..5b611efaa3cd 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ enum nf_flow_flags {
 	NF_FLOW_DNAT,
 	NF_FLOW_CLOSING,
 	NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN,
+	NF_FLOW_PENDING,
 	NF_FLOW_HW,
 	NF_FLOW_HW_DYING,
 	NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD,
-	NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING,
 	NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL,
 	NF_FLOW_HW_ESTABLISHED,
 };
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 934c6151f558..36bbc7be2f74 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -575,7 +575,12 @@ static void nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
 static void nf_flow_offload_gc_step(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
 				    struct flow_offload *flow, void *data)
 {
-	bool teardown = test_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags);
+	bool teardown;
+
+	if (test_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags))
+		return;
+
+	teardown = test_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags);
 
 	if (nf_flow_has_expired(flow) ||
 	    nf_ct_is_dying(flow->ct) ||
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
index 6757fd89c1f1..4365859220e6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ static void flow_offload_work_del(struct flow_offload_work *offload)
 	flow_offload_tuple_del(offload, FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_ORIGINAL);
 	if (test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL, &offload->flow->flags))
 		flow_offload_tuple_del(offload, FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_REPLY);
+	set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD, &offload->flow->flags);
 }
 
 static void flow_offload_tuple_stats(struct flow_offload_work *offload,
@@ -1056,13 +1057,8 @@ static void flow_offload_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 		default:
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	}
-
-	clear_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &offload->flow->flags);
-	if (offload->cmd == FLOW_CLS_DESTROY) {
-		/* Publish after the worker's last flow access. */
-		smp_mb__before_atomic();
-		set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD, &offload->flow->flags);
-	}
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	clear_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &offload->flow->flags);
 
 	kfree(offload);
 }
@@ -1089,12 +1085,12 @@ nf_flow_offload_work_alloc(struct nf_flowtable *flowtable,
 {
 	struct flow_offload_work *offload;
 
-	if (test_and_set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &flow->flags))
+	if (test_and_set_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags))
 		return NULL;
 
 	offload = kmalloc_obj(struct flow_offload_work, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!offload) {
-		clear_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &flow->flags);
+		clear_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index 55f3521edb4c..626c9a5af0ef 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static bool tcf_ct_flow_is_outdated(const struct flow_offload *flow)
 {
 	return test_bit(IPS_SEEN_REPLY_BIT, &flow->ct->status) &&
 	       test_bit(IPS_HW_OFFLOAD_BIT, &flow->ct->status) &&
-	       !test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &flow->flags) &&
+	       !test_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags) &&
 	       !test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_ESTABLISHED, &flow->flags);
 }
 
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-27 22:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-27 22:08 [PATCH net 00/11] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 01/11] netfilter: ipset: do not update comments from kernel-side adds Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 02/11] ipvs: fix buffer overflow when sending sync messages Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-28 23:55   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-29  4:06     ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-29  8:19       ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-29  9:43         ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-29  9:55           ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-29 10:27             ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 03/11] netfilter: nft_flow_offload: drop flowtable reference on init error path Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-28 23:55   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 04/11] ipvs: fix missing counter decrement in lblc Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 05/11] ipvs: bound LBLCR and LBLC cache growth Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 06/11] ipvs: do not create invisible templates Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 07/11] ipvs: filter some flags received in the backup server Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-28 23:55   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-29  4:17     ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 08/11] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: skip transaction elements during GC Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-28 23:55   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 09/11] netfilter: bpf: reject invalid NAT manipulation types Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:08 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-28 23:55   ` [PATCH net 10/11] netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-27 22:08 ` [PATCH net 11/11] netfilter: flowtable: restore ieee80211 forward path Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-29  2:11 ` [PATCH net 00/11] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-29  9:41   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-29 14:36     ` Julian Anastasov

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