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 11/11] netfilter: flowtable: restore ieee80211 forward path
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:08:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260927220816.268206-12-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260927220816.268206-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
Before commit 871df5007eda ("netfilter: flowtable: bail out if forward
path cannot be discovered"), there was a fallback to set up a forward
path in case .ndo_fill_forward_path fails or DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA was used.
Such fallback was used by commit d787a3e38f01 ("mac80211: add support
for .ndo_fill_forward_path").
One possibility is to handle DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA from the flowtable
forward path discovery. However, this is only used internally by drivers
to retrieve mtk_wdma information to set up hardware offload. Felix
decided to use the .fill_forward_path interface for this purpose due to
the lack of a better interface at that time.
Add a new DEV_PATH_IEEE80211 path which is offered if the new ieee80211
flag is set on in the struct net_device_path_ctx to restore the
flowtable with a ieee80211 netdevice. Handle this new DEV_PATH_IEEE80211
path just like DEV_PATH_ETHERNET and DEV_PATH_DSA, ie. this is the last
netdevice in the stack.
This new ieee80211 flag is implicitly unset for mtk_ppe and airoha which
call dev_fill_forward_path() to retrieve a DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA path.
Fixes: 871df5007eda ("netfilter: flowtable: bail out if forward path cannot be discovered")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +++
net/mac80211/iface.c | 7 +++++++
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 87cafc932e9e..3cff2174dc03 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ enum net_device_path_type {
DEV_PATH_DSA,
DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA,
DEV_PATH_TUN,
+ DEV_PATH_IEEE80211,
};
struct net_device_path {
@@ -953,6 +954,8 @@ struct net_device_path_ctx {
u16 id;
__be16 proto;
} vlan[NET_DEVICE_PATH_VLAN_MAX];
+
+ bool ieee80211;
};
enum tc_setup_type {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 889c32fd8de1..c5584435fde9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -1023,6 +1023,13 @@ static int ieee80211_netdev_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx,
struct sta_info *sta;
int ret = -ENOENT;
+ if (ctx->ieee80211) {
+ path->type = DEV_PATH_IEEE80211;
+ path->dev = ctx->dev;
+ ctx->dev = NULL;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(ctx->dev);
local = sdata->local;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
index 1e55644f2edb..d90013685bf1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static int nft_dev_fill_forward_path(const struct dst_entry *dst_cache,
struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
.dev = dev,
.ether_type = ether_type,
+ .ieee80211 = true,
};
struct neighbour *n;
u8 nud_state;
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ static int nft_dev_path_info(struct net_device_path_stack *stack,
path = &stack->path[i];
switch (path->type) {
case DEV_PATH_ETHERNET:
+ case DEV_PATH_IEEE80211:
case DEV_PATH_DSA:
case DEV_PATH_VLAN:
case DEV_PATH_PPPOE:
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ static int nft_dev_path_info(struct net_device_path_stack *stack,
memcpy(info->h_source, path->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
if (path->type == DEV_PATH_ETHERNET ||
+ path->type == DEV_PATH_IEEE80211 ||
path->type == DEV_PATH_DSA)
break;
--
2.47.3
next prev 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 ` [PATCH net 10/11] netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-28 23:55 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-27 22:08 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
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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