From: Dave Seddon <dave.seddon.ca@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Dave Seddon <dave.seddon.ca@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v1 06/11] net: flow_dissector: add fast-path for IP-in-IP family (IPIP / 4in6 / 6in4)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:43:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260716004357.3652679-7-dave.seddon.ca@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260716004357.3652679-1-dave.seddon.ca@gmail.com>
Adds flow_dissect_fast_ipip_inner() — a small recursion helper
invoked from the existing flow_dissect_fast_ipv4() and
flow_dissect_fast_ipv6() helpers when the outer IP's protocol
(IPv4) or nexthdr (IPv6) is IPPROTO_IPIP or IPPROTO_IPV6 and the
ipip gate is on. Tail-calls into the matching inner IP fast-path
then stamps FLOW_DIS_ENCAPSULATION on key_control->flags. This is
the series' first tunnel descent: the fast path parses through the
tunnel header and dissects the inner flow, the pattern the GRE and
UDP-tunnel patches later in the series reuse.
Byte-identical with the slow path's IPPROTO_IPIP and IPPROTO_IPV6
switch cases in __skb_flow_dissect(): the slow path also lets the
inner IP overwrite outer addrs/basic and OR's ENCAP into the
control flags. The ENCAP write must happen *after* the inner
returns because the existing fast-path helpers unconditionally
set key_control->flags = 0 on entry (correct for the top-level
call but clobbers the encap flag during recursion); the
ipip_inner helper re-establishes ENCAP after the inner returns.
Coverage:
outer IPv4, protocol == IPIP -> inner IPv4
outer IPv4, protocol == IPV6 -> inner IPv6 (6in4)
outer IPv6, nexthdr == IPIP -> inner IPv4 (4in6)
outer IPv6, nexthdr == IPV6 -> inner IPv6
FLOW_DISSECTOR_F_STOP_BEFORE_ENCAP and STOP_AT_ENCAP don't apply
because the top-level dispatcher already rejects anything beyond
F_PARSE_1ST_FRAG, so the fast-path entry never sees the encap-stop
flags - packets that request them go to the slow path unchanged.
Gated by:
- new DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(flow_dissector_ipip_key)
- new sysctl /proc/sys/net/flow_dissector/ipip (default 0)
- static_branch_unlikely guard inside the v4/v6 helpers, hit only
when the outer protocol/nexthdr is not TCP/UDP (i.e. the
TCP/UDP fast-path was about to return false anyway)
Cost when off: the not-TCP/UDP fall-through grows by one
static_branch_unlikely check. The TCP/UDP hot path is
unchanged — the new branch is below the existing TCP/UDP fast-out.
The IPv6 helper's standalone not-TCP/UDP guard becomes unreachable
once the new block handles that case in full, so it is removed here.
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst grows an `ipip` subsection
under /proc/sys/net/flow_dissector/.
The IPv6-outer descent mirrors the slow path's outer writes (v6addrs,
addr_type) before recursing into the inner header. The slow path
fills these for the outer header and the inner pass then overwrites
only what it uses: an inner IPv4 overwrites just the first 8 bytes of
the addrs union, leaving outer-v6 bytes in the tail. Byte-identical
output means reproducing exactly that, residue included — the KUnit
equivalence test's 4in6 cases fail otherwise. (A non-zero outer flow
label defers before any descent — see the eth_ip patch's output
contract — so no label residue exists. The IPv4-outer descent needs
no mirroring: an inner IPv4 or IPv6 write always fully covers the
outer's 8 address bytes.)
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5 sparse smatch
Signed-off-by: Dave Seddon <dave.seddon.ca@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 19 ++++
include/net/flow_dissector.h | 1 +
net/core/flow_dissector.c | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index 1ee5419ffaeb..15c8ace2c0a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -553,6 +553,25 @@ vlan -> qinq staging used earlier in this series.
Default: 0
+ipip
+~~~~
+
+IPv4-in-IPv4 (``IPPROTO_IPIP`` 4), IPv6-in-IPv4 (``IPPROTO_IPV6`` 41
+inside an IPv4 outer), IPv4-in-IPv6 and IPv6-in-IPv6 tunnels. When
+the outer IP fast-path notices the outer protocol/nexthdr is one of
+these and this gate is on, it skips the outer header and tail-calls
+into the inner IPv4 / IPv6 fast-path. The flow_keys ends up with the
+inner 5-tuple (matching the slow path's behaviour, where the inner
+parse overwrites the outer addrs/basic), plus
+FLOW_DIS_ENCAPSULATION set on key_control->flags.
+
+Byte-identical with the slow path's IPPROTO_IPIP / IPPROTO_IPV6
+switch cases for the eligible shape. Defers on any miss — including
+fragmented outer, unusual outer IHL, or unsupported inner shapes
+that the inner IP fast-path itself would defer.
+
+Default: 0
+
3. /proc/sys/net/unix - Parameters for Unix domain sockets
----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/net/flow_dissector.h b/include/net/flow_dissector.h
index 8df7821ba769..d9b4b461cd05 100644
--- a/include/net/flow_dissector.h
+++ b/include/net/flow_dissector.h
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ extern struct static_key_false flow_dissector_vlan_key;
extern struct static_key_false flow_dissector_qinq_key;
extern struct static_key_false flow_dissector_pppoe_key;
extern struct static_key_false flow_dissector_mpls_key;
+extern struct static_key_false flow_dissector_ipip_key;
/* struct flow_keys_digest:
*
diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index 0ec1a6a1bb0e..abf4fdb0100b 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(flow_dissector_pppoe_key);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(flow_dissector_pppoe_key);
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(flow_dissector_mpls_key);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(flow_dissector_mpls_key);
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(flow_dissector_ipip_key);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(flow_dissector_ipip_key);
/* IPv4 version/IHL byte of an option-less header: version 4, IHL 5. */
#define FLOW_DIS_IPV4_VIHL_NOOPT 0x45
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ static bool flow_dissect_fast_ipv6(const struct sk_buff *skb,
void *target_container,
const void *data,
int nhoff, int hlen);
+static bool flow_dissect_fast_ipip_inner(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct flow_dissector *flow_dissector,
+ void *target_container,
+ const void *data,
+ __be16 inner_eth_proto,
+ int inner_nhoff, int hlen);
/* One of the two dissectors the fast-path eligibility check admits;
* defined here so flow_dissect_fast() below can reference it (its keys
@@ -1114,8 +1122,25 @@ static bool flow_dissect_fast_ipv4(const struct sk_buff *skb,
return false;
if (unlikely(iph->protocol != IPPROTO_TCP &&
- iph->protocol != IPPROTO_UDP))
+ iph->protocol != IPPROTO_UDP)) {
+ /* IPIP / IPv6-in-IPv4 outer: defer to the inner fast-path and
+ * stamp ENCAP. Outer addrs are not written -- the inner pass
+ * overwrites them, as in the slow path.
+ */
+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&flow_dissector_ipip_key)) {
+ if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_IPIP)
+ return flow_dissect_fast_ipip_inner(skb,
+ flow_dissector, target_container,
+ data, htons(ETH_P_IP),
+ nhoff + (int)sizeof(*iph), hlen);
+ if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_IPV6)
+ return flow_dissect_fast_ipip_inner(skb,
+ flow_dissector, target_container,
+ data, htons(ETH_P_IPV6),
+ nhoff + (int)sizeof(*iph), hlen);
+ }
return false;
+ }
thoff = nhoff + (int)sizeof(*iph);
@@ -1203,8 +1228,49 @@ static bool flow_dissect_fast_ipv6(const struct sk_buff *skb,
return false;
if (unlikely(iph->nexthdr != IPPROTO_TCP &&
- iph->nexthdr != IPPROTO_UDP))
- return false;
+ iph->nexthdr != IPPROTO_UDP)) {
+ /* IPIP / IPV6-in-IPv6 tunnel outer: same pattern as the
+ * IPv4 helper. The nexthdr_IPIP / nexthdr_IPV6 cases
+ * defer to the inner IP fast-path and stamp ENCAP.
+ */
+ bool ipip = static_branch_unlikely(&flow_dissector_ipip_key) &&
+ (iph->nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPIP ||
+ iph->nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPV6);
+
+ if (!ipip)
+ return false;
+
+ /* Mirror the slow path's outer-IPv6 writes before the
+ * descent. The slow path fills v6addrs for the outer
+ * header and the inner pass then overwrites only what
+ * it uses — an inner IPv4 leaves the tail of the addrs
+ * union holding outer-v6 bytes. Byte-identical means
+ * reproducing exactly that, residue included. (The
+ * outer flow label is always zero here — a non-zero
+ * label deferred above — so there is no label residue.)
+ */
+ if (dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
+ FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS)) {
+ key_addrs = skb_flow_dissector_target(flow_dissector,
+ FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS,
+ target_container);
+ memcpy(&key_addrs->v6addrs.src, &iph->saddr,
+ sizeof(key_addrs->v6addrs.src));
+ memcpy(&key_addrs->v6addrs.dst, &iph->daddr,
+ sizeof(key_addrs->v6addrs.dst));
+ key_control = skb_flow_dissector_target(flow_dissector,
+ FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_CONTROL,
+ target_container);
+ key_control->addr_type = FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS;
+ }
+
+ return flow_dissect_fast_ipip_inner(skb,
+ flow_dissector, target_container,
+ data,
+ iph->nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPIP ?
+ htons(ETH_P_IP) : htons(ETH_P_IPV6),
+ nhoff + (int)sizeof(*iph), hlen);
+ }
thoff = nhoff + (int)sizeof(*iph);
@@ -1465,6 +1531,44 @@ static bool flow_dissect_fast_mpls(const struct sk_buff *skb,
return true;
}
+/* IPIP / 4in6 / 6in4 inner descent: recurse into the inner IP
+ * fast-path, then stamp FLOW_DIS_ENCAPSULATION -- the inner helper
+ * zeros key_control->flags, so the ENCAP write must come after.
+ */
+static bool flow_dissect_fast_ipip_inner(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct flow_dissector *flow_dissector,
+ void *target_container,
+ const void *data,
+ __be16 inner_eth_proto,
+ int inner_nhoff, int hlen)
+{
+ struct flow_dissector_key_control *key_control;
+ bool ok;
+
+ if (inner_eth_proto == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+ ok = flow_dissect_fast_ipv4(skb, flow_dissector,
+ target_container, data,
+ inner_nhoff, hlen);
+ else if (inner_eth_proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
+ ok = flow_dissect_fast_ipv6(skb, flow_dissector,
+ target_container, data,
+ inner_nhoff, hlen);
+ else
+ return false;
+
+ if (!ok)
+ return false;
+
+ if (dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
+ FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_CONTROL)) {
+ key_control = skb_flow_dissector_target(flow_dissector,
+ FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_CONTROL,
+ target_container);
+ key_control->flags |= FLOW_DIS_ENCAPSULATION;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
/* Top-level dispatcher: eligibility check (only the two standard
* dissectors and flag subset) + per-proto switch with per-shape
* static_branch gating. Each case's branch is a forward not-taken JMP
@@ -2681,6 +2785,13 @@ static struct ctl_table flow_dissector_sysctl_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_do_static_key,
},
+ {
+ .procname = "ipip",
+ .data = &flow_dissector_ipip_key.key,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(flow_dissector_ipip_key),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_do_static_key,
+ },
};
static int __init flow_dissector_sysctl_init(void)
--
2.54.0
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-16 0:43 [PATCH net-next v1 00/11] net: flow_dissector: opt-in byte-identical fast paths for common shapes Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 01/11] net: flow_dissector: gate BPF program lookup behind a static key Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 02/11] net: flow_dissector: opt-in fast-path for eth + IPv{4,6} + {TCP,UDP} Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 03/11] net: flow_dissector: add fast-path for VLAN and QinQ + IP + TCP/UDP Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 04/11] net: flow_dissector: add fast-path for PPPoE session + IPv{4,6} " Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 05/11] net: flow_dissector: add fast-path for single MPLS label + IP Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` Dave Seddon [this message]
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 07/11] net: flow_dissector: add byte-identical fast-path for plain GRE inner Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 08/11] net: flow_dissector: per-shape counters + /proc/net/flow_dissector_stats Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 09/11] net: flow_dissector: bound fast-path tunnel recursion Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 10/11] net: flow_dissector: add KUnit fast/slow path equivalence tests Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 0:43 ` [PATCH net-next v1 11/11] Documentation: networking: add flow_dissector overview and fast-path guide Dave Seddon
2026-07-16 9:50 ` [PATCH net-next v1 00/11] net: flow_dissector: opt-in byte-identical fast paths for common shapes Willem de Bruijn
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