* [PATCH] ipv6: Enable enough of the code to handle GSO when disabled.
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@ 2012-10-11 21:48 ` Vlad Yasevich
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From: Vlad Yasevich @ 2012-10-11 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: davem, Vlad Yasevich
When a guest using virtio is attempting to use IPv6 on a host where
IPv6 module is administratively disabled, the tcp bulk thransfer rate
drops down to 10kbps. The problem is that when IPv6 is disabled,
none of the protocol handlers are registered. When the guest
attempts to send an IPv6 packet with GSO (which is the default), this
packet is dropped by the host stack because there are no gso handlers
registered. Thus a retransmit is triggerd for ever GSO packet, reducing
the transfer rate.
This patch attempts to solve this by enabling just enough code that GSO
is correctly processed. However, I should point out that if IPv6 is
simply blacklisted or not build for the kernel, this problem will
still persist.
This problem also exists for AF_PACKET sockets, so it is not limited
to guests using virtio.
Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/ipv6.h | 1 +
include/net/ipv6.h | 5 +++
net/ipv6/af_inet6.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 5 +++
net/ipv6/reassembly.c | 11 +++++--
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 9 +++++-
net/ipv6/udp.c | 6 +++-
7 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 0b94e91..1d5e061 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
};
struct ipv6_params {
+ __s32 disable_ipv6_mod;
__s32 disable_ipv6;
__s32 autoconf;
};
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 979bf6c..cda75b4 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -550,6 +550,11 @@ extern int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct packet_type *pt,
struct net_device *orig_dev);
+extern int ipv6_rcv_stub(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct net_device *dev,
+ struct packet_type *pt,
+ struct net_device *orig_dev);
+
extern int ip6_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb);
/*
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index a974247..1fd0d73 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ static struct list_head inetsw6[SOCK_MAX];
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inetsw6_lock);
struct ipv6_params ipv6_defaults = {
+ .disable_ipv6_mod = 0,
.disable_ipv6 = 0,
.autoconf = 1,
};
-static int disable_ipv6_mod;
-module_param_named(disable, disable_ipv6_mod, int, 0444);
+module_param_named(disable, ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "Disable IPv6 module such that it is non-functional");
module_param_named(disable_ipv6, ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6, int, 0444);
@@ -1048,6 +1048,53 @@ static struct pernet_operations inet6_net_ops = {
.exit = inet6_net_exit,
};
+/* This function is called when IPv6 is administratively disabled.
+ * Its sole purpose is to set up enough of IPv6 that GSO/TSO will work
+ * for any outgoing IPv6 packets that may have been generated by
+ * guest or AF_PACKET sockets.
+ */
+static int inet6_init_disabled(void)
+{
+ int err = 0;
+
+ /* Init v6 extension headers. */
+ err = ipv6_exthdrs_init();
+ if (err)
+ goto out;
+
+ err = ipv6_frag_init();
+ if (err)
+ goto ipv6_frag_fail;
+
+ /* Init v6 transport protocols. UDP-light doesn't support GSO so
+ * it is omitted
+ */
+ err = udpv6_init();
+ if (err)
+ goto udpv6_fail;
+
+ err = tcpv6_init();
+ if (err)
+ goto tcpv6_fail;
+
+ err = ipv6_packet_init();
+ if (err)
+ goto ipv6_packet_fail;
+
+ return 0;
+
+ipv6_packet_fail:
+ tcpv6_exit();
+tcpv6_fail:
+ udpv6_exit();
+udpv6_fail:
+ ipv6_frag_exit();
+ipv6_frag_fail:
+ ipv6_exthdrs_exit();
+out:
+ return err;
+}
+
static int __init inet6_init(void)
{
struct sk_buff *dummy_skb;
@@ -1060,8 +1107,9 @@ static int __init inet6_init(void)
for (r = &inetsw6[0]; r < &inetsw6[SOCK_MAX]; ++r)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(r);
- if (disable_ipv6_mod) {
+ if (ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod) {
pr_info("Loaded, but administratively disabled, reboot required to enable\n");
+ err = inet6_init_disabled();
goto out;
}
@@ -1238,11 +1286,22 @@ out_unregister_tcp_proto:
}
module_init(inet6_init);
+static void __exit inet6_exit_disabled(void)
+{
+ ipv6_packet_cleanup();
+ ipv6_frag_exit();
+ ipv6_exthdrs_exit();
+ udpv6_exit();
+ tcpv6_exit();
+}
+
static void __exit inet6_exit(void)
{
- if (disable_ipv6_mod)
+ if (ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod) {
+ inet6_exit_disabled();
return;
-
+ }
+
/* First of all disallow new sockets creation. */
sock_unregister(PF_INET6);
/* Disallow any further netlink messages */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index a52d864..3e86ec3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
return NET_RX_DROP;
}
+ if (ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return NET_RX_DROP;
+ }
+
rcu_read_lock();
idev = __in6_dev_get(skb->dev);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
index da8a4e3..71a0e61 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ int __init ipv6_frag_init(void)
if (ret)
goto out;
+ if (ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod)
+ goto out;
+
ret = ip6_frags_sysctl_register();
if (ret)
goto err_sysctl;
@@ -734,8 +737,10 @@ err_sysctl:
void ipv6_frag_exit(void)
{
- inet_frags_fini(&ip6_frags);
- ip6_frags_sysctl_unregister();
- unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6_frags_ops);
+ if (!ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod) {
+ inet_frags_fini(&ip6_frags);
+ ip6_frags_sysctl_unregister();
+ unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6_frags_ops);
+ }
inet6_del_protocol(&frag_protocol, IPPROTO_FRAGMENT);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 49c8903..ebb297c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -2109,6 +2109,9 @@ int __init tcpv6_init(void)
if (ret)
goto out;
+ if (ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod)
+ goto out;
+
/* register inet6 protocol */
ret = inet6_register_protosw(&tcpv6_protosw);
if (ret)
@@ -2129,7 +2132,9 @@ out_tcpv6_protosw:
void tcpv6_exit(void)
{
- unregister_pernet_subsys(&tcpv6_net_ops);
- inet6_unregister_protosw(&tcpv6_protosw);
+ if (!ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod) {
+ unregister_pernet_subsys(&tcpv6_net_ops);
+ inet6_unregister_protosw(&tcpv6_protosw);
+ }
inet6_del_protocol(&tcpv6_protocol, IPPROTO_TCP);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index fc99972..2e8dddb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1569,6 +1569,9 @@ int __init udpv6_init(void)
if (ret)
goto out;
+ if (ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod)
+ goto out;
+
ret = inet6_register_protosw(&udpv6_protosw);
if (ret)
goto out_udpv6_protocol;
@@ -1582,6 +1585,7 @@ out_udpv6_protocol:
void udpv6_exit(void)
{
- inet6_unregister_protosw(&udpv6_protosw);
+ if (!ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6_mod)
+ inet6_unregister_protosw(&udpv6_protosw);
inet6_del_protocol(&udpv6_protocol, IPPROTO_UDP);
}
--
1.7.7.6
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