[PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: Initialise ehash secrets during connect() and listen().

[PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: Initialise ehash secrets during connect() and listen().

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

inet_ehashfn() and inet6_ehashfn() initialise random secrets
on the first call by net_get_random_once().

While the init part is patched out using static keys, with
CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y, this causes a compiler to
generate a stack canary due to an automatic variable,
unsigned long ___flags, in the DO_ONCE() macro being passed
to __do_once_start().

With FDO, this is visible in __inet_lookup_established() and
__inet6_lookup_established() too.

Let's initialise the secrets by get_random_sleepable_once()
in the slow paths: inet_hash() for listen(), and
inet_hash_connect() and inet6_hash_connect() for connect().

Note that IPv6 listener will initialise both IPv4 & IPv6 secrets
in inet_hash() for IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.

With the patch, the stack size is reduced by 16 bytes (___flags
 + a stack canary) and NOPs for the static key go away.

Before: __inet6_lookup_established()

       ...
       push   %rbx
       sub    $0x38,%rsp                # stack is 56 bytes
       mov    %edx,%ebx                 # sport
       mov    %gs:0x299419f(%rip),%rax  # load stack canary
       mov    %rax,0x30(%rsp)              and store it onto stack
       mov    0x440(%rdi),%r15          # net->ipv4.tcp_death_row.hashinfo
       nop
 32:   mov    %r8d,%ebp                 # hnum
       shl    $0x10,%ebp                # hnum << 16
       nop
 3d:   mov    0x70(%rsp),%r14d          # sdif
       or     %ebx,%ebp                 # INET_COMBINED_PORTS(sport, hnum)
       mov    0x11a8382(%rip),%eax      # inet6_ehashfn() ...

After: __inet6_lookup_established()

       ...
       push   %rbx
       sub    $0x28,%rsp                # stack is 40 bytes
       mov    0x60(%rsp),%ebp           # sdif
       mov    %r8d,%r14d                # hnum
       shl    $0x10,%r14d               # hnum << 16
       or     %edx,%r14d                # INET_COMBINED_PORTS(sport, hnum)
       mov    0x440(%rdi),%rax          # net->ipv4.tcp_death_row.hashinfo
       mov    0x1194f09(%rip),%r10d     # inet6_ehashfn() ...

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
v2: Use get_random_sleepable_once()
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260302205156.1213225-1-kuniyu@google.com/
---
 include/linux/net.h            |  2 ++
 include/net/inet6_hashtables.h |  2 ++
 net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c     | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c    | 13 ++++++++++---
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index f58b38ab37f8..a8e818de95b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ do {									\
 
 #define net_get_random_once(buf, nbytes)			\
 	get_random_once((buf), (nbytes))
+#define net_get_random_sleepable_once(buf, nbytes)		\
+	get_random_sleepable_once((buf), (nbytes))
 
 /*
  * E.g. XFS meta- & log-data is in slab pages, or bcache meta
diff --git a/include/net/inet6_hashtables.h b/include/net/inet6_hashtables.h
index 282e29237d93..c17e0d874808 100644
--- a/include/net/inet6_hashtables.h
+++ b/include/net/inet6_hashtables.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 struct inet_hashinfo;
 
+void inet6_init_ehash_secret(void);
+
 static inline unsigned int __inet6_ehashfn(const u32 lhash,
 				    const u16 lport,
 				    const u32 fhash,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 52847950b28a..164e181e9f52 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@
 #include <net/sock_reuseport.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 
+static void inet_init_ehash_secret(void)
+{
+	net_get_random_sleepable_once(&inet_ehash_secret,
+				      sizeof(inet_ehash_secret));
+}
+
 u32 inet_ehashfn(const struct net *net, const __be32 laddr,
 		 const __u16 lport, const __be32 faddr,
 		 const __be16 fport)
 {
-	net_get_random_once(&inet_ehash_secret, sizeof(inet_ehash_secret));
-
 	return lport + __inet_ehashfn(laddr, 0, faddr, fport,
 				      inet_ehash_secret + net_hash_mix(net));
 }
@@ -793,6 +797,13 @@ int inet_hash(struct sock *sk)
 		local_bh_enable();
 		return 0;
 	}
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+	if (sk->sk_family == AF_INET6)
+		inet6_init_ehash_secret();
+#endif
+	inet_init_ehash_secret();
+
 	WARN_ON(!sk_unhashed(sk));
 	ilb2 = inet_lhash2_bucket_sk(hashinfo, sk);
 
@@ -1239,6 +1250,8 @@ int inet_hash_connect(struct inet_timewait_death_row *death_row,
 	if (!inet_sk(sk)->inet_num)
 		port_offset = inet_sk_port_offset(sk);
 
+	inet_init_ehash_secret();
+
 	hash_port0 = inet_ehashfn(net, inet->inet_rcv_saddr, 0,
 				  inet->inet_daddr, inet->inet_dport);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
index 5e1da088d8e1..a0e5a8812614 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c
@@ -23,15 +23,20 @@
 #include <net/sock_reuseport.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 
+void inet6_init_ehash_secret(void)
+{
+	net_get_random_sleepable_once(&inet6_ehash_secret,
+				      sizeof(inet6_ehash_secret));
+	net_get_random_sleepable_once(&tcp_ipv6_hash_secret,
+				      sizeof(tcp_ipv6_hash_secret));
+}
+
 u32 inet6_ehashfn(const struct net *net,
 		  const struct in6_addr *laddr, const u16 lport,
 		  const struct in6_addr *faddr, const __be16 fport)
 {
 	u32 lhash, fhash;
 
-	net_get_random_once(&inet6_ehash_secret, sizeof(inet6_ehash_secret));
-	net_get_random_once(&tcp_ipv6_hash_secret, sizeof(tcp_ipv6_hash_secret));
-
 	lhash = (__force u32)laddr->s6_addr32[3];
 	fhash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(faddr, tcp_ipv6_hash_secret);
 
@@ -362,6 +367,8 @@ int inet6_hash_connect(struct inet_timewait_death_row *death_row,
 	if (!inet_sk(sk)->inet_num)
 		port_offset = inet6_sk_port_offset(sk);
 
+	inet6_init_ehash_secret();
+
 	hash_port0 = inet6_ehashfn(net, daddr, 0, saddr, inet->inet_dport);
 
 	return __inet_hash_connect(death_row, sk, port_offset, hash_port0,
-- 
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: Initialise ehash secrets during connect() and listen().

[Eric Dumazet]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 12:54 AM Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> wrote:
>
> inet_ehashfn() and inet6_ehashfn() initialise random secrets
> on the first call by net_get_random_once().
>
> While the init part is patched out using static keys, with
> CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y, this causes a compiler to
> generate a stack canary due to an automatic variable,
> unsigned long ___flags, in the DO_ONCE() macro being passed
> to __do_once_start().
>
> With FDO, this is visible in __inet_lookup_established() and
> __inet6_lookup_established() too.
>
> Let's initialise the secrets by get_random_sleepable_once()
> in the slow paths: inet_hash() for listen(), and
> inet_hash_connect() and inet6_hash_connect() for connect().
>
> Note that IPv6 listener will initialise both IPv4 & IPv6 secrets
> in inet_hash() for IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
>
> With the patch, the stack size is reduced by 16 bytes (___flags
>  + a stack canary) and NOPs for the static key go away.
>
>
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Thanks !

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: Initialise ehash secrets during connect() and listen().

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Tue,  3 Mar 2026 23:54:16 +0000 you wrote:
> inet_ehashfn() and inet6_ehashfn() initialise random secrets
> on the first call by net_get_random_once().
> 
> While the init part is patched out using static keys, with
> CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y, this causes a compiler to
> generate a stack canary due to an automatic variable,
> unsigned long ___flags, in the DO_ONCE() macro being passed
> to __do_once_start().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2,net-next] tcp: Initialise ehash secrets during connect() and listen().
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d4d8c6e6fd2a

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