From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 net-next 2/5] net/sched: act_mirred: add loop detection
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:54:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251013145416.829707-3-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251013145416.829707-1-edumazet@google.com>
Commit 0f022d32c3ec ("net/sched: Fix mirred deadlock on device recursion")
added code in the fast path, even when act_mirred is not used.
Prepare its revert by implementing loop detection in act_mirred.
Adds an array of device pointers in struct netdev_xmit.
tcf_mirred_is_act_redirect() can detect if the array
already contains the target device.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
include/linux/netdevice_xmit.h | 9 ++++-
net/sched/act_mirred.c | 62 +++++++++++++---------------------
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice_xmit.h b/include/linux/netdevice_xmit.h
index 813a19122ebbb2c6a04176330b1055b7c2b9c902..cc232508e695eefe95ea6e55a21978be11d5da83 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice_xmit.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice_xmit.h
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_NETDEVICE_XMIT_H
#define _LINUX_NETDEVICE_XMIT_H
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_ACT_MIRRED)
+#define MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT 4
+#endif
+
+struct net_device;
+
struct netdev_xmit {
u16 recursion;
u8 more;
@@ -9,7 +15,8 @@ struct netdev_xmit {
u8 skip_txqueue;
#endif
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_ACT_MIRRED)
- u8 sched_mirred_nest;
+ u8 sched_mirred_nest;
+ struct net_device *sched_mirred_dev[MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT];
#endif
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_DUP_NETDEV)
u8 nf_dup_skb_recursion;
diff --git a/net/sched/act_mirred.c b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
index 5f01f567c934d3669d9a3058cff861a8fe5f88b6..f27b583def78e4afecc7112854b93d59c2520201 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mirred.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
@@ -29,31 +29,6 @@
static LIST_HEAD(mirred_list);
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mirred_list_lock);
-#define MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT 4
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
-static u8 tcf_mirred_nest_level_inc_return(void)
-{
- return __this_cpu_inc_return(softnet_data.xmit.sched_mirred_nest);
-}
-
-static void tcf_mirred_nest_level_dec(void)
-{
- __this_cpu_dec(softnet_data.xmit.sched_mirred_nest);
-}
-
-#else
-static u8 tcf_mirred_nest_level_inc_return(void)
-{
- return current->net_xmit.sched_mirred_nest++;
-}
-
-static void tcf_mirred_nest_level_dec(void)
-{
- current->net_xmit.sched_mirred_nest--;
-}
-#endif
-
static bool tcf_mirred_is_act_redirect(int action)
{
return action == TCA_EGRESS_REDIR || action == TCA_INGRESS_REDIR;
@@ -439,44 +414,53 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
{
struct tcf_mirred *m = to_mirred(a);
int retval = READ_ONCE(m->tcf_action);
- unsigned int nest_level;
+ struct netdev_xmit *xmit;
bool m_mac_header_xmit;
struct net_device *dev;
- int m_eaction;
+ int i, m_eaction;
u32 blockid;
- nest_level = tcf_mirred_nest_level_inc_return();
- if (unlikely(nest_level > MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+ xmit = ¤t->net_xmit;
+#else
+ xmit = this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data.xmit);
+#endif
+ if (unlikely(xmit->sched_mirred_nest >= MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT)) {
net_warn_ratelimited("Packet exceeded mirred recursion limit on dev %s\n",
netdev_name(skb->dev));
- retval = TC_ACT_SHOT;
- goto dec_nest_level;
+ return TC_ACT_SHOT;
}
tcf_lastuse_update(&m->tcf_tm);
tcf_action_update_bstats(&m->common, skb);
blockid = READ_ONCE(m->tcfm_blockid);
- if (blockid) {
- retval = tcf_blockcast(skb, m, blockid, res, retval);
- goto dec_nest_level;
- }
+ if (blockid)
+ return tcf_blockcast(skb, m, blockid, res, retval);
dev = rcu_dereference_bh(m->tcfm_dev);
if (unlikely(!dev)) {
pr_notice_once("tc mirred: target device is gone\n");
tcf_action_inc_overlimit_qstats(&m->common);
- goto dec_nest_level;
+ return retval;
}
+ for (i = 0; i < xmit->sched_mirred_nest; i++) {
+ if (xmit->sched_mirred_dev[i] != dev)
+ continue;
+ pr_notice_once("tc mirred: loop on device %s\n",
+ netdev_name(dev));
+ tcf_action_inc_overlimit_qstats(&m->common);
+ return retval;
+ }
+
+ xmit->sched_mirred_dev[xmit->sched_mirred_nest++] = dev;
m_mac_header_xmit = READ_ONCE(m->tcfm_mac_header_xmit);
m_eaction = READ_ONCE(m->tcfm_eaction);
retval = tcf_mirred_to_dev(skb, m, dev, m_mac_header_xmit, m_eaction,
retval);
-
-dec_nest_level:
- tcf_mirred_nest_level_dec();
+ xmit->sched_mirred_nest--;
return retval;
}
--
2.51.0.740.g6adb054d12-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-13 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-13 14:54 [PATCH v1 net-next 0/5] net: optimize TX throughput and efficiency Eric Dumazet
2025-10-13 14:54 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 1/5] net: add add indirect call wrapper in skb_release_head_state() Eric Dumazet
2025-10-13 14:54 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2025-10-13 14:54 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 3/5] Revert "net/sched: Fix mirred deadlock on device recursion" Eric Dumazet
2025-10-13 14:54 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 4/5] net: sched: claim one cache line in Qdisc Eric Dumazet
2025-10-13 14:54 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 5/5] net: dev_queue_xmit() llist adoption Eric Dumazet
2025-11-07 15:28 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-11-07 15:37 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-07 15:46 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-09 10:09 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-09 12:54 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-09 16:33 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-11-09 17:14 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-09 19:18 ` Jonas Köppeler
2025-11-09 19:28 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-09 20:18 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-09 20:29 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-10 11:31 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-11-10 13:26 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-10 14:49 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-11-10 17:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-11 13:44 ` Jonas Köppeler
2025-11-11 16:42 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-10-13 16:23 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 0/5] net: optimize TX throughput and efficiency Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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