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From: Marek Mietus <mmietus97@yahoo.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, sd@queasysnail.net, kuba@kernel.org
Cc: Jason@zx2c4.com, Marek Mietus <mmietus97@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v7 08/11] net: tunnel: convert ip_tunnel_xmit to use a noref dst when possible
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:04:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260127070452.6581-9-mmietus97@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260127070452.6581-1-mmietus97@yahoo.com>

ip_tunnel_xmit unnecessarily references the dst_entry from the
dst_cache when interacting with the cache.

Reduce this overhead by avoiding the redundant refcount increments.

This is only possible in flows where the cache is used. Otherwise, we
fall-back to a referenced dst.

This change is safe since ipv4 supports noref xmit under RCU which is
already the case for ip_tunnel_xmit.

Signed-off-by: Marek Mietus <mmietus97@yahoo.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index 40ff6ad9b9b9..146e354810d2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct rtable *rt = NULL;		/* Route to the other host */
 	__be16 payload_protocol;
 	bool use_cache = false;
+	bool noref = true;
 	struct flowi4 fl4;
 	bool md = false;
 	bool connected;
@@ -775,11 +776,11 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (connected && md) {
 		use_cache = ip_tunnel_dst_cache_usable(skb, tun_info);
 		if (use_cache)
-			rt = dst_cache_get_ip4(&tun_info->dst_cache,
-					       &fl4.saddr);
+			rt = dst_cache_get_ip4_rcu(&tun_info->dst_cache,
+						   &fl4.saddr);
 	} else {
-		rt = connected ? dst_cache_get_ip4(&tunnel->dst_cache,
-						&fl4.saddr) : NULL;
+		rt = connected ? dst_cache_get_ip4_rcu(&tunnel->dst_cache,
+						       &fl4.saddr) : NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (!rt) {
@@ -790,15 +791,18 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			goto tx_error;
 		}
 		if (use_cache)
-			dst_cache_set_ip4(&tun_info->dst_cache, &rt->dst,
-					  fl4.saddr);
+			dst_cache_steal_ip4(&tun_info->dst_cache, &rt->dst,
+					    fl4.saddr);
 		else if (!md && connected)
-			dst_cache_set_ip4(&tunnel->dst_cache, &rt->dst,
-					  fl4.saddr);
+			dst_cache_steal_ip4(&tunnel->dst_cache, &rt->dst,
+					    fl4.saddr);
+		else
+			noref = false;
 	}
 
 	if (rt->dst.dev == dev) {
-		ip_rt_put(rt);
+		if (!noref)
+			ip_rt_put(rt);
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, collisions);
 		goto tx_error;
 	}
@@ -808,7 +812,8 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		df |= (inner_iph->frag_off & htons(IP_DF));
 
 	if (tnl_update_pmtu(dev, skb, rt, df, inner_iph, 0, 0, false)) {
-		ip_rt_put(rt);
+		if (!noref)
+			ip_rt_put(rt);
 		goto tx_error;
 	}
 
@@ -839,7 +844,8 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			+ rt->dst.header_len + ip_encap_hlen(&tunnel->encap);
 
 	if (skb_cow_head(skb, max_headroom)) {
-		ip_rt_put(rt);
+		if (!noref)
+			ip_rt_put(rt);
 		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_dropped);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return;
@@ -849,7 +855,8 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	iptunnel_xmit(NULL, rt, skb, fl4.saddr, fl4.daddr, protocol, tos, ttl,
 		      df, !net_eq(tunnel->net, dev_net(dev)), 0);
-	ip_rt_put(rt);
+	if (!noref)
+		ip_rt_put(rt);
 	return;
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-27  7:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20260127070452.6581-1-mmietus97.ref@yahoo.com>
2026-01-27  7:04 ` [PATCH net-next v7 00/11] net: tunnel: introduce noref xmit flows for tunnels Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 01/11] net: dst_cache: add noref versions for dst_cache Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 02/11] net: tunnel: convert iptunnel_xmit to noref Marek Mietus
2026-02-03  8:21     ` Paolo Abeni
2026-02-04 16:52       ` Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 03/11] net: tunnel: convert udp_tunnel{6,}_xmit_skb " Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 04/11] net: tunnel: allow noref dsts in udp_tunnel{,6}_dst_lookup Marek Mietus
2026-01-30  0:56     ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 05/11] net: ovpn: convert ovpn_udp{4,6}_output to use a noref dst Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 06/11] wireguard: socket: convert send{4,6} to use a noref dst when possible Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 07/11] net: tunnel: convert ip_md_tunnel_xmit " Marek Mietus
2026-02-03  8:27     ` Paolo Abeni
2026-01-27  7:04   ` Marek Mietus [this message]
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 09/11] net: sctp: convert sctp_v{4,6}_xmit " Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 10/11] net: sit: convert ipip6_tunnel_xmit to use a noref dst Marek Mietus
2026-01-27  7:04   ` [PATCH net-next v7 11/11] net: tipc: convert tipc_udp_xmit " Marek Mietus
2026-02-03  8:32   ` [PATCH net-next v7 00/11] net: tunnel: introduce noref xmit flows for tunnels Paolo Abeni
2026-02-12 14:47     ` Marek Mietus

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