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
next prev 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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