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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>,
	ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
	martin.lau@linux.dev, eddyz87@gmail.com, song@kernel.org,
	yonghong.song@linux.dev, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
	kpsingh@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me, haoluo@google.com,
	jolsa@kernel.org, dsahern@gmail.com, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: don't touch dev->stats in BPF redirect paths
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:10:30 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260128161030.39870-1-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)

Gal reports that BPF redirect increments dev->stats.tx_errors
on failure. This is not correct, most modern drivers completely
ignore dev->stats so these drops will be invisible to the user.
Core code should use the dedicated core stats which are folded
into device stats in dev_get_stats().

Reported-by: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/c5df3b60-246a-4030-9c9a-0a35cd1ca924@nvidia.com
Fixes: b4ab31414970 ("bpf: Add redirect_neigh helper as redirect drop-in")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: ast@kernel.org
CC: daniel@iogearbox.net
CC: andrii@kernel.org
CC: martin.lau@linux.dev
CC: eddyz87@gmail.com
CC: song@kernel.org
CC: yonghong.song@linux.dev
CC: john.fastabend@gmail.com
CC: kpsingh@kernel.org
CC: sdf@fomichev.me
CC: haoluo@google.com
CC: jolsa@kernel.org
CC: dsahern@gmail.com
CC: bpf@vger.kernel.org
---
 net/core/filter.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 616e0520a0bb..2c21735798a5 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -2289,12 +2289,12 @@ static int __bpf_redirect_neigh_v6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	err = bpf_out_neigh_v6(net, skb, dev, nh);
 	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))
-		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+		dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(dev);
 	else
 		ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 	goto out_xmit;
 out_drop:
-	DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+	dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(dev);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 out_xmit:
 	return ret;
@@ -2396,12 +2396,12 @@ static int __bpf_redirect_neigh_v4(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	err = bpf_out_neigh_v4(net, skb, dev, nh);
 	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))
-		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+		dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(dev);
 	else
 		ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 	goto out_xmit;
 out_drop:
-	DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+	dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(dev);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 out_xmit:
 	return ret;
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-28 16:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-28 16:10 Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-01-28 18:37 ` [PATCH net] net: don't touch dev->stats in BPF redirect paths Martin KaFai Lau
2026-01-29  7:45 ` Gal Pressman
2026-01-29 23:54   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-01-29  8:15 ` Daniel Borkmann

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