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>,
Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/7] tcp: populate inet->cork.fl.u.ip6 in tcp_v6_connect()
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 17:34:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260206173426.1638518-6-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260206173426.1638518-1-edumazet@google.com>
Instead of using private @fl6 and @final variables
use respectively inet->cork.fl.u.ip6 and np->final.
As explained in commit 85d05e281712 ("ipv6: change inet6_sk_rebuild_header()
to use inet->cork.fl.u.ip6"):
TCP v6 spends a good amount of time rebuilding a fresh fl6 at each
transmit in inet6_csk_xmit()/inet6_csk_route_socket().
TCP v4 caches the information in inet->cork.fl.u.ip4 instead.
After this patch, active TCP ipv6 flows have correctly initialized
inet->cork.fl.u.ip6 structure.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index c65a5bfd322a1db5dc3fbc406e577f0ccb044c23..0fbcb39b3aa709e936a518865e2d16c4027081dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
{
struct sockaddr_in6 *usin = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) uaddr;
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
- struct in6_addr *saddr = NULL, *final_p, final;
struct inet_timewait_death_row *tcp_death_row;
struct ipv6_pinfo *np = tcp_inet6_sk(sk);
+ struct in6_addr *saddr = NULL, *final_p;
struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
struct dst_entry *dst;
- struct flowi6 fl6;
+ struct flowi6 *fl6;
int addr_type;
int err;
@@ -156,14 +156,15 @@ static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
if (usin->sin6_family != AF_INET6)
return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
- memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));
+ fl6 = &inet_sk(sk)->cork.fl.u.ip6;
+ memset(fl6, 0, sizeof(*fl6));
if (inet6_test_bit(SNDFLOW, sk)) {
- fl6.flowlabel = usin->sin6_flowinfo&IPV6_FLOWINFO_MASK;
- IP6_ECN_flow_init(fl6.flowlabel);
- if (fl6.flowlabel&IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK) {
+ fl6->flowlabel = usin->sin6_flowinfo & IPV6_FLOWINFO_MASK;
+ IP6_ECN_flow_init(fl6->flowlabel);
+ if (fl6->flowlabel & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK) {
struct ip6_flowlabel *flowlabel;
- flowlabel = fl6_sock_lookup(sk, fl6.flowlabel);
+ flowlabel = fl6_sock_lookup(sk, fl6->flowlabel);
if (IS_ERR(flowlabel))
return -EINVAL;
fl6_sock_release(flowlabel);
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
}
sk->sk_v6_daddr = usin->sin6_addr;
- np->flow_label = fl6.flowlabel;
+ np->flow_label = fl6->flowlabel;
/*
* TCP over IPv4
@@ -260,24 +261,24 @@ static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
if (!ipv6_addr_any(&sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr))
saddr = &sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr;
- fl6.flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_TCP;
- fl6.daddr = sk->sk_v6_daddr;
- fl6.saddr = saddr ? *saddr : np->saddr;
- fl6.flowlabel = ip6_make_flowinfo(np->tclass, np->flow_label);
- fl6.flowi6_oif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
- fl6.flowi6_mark = sk->sk_mark;
- fl6.fl6_dport = usin->sin6_port;
- fl6.fl6_sport = inet->inet_sport;
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH) && !fl6.fl6_sport)
- fl6.flowi6_flags = FLOWI_FLAG_ANY_SPORT;
- fl6.flowi6_uid = sk_uid(sk);
+ fl6->flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_TCP;
+ fl6->daddr = sk->sk_v6_daddr;
+ fl6->saddr = saddr ? *saddr : np->saddr;
+ fl6->flowlabel = ip6_make_flowinfo(np->tclass, np->flow_label);
+ fl6->flowi6_oif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
+ fl6->flowi6_mark = sk->sk_mark;
+ fl6->fl6_dport = usin->sin6_port;
+ fl6->fl6_sport = inet->inet_sport;
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH) && !fl6->fl6_sport)
+ fl6->flowi6_flags = FLOWI_FLAG_ANY_SPORT;
+ fl6->flowi6_uid = sk_uid(sk);
opt = rcu_dereference_protected(np->opt, lockdep_sock_is_held(sk));
- final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, opt, &final);
+ final_p = fl6_update_dst(fl6, opt, &np->final);
- security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi_common(&fl6));
+ security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi_common(fl6));
- dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(net, sk, &fl6, final_p);
+ dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(net, sk, fl6, final_p);
if (IS_ERR(dst)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dst);
goto failure;
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
tcp_death_row = &sock_net(sk)->ipv4.tcp_death_row;
if (!saddr) {
- saddr = &fl6.saddr;
+ saddr = &fl6->saddr;
err = inet_bhash2_update_saddr(sk, saddr, AF_INET6);
if (err)
--
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-06 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 17:34 [PATCH net-next 0/7] ipv6: tcp: no longer rebuild fl6 at each transmit Eric Dumazet
2026-02-06 17:34 ` [PATCH net-next 1/7] ipv6: add daddr/final storage in struct ipv6_pinfo Eric Dumazet
2026-02-07 21:36 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-02-06 17:34 ` [PATCH net-next 2/7] ipv6: use np->final in inet6_sk_rebuild_header() Eric Dumazet
2026-02-07 21:37 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-02-06 17:34 ` [PATCH net-next 3/7] ipv6: use inet->cork.fl.u.ip6 and np->final in ip6_datagram_dst_update() Eric Dumazet
2026-02-07 21:38 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-02-06 17:34 ` [PATCH net-next 4/7] ipv6: inet6_csk_xmit() and inet6_csk_update_pmtu() use inet->cork.fl.u.ip6 Eric Dumazet
2026-02-07 21:40 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-02-06 17:34 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-02-07 21:41 ` [PATCH net-next 5/7] tcp: populate inet->cork.fl.u.ip6 in tcp_v6_connect() Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-02-06 17:34 ` [PATCH net-next 6/7] tcp: populate inet->cork.fl.u.ip6 in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() Eric Dumazet
2026-02-07 21:49 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-02-06 17:34 ` [PATCH net-next 7/7] tcp: inet6_csk_xmit() optimization Eric Dumazet
2026-02-07 21:50 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-02-11 5:10 ` [PATCH net-next 0/7] ipv6: tcp: no longer rebuild fl6 at each transmit patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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