From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: "Ricardo B. Marlière" <rbm@suse.com>,
"Martin KaFai Lau" <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
"John Fastabend" <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
"Stanislav Fomichev" <sdf@fomichev.me>,
"Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
"Andrii Nakryiko" <andrii@kernel.org>,
"Eduard Zingerman" <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
"Song Liu" <song@kernel.org>,
"Yonghong Song" <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
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linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] bpf: bpf_out_neigh_v4: Fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 17:11:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260302171131.28373ccb@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0b52257d-d557-4f26-9931-34c81ab621bc@iogearbox.net>
On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 06:58:46 +0100 Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> > } else if (nh->nh_family == AF_INET6) {
> > + if (!ipv6_stub->nd_tbl) {
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > + goto out_drop;
> > + }
>
> Can we just completely get rid of allowing IPv6 as a module?
> So either its built-in or not available at all, and then we
> can get rid of the stub completely rather than adding checks
> in various places which also brings a small performance benefit
> of not having indirect calls in some places.
+1 fwiw, if someone complains we can revert it back in
feels like a complete waste of everyone's time to maintain it
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260224180544.3c865751@kernel.org/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-03 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-28 17:46 [PATCH net 0/3] {net,bpf}: nd_tbl fixes for when ipv6.disable=1 Ricardo B. Marlière
2026-02-28 17:46 ` [PATCH net 1/3] bpf: bpf_out_neigh_v4: Fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled Ricardo B. Marlière
2026-03-02 5:58 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-03 1:11 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-03-03 11:18 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-04 4:49 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-04 15:49 ` David Ahern
2026-03-04 16:13 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-03-05 1:34 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-05 1:43 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-05 1:59 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-03-05 2:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-05 12:42 ` Ricardo B. Marlière
2026-02-28 17:46 ` [PATCH net 2/3] bpf: bpf_out_neigh_v6: " Ricardo B. Marlière
2026-02-28 17:46 ` [PATCH net 3/3] net: bonding: " Ricardo B. Marlière
2026-03-02 1:25 ` Hangbin Liu
2026-03-01 18:29 ` [PATCH net 0/3] {net,bpf}: nd_tbl fixes for when ipv6.disable=1 Fernando Fernandez Mancera
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