From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fw@strlen.de,
horms@kernel.org, steffen.klassert@secunet.com,
antony.antony@secunet.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next,RFC 5/8] netfilter: nf_tables: add early ingress chain
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:29:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260317112917.4170466-6-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260317112917.4170466-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
Add a new filter chain to filter out packets from the early_ingress hook.
This is the second user of this new hook, after the flowtable.
Co-developed-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 114 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
index 47a612bdd03e..3467f7b7bd38 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
@@ -210,17 +210,75 @@ static unsigned int nft_do_chain_inet_ingress(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
return nft_do_chain(&pkt, priv);
}
+static unsigned int
+nft_do_chain_inet_early_ingress(void *priv, struct sk_buff *unused,
+ const struct nf_hook_state *state)
+{
+ struct nf_hook_state ingress_state = *state;
+ struct sk_buff *skb, *nskb;
+ struct nft_pktinfo pkt;
+ LIST_HEAD(accept_list);
+ int ret;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(skb, nskb, state->skb_list, list) {
+ skb_list_del_init(skb);
+
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+ if (!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))
+ skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_mac_len(skb);
+
+ ret = nft_set_pktinfo_ingress(&pkt, skb, &ingress_state);
+ switch (ret) {
+ case 1:
+ list_add_tail(&skb->list, &accept_list);
+ continue;
+ case 0:
+ break;
+ case -1:
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ continue;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ ret = nft_do_chain(&pkt, priv);
+ switch (ret) {
+ case NF_ACCEPT:
+ list_add_tail(&skb->list, &accept_list);
+ break;
+ default:
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ fallthrough;
+ case NF_DROP:
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(state->skb_list));
+
+ list_splice(&accept_list, state->skb_list);
+
+ if (list_empty(state->skb_list))
+ return NF_STOLEN;
+
+ return NF_ACCEPT;
+}
+
static const struct nft_chain_type nft_chain_filter_inet = {
.name = "filter",
.type = NFT_CHAIN_T_DEFAULT,
.family = NFPROTO_INET,
- .hook_mask = (1 << NF_INET_INGRESS) |
+ .hook_mask = (1 << NF_INET_EARLY_INGRESS) |
+ (1 << NF_INET_INGRESS) |
(1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) |
(1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) |
(1 << NF_INET_FORWARD) |
(1 << NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING) |
(1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING),
.hooks = {
+ [NF_INET_EARLY_INGRESS] = nft_do_chain_inet_early_ingress,
[NF_INET_INGRESS] = nft_do_chain_inet_ingress,
[NF_INET_LOCAL_IN] = nft_do_chain_inet,
[NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT] = nft_do_chain_inet,
@@ -324,15 +382,69 @@ static unsigned int nft_do_chain_netdev(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
return nft_do_chain(&pkt, priv);
}
+static unsigned int
+nft_do_chain_netdev_early_ingress(void *priv, struct sk_buff *unused,
+ const struct nf_hook_state *state)
+{
+ struct nf_hook_state ingress_state = *state;
+ struct sk_buff *skb, *nskb;
+ struct nft_pktinfo pkt;
+ LIST_HEAD(accept_list);
+ int ret;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(skb, nskb, state->skb_list, list) {
+ skb_list_del_init(skb);
+
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+ if (!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))
+ skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_mac_len(skb);
+
+ ret = nft_set_pktinfo_ingress(&pkt, skb, &ingress_state);
+ switch (ret) {
+ case 1:
+ case -1:
+ nft_set_pktinfo(&pkt, skb, &ingress_state);
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ ret = nft_do_chain(&pkt, priv);
+ switch (ret) {
+ case NF_ACCEPT:
+ list_add_tail(&skb->list, &accept_list);
+ break;
+ default:
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ fallthrough;
+ case NF_DROP:
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(state->skb_list));
+
+ list_splice(&accept_list, state->skb_list);
+
+ if (list_empty(state->skb_list))
+ return NF_STOLEN;
+
+ return NF_ACCEPT;
+}
+
static const struct nft_chain_type nft_chain_filter_netdev = {
.name = "filter",
.type = NFT_CHAIN_T_DEFAULT,
.family = NFPROTO_NETDEV,
.hook_mask = (1 << NF_NETDEV_INGRESS) |
- (1 << NF_NETDEV_EGRESS),
+ (1 << NF_NETDEV_EGRESS) |
+ (1 << NF_NETDEV_EARLY_INGRESS),
.hooks = {
[NF_NETDEV_INGRESS] = nft_do_chain_netdev,
[NF_NETDEV_EGRESS] = nft_do_chain_netdev,
+ [NF_NETDEV_EARLY_INGRESS] = nft_do_chain_netdev_early_ingress,
},
};
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-17 11:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-17 11:29 [PATCH net-next,RFC 0/8] netfilter: flowtable bulking Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 1/8] netfilter: flowtable: Add basic bulking infrastructure for early ingress hook Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 2/8] netfilter: flowtable: Add IPv6 " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 3/8] netfilter: nf_tables: add flowtable early_ingress support Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 4/8] netfilter: nf_tables: add nft_set_pktinfo_ingress() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:29 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-03-17 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 6/8] net: add dev_dst_drop() helper function Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 7/8] net: add dev_noqueue_xmit_list() " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:29 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 8/8] net: add dev_queue_xmit_list() and use it Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-17 11:39 ` [PATCH net-next,RFC 0/8] netfilter: flowtable bulking Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-19 6:15 ` Qingfang Deng
2026-03-19 11:28 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-03-19 12:18 ` Felix Fietkau
2026-03-20 6:49 ` Steffen Klassert
2026-03-20 8:50 ` Felix Fietkau
2026-03-20 9:00 ` Steffen Klassert
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