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
Subject: [PATCH net-next 06/11] netfilter: nf_conncount: add sequence counter to detect tree modifications
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:46:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260614114605.474783-7-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260614114605.474783-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
There a two issues with traversal:
1. Key lookup (tree search) cannot detect concurrent modifications and may
not find a result in case of parallel modification.
2. Worker does a lockless iteration. This is never safe.
Add a sequence counter and re-do the lookup under lock in case the
tree was modified / seqcount changed.
gc_worker bugs are addressed in the next patch.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
index 56ac64ecfb75..1247cbe77740 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct nf_conncount_rb {
struct nf_conncount_root {
struct rb_root root;
spinlock_t lock;
+ seqcount_spinlock_t count;
};
struct nf_conncount_data {
@@ -382,8 +383,10 @@ static void tree_nodes_free(struct nf_conncount_root *root,
rbconn = gc_nodes[--gc_count];
spin_lock(&rbconn->list.list_lock);
if (!rbconn->list.count) {
+ write_seqcount_begin(&root->count);
rb_erase(&rbconn->node, &root->root);
call_rcu(&rbconn->rcu_head, __tree_nodes_free);
+ write_seqcount_end(&root->count);
}
spin_unlock(&rbconn->list.list_lock);
}
@@ -478,8 +481,10 @@ insert_tree(struct net *net,
count = 1;
rbconn->list.count = count;
+ write_seqcount_begin(&root->count);
rb_link_node_rcu(&rbconn->node, parent, rbnode);
rb_insert_color(&rbconn->node, &root->root);
+ write_seqcount_end(&root->count);
}
out_unlock:
if (refcounted)
@@ -492,6 +497,7 @@ static struct nf_conncount_rb *
find_tree_node(struct nf_conncount_root *root, struct nf_conncount_data *data,
const u32 *key)
{
+ unsigned int seq = read_seqcount_begin(&root->count);
struct rb_node *parent;
parent = rcu_dereference_check(root->root.rb_node,
@@ -511,8 +517,14 @@ find_tree_node(struct nf_conncount_root *root, struct nf_conncount_data *data,
lockdep_is_held(&root->lock));
else
return rbconn;
+
+ if (read_seqcount_retry(&root->count, seq))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
}
+ if (read_seqcount_retry(&root->count, seq))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
}
@@ -533,6 +545,12 @@ count_tree(struct net *net,
rbconn = find_tree_node(root, data, key);
if (IS_ERR(rbconn)) {
+ if (PTR_ERR(rbconn) == -EAGAIN) {
+ spin_lock_bh(&root->lock);
+ rbconn = find_tree_node(root, data, key);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&root->lock);
+ }
+
if (PTR_ERR(rbconn) == -ENOENT) {
if (!skb)
return 0;
@@ -650,6 +668,7 @@ static void nf_conncount_root_init(struct nf_conncount_root *r)
{
r->root = RB_ROOT;
spin_lock_init(&r->lock);
+ seqcount_spinlock_init(&r->count, &r->lock);
}
struct nf_conncount_data *nf_conncount_init(struct net *net, unsigned int keylen)
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-14 11:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-14 11:45 [PATCH net-next 00/11] Netfilter/IPVS updates for net-next Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:45 ` [PATCH net-next 01/11] ipvs: Replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_long_wq Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:45 ` [PATCH net-next 02/11] netfilter: nf_tables: use DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE in packet and control paths Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:45 ` [PATCH net-next 03/11] netfilter: nf_conncount: callers must hold rcu read lock Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:45 ` [PATCH net-next 04/11] netfilter: nf_conncount: use per nf_conncount_data spinlocks Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:45 ` [PATCH net-next 05/11] netfilter: nf_conncount: split count_tree_node rbtree walk into helper Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:46 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-06-14 11:46 ` [PATCH net-next 07/11] netfilter: nf_conncount: gc and rcu fixes Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:46 ` [PATCH net-next 08/11] netfilter: conntrack: check NULL when retrieving ct extension Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:46 ` [PATCH net-next 09/11] netfilter: flowtable: bail out if forward path cannot be discovered Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:46 ` [PATCH net-next 10/11] ipvs: fix doc syntax for conn_max sysctl Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-14 11:46 ` [PATCH net-next 11/11] netfilter: nf_dup_netdev: add nf_dev_xmit_recursion*() helpers and use them Pablo Neira Ayuso
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