* [PATCH v1 net-next 1/3] geneve: Unlink geneve->sock[46].hlist[46].hlist in __geneve_sock_release().
2026-07-31 16:45 [PATCH v1 net-next 0/3] geneve: Support per-netns device unregistration Kuniyuki Iwashima
@ 2026-07-31 16:45 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-07-31 16:45 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 2/3] geneve: Protect geneve_net and geneve_sock with per-netns mutex Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-07-31 16:45 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 3/3] geneve: Support per-netns netdev unregistration Kuniyuki Iwashima
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kuniyuki Iwashima @ 2026-07-31 16:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni
Cc: Simon Horman, Kuniyuki Iwashima, Kuniyuki Iwashima, netdev
Currently, geneve->sock[46].hlist[46] is unliked from
geneve_sock.vni_list in geneve_stop() and geneve_sock.refcnt is
decremented for each socket later in __geneve_sock_release().
The following patch will introduce a mutex in geneve_net to
protect geneve_sock.{refcnt,vni_list}.
However, udp_tunnel_notify_del_rx_port() must be outside of the
lock to avoid AB-BA deadlock.
To make the change cleaner, let's move hlist_del_init_rcu()
from geneve_stop() to __geneve_sock_release().
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
drivers/net/geneve.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 542e53f9dc3e..bd4fc6dba2fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -1052,9 +1052,30 @@ static struct geneve_sock *geneve_socket_create(struct net *net,
return gs;
}
-static void __geneve_sock_release(struct geneve_sock *gs)
+static void __geneve_sock_release(struct geneve_dev *geneve, bool ipv6)
{
- if (!gs || --gs->refcnt)
+ struct geneve_dev_node *node;
+ struct geneve_sock *gs;
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+ if (ipv6) {
+ gs = rtnl_dereference(geneve->sock6);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock6, NULL);
+ node = &geneve->hlist6;
+ } else
+#endif
+ {
+ gs = rtnl_dereference(geneve->sock4);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock4, NULL);
+ node = &geneve->hlist4;
+ }
+
+ if (!gs)
+ return;
+
+ hlist_del_init_rcu(&node->hlist);
+
+ if (--gs->refcnt)
return;
list_del(&gs->list);
@@ -1065,19 +1086,10 @@ static void __geneve_sock_release(struct geneve_sock *gs)
static void geneve_sock_release(struct geneve_dev *geneve)
{
- struct geneve_sock *gs4 = rtnl_dereference(geneve->sock4);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
- struct geneve_sock *gs6 = rtnl_dereference(geneve->sock6);
-
- rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock6, NULL);
-#endif
-
- rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock4, NULL);
-
- __geneve_sock_release(gs4);
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
- __geneve_sock_release(gs6);
+ __geneve_sock_release(geneve, true);
#endif
+ __geneve_sock_release(geneve, false);
}
static struct geneve_sock *geneve_find_sock(struct net *net,
@@ -1187,10 +1199,6 @@ static int geneve_stop(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
- hlist_del_init_rcu(&geneve->hlist4.hlist);
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
- hlist_del_init_rcu(&geneve->hlist6.hlist);
-#endif
geneve_sock_release(geneve);
return 0;
}
--
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@ 2026-07-31 16:45 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-07-31 16:45 ` [PATCH v1 net-next 3/3] geneve: Support per-netns netdev unregistration Kuniyuki Iwashima
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From: Kuniyuki Iwashima @ 2026-07-31 16:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni
Cc: Simon Horman, Kuniyuki Iwashima, Kuniyuki Iwashima, netdev
struct geneve_dev.net is the netns where the backend geneve
socket resides.
struct geneve_dev is linked to the geneve_net.geneve_list of
the socket's netns.
During netns dismantle or module unload, geneve_exit_rtnl_net()
iterates the list and queues devices for destruction regardless
of devices' netns.
Moreover, a socket can be shared by multiple geneve devices in
different netns, and geneve_open() and geneve_stop() modify
geneve_sock.vni_list and geneve_net.sock_list.
Thus, once RTNL is removed, the three lists can be modified
concurrently from different netns due to device removal and
link-up/down.
Let's protect them with per-netns mutex.
geneve_newlink() is still protected by rtnl_net_lock()s, so
acquiring gn->lock twice in geneve_find_dev() and
geneve_configure() is not a problem.
Note that udp_tunnel_notify_add_rx_port() is moved outside of
the mutex, otherwise gn->lock -> utn->lock ordering would trigger
AB-BA deadlock in geneve_offload_rx_ports(), which acquires
gn->lock under utn->lock. Even without gn->lock, geneve_sock_add()
and geneve_offload_rx_ports() are still serialised with (per-netns)
RTNL, so there is no race.
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
drivers/net/geneve.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index bd4fc6dba2fa..f456a85dca77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ struct geneve_skb_cb {
/* per-network namespace private data for this module */
struct geneve_net {
struct list_head geneve_list;
- /* sock_list is protected by rtnl lock */
struct list_head sock_list;
+ struct mutex lock;
};
static unsigned int geneve_net_id;
@@ -1035,9 +1035,6 @@ static struct geneve_sock *geneve_socket_create(struct net *net,
for (h = 0; h < VNI_HASH_SIZE; ++h)
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&gs->vni_list[h]);
- /* Initialize the geneve udp offloads structure */
- udp_tunnel_notify_add_rx_port(sk, UDP_TUNNEL_TYPE_GENEVE);
-
/* Mark socket as an encapsulation socket */
memset(&tunnel_cfg, 0, sizeof(tunnel_cfg));
tunnel_cfg.sk_user_data = gs;
@@ -1056,6 +1053,7 @@ static void __geneve_sock_release(struct geneve_dev *geneve, bool ipv6)
{
struct geneve_dev_node *node;
struct geneve_sock *gs;
+ struct geneve_net *gn;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
if (ipv6) {
@@ -1073,12 +1071,19 @@ static void __geneve_sock_release(struct geneve_dev *geneve, bool ipv6)
if (!gs)
return;
+ gn = net_generic(sock_net(gs->sk), geneve_net_id);
+ mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
+
hlist_del_init_rcu(&node->hlist);
- if (--gs->refcnt)
+ if (--gs->refcnt) {
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
return;
+ }
list_del(&gs->list);
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
+
udp_tunnel_notify_del_rx_port(gs->sk, UDP_TUNNEL_TYPE_GENEVE);
udp_tunnel_sock_release(gs->sk);
kfree_rcu(gs, rcu);
@@ -1135,22 +1140,31 @@ static int geneve_sock_add(struct geneve_dev *geneve,
struct net *net = geneve->net;
struct geneve_dev_node *node;
struct geneve_sock *gs;
+ struct geneve_net *gn;
+ bool created = false;
__u8 vni[3];
+ int ret = 0;
__u32 hash;
+ gn = net_generic(net, geneve_net_id);
+ mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
+
gs = geneve_find_sock(net, geneve, cfg, ipv6);
if (gs) {
gs->refcnt++;
- goto out;
- }
+ } else {
+ gs = geneve_socket_create(net, geneve, cfg, ipv6);
+ if (IS_ERR(gs)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(gs);
+ goto out;
+ }
- gs = geneve_socket_create(net, geneve, cfg, ipv6);
- if (IS_ERR(gs))
- return PTR_ERR(gs);
+ created = true;
+ }
-out:
gs->collect_md = cfg->collect_md;
gs->gro_hint = cfg->gro_hint;
+
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
if (ipv6) {
rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock6, gs);
@@ -1166,7 +1180,16 @@ static int geneve_sock_add(struct geneve_dev *geneve,
tunnel_id_to_vni(cfg->info.key.tun_id, vni);
hash = geneve_net_vni_hash(vni);
hlist_add_head_rcu(&node->hlist, &gs->vni_list[hash]);
- return 0;
+
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
+
+ if (created) {
+ /* Initialize the geneve udp offloads structure */
+ udp_tunnel_notify_add_rx_port(gs->sk, UDP_TUNNEL_TYPE_GENEVE);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}
static int geneve_open(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -1743,6 +1766,8 @@ static void geneve_offload_rx_ports(struct net_device *dev, bool push)
ASSERT_RTNL();
+ mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
+
list_for_each_entry(gs, &gn->sock_list, list) {
if (push) {
udp_tunnel_push_rx_port(dev, gs->sk,
@@ -1752,6 +1777,8 @@ static void geneve_offload_rx_ports(struct net_device *dev, bool push)
UDP_TUNNEL_TYPE_GENEVE);
}
}
+
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
}
static struct geneve_config *geneve_config_alloc(const struct geneve_config *src)
@@ -1968,6 +1995,9 @@ static struct geneve_dev *geneve_find_dev(struct geneve_net *gn,
*tun_on_same_port = false;
*tun_collect_md = false;
+
+ mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
+
list_for_each_entry(geneve, &gn->geneve_list, next) {
const struct geneve_config *gcfg = rtnl_dereference(geneve->cfg);
@@ -1982,6 +2012,9 @@ static struct geneve_dev *geneve_find_dev(struct geneve_net *gn,
!memcmp(&info->key.u, &gcfg->info.key.u, sizeof(info->key.u)))
t = geneve;
}
+
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
+
return t;
}
@@ -2076,7 +2109,10 @@ static int geneve_configure(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
return err;
}
+ mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
list_add(&geneve->next, &gn->geneve_list);
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
+
return 0;
}
@@ -2466,7 +2502,7 @@ static int geneve_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
return err;
}
-static void geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+static void __geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
{
struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -2474,6 +2510,18 @@ static void geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
}
+static void geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+{
+ struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct geneve_net *gn;
+
+ gn = net_generic(geneve->net, geneve_net_id);
+
+ mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
+ __geneve_dellink(dev, head);
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
+}
+
static size_t geneve_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
{
return nla_total_size(sizeof(__u32)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_ID */
@@ -2692,6 +2740,8 @@ static __net_init int geneve_init_net(struct net *net)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gn->geneve_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gn->sock_list);
+ mutex_init(&gn->lock);
+
return 0;
}
@@ -2701,8 +2751,12 @@ static void __net_exit geneve_exit_rtnl_net(struct net *net,
struct geneve_net *gn = net_generic(net, geneve_net_id);
struct geneve_dev *geneve, *next;
+ mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
+
list_for_each_entry_safe(geneve, next, &gn->geneve_list, next)
- geneve_dellink(geneve->dev, dev_to_kill);
+ __geneve_dellink(geneve->dev, dev_to_kill);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
}
static void __net_exit geneve_exit_net(struct net *net)
--
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@ 2026-07-31 16:45 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
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From: Kuniyuki Iwashima @ 2026-07-31 16:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni
Cc: Simon Horman, Kuniyuki Iwashima, Kuniyuki Iwashima, netdev
geneve_exit_rtnl_net() iterates geneve devices whose sockets
are in the dying netns and queues them for destruction.
So the devices may reside in different netns.
Let's use unregister_netdevice_queue_net() to support per-netns
device unregistration.
list_del() is changed to list_del_init() to avoid queueing the
same device twice.
Even after geneve_exit_rtnl_net() queues a cross-netns geneve
device, geneve_dellink() can be called concurrently for it.
In such a case, __rtnl_net_unlock() will perform the unregistration.
Note that geneve uses register_pernet_subsys() instead of _device(),
so default_device_exit_batch() guarantees that the async per-netns
works are flushed before ->exit().
Tested:
1. Create geneve device across two netns.
# ip netns add ns1
# ip netns add ns2
# ip -n ns1 link add geneve0 link-netns ns2 type geneve external
2. Run bpftrace to check that geneve_uninit() is called between
->exit_rtnl() and ->exit().
# bpftrace -e '#include <linux/netdevice.h>
kprobe:geneve_uninit {
$dev = (struct net_device *)arg0;
printf("PID: %d | DEV: %s%s\n", pid, $dev->name, kstack());
}
kprobe:geneve_exit_rtnl_net,
kprobe:geneve_exit_net {
printf("PID: %d%s\n", pid, kstack());
}'
3. Remove the netns where the geneve socket resides
# ip netns del ns2
Now, we can see geneve0 is unregistered by per-netns work
instead of cleanup_net() and it finishes before ->exit() to
avoid WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&gn->sock_list)) there.
PID: 571
geneve_exit_rtnl_net+5
ops_undo_list+702
cleanup_net+1122
process_scheduled_works+2538
...
PID: 1047 | DEV: geneve0
geneve_uninit+5
unregister_netdevice_many_notify+7129
unregister_netdevice_many_net+1050
rtnl_net_work_func+136
process_scheduled_works+2538
...
PID: 571
geneve_exit_net+5
ops_undo_list+1064
cleanup_net+1122
process_scheduled_works+2538
...
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
drivers/net/geneve.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index f456a85dca77..a6a8978e3b81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -2502,12 +2502,13 @@ static int geneve_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
return err;
}
-static void __geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+static void __geneve_dellink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
+ struct list_head *head)
{
struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
- list_del(&geneve->next);
- unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+ list_del_init(&geneve->next);
+ unregister_netdevice_queue_net(net, dev, head);
}
static void geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
@@ -2518,7 +2519,8 @@ static void geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
gn = net_generic(geneve->net, geneve_net_id);
mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
- __geneve_dellink(dev, head);
+ if (!list_empty(&geneve->next))
+ __geneve_dellink(dev_net(dev), dev, head);
mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
}
@@ -2754,7 +2756,7 @@ static void __net_exit geneve_exit_rtnl_net(struct net *net,
mutex_lock(&gn->lock);
list_for_each_entry_safe(geneve, next, &gn->geneve_list, next)
- __geneve_dellink(geneve->dev, dev_to_kill);
+ __geneve_dellink(net, geneve->dev, dev_to_kill);
mutex_unlock(&gn->lock);
}
--
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