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From: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>
To: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Jamal Hadi Salim" <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
	"Jiri Pirko" <jiri@resnulli.us>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
	"Victor Nogueira" <victor@mojatatu.com>,
	"Björn Töpel" <bjorn@kernel.org>,
	cake@lists.bufferbloat.net, Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 4/4] net/sched: cake: hash before segmenting and reject an overlong split
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:32:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o6cpwnh5.fsf@toke.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <QDISC-BA27.v7.r0.20261019115505-4@mojatatu.com>

Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> writes:

> The Fix:
> with CAKE_FLAG_SPLIT_GSO, cake computes the flow/host hash keys, then
> splits a GSO skb into segments it accounts individually. Key extraction
> must run on the unsegmented skb -- skb_gso_segment() can rewrite an
> encapsulated packet's headers to the inner ones -- and the resolution
> must wait until the packet is admitted, since it commits the
> set-associative tags, host indices and way counters that a later
> rejection would leave mutated (a GSO skb whose segmentation fails was
> dropped with that state already committed).
>
> Split cake_hash() into a side-effect-free cake_hash_keys(), run on the
> unsegmented skb, and cake_hash_resolve(), run only once the packet is
> admitted. Move the split-GSO path ahead of the resolution: sum the
> segment list, test the total against the ceiling before linking any
> segment, and drop the whole list on rejection so no persistent state is
> committed. The list is deferred to to_free so the tail segment's
> sock_wfree() never runs under the qdisc lock; a fraglist GSO, where
> skb_segment_list() returns the original skb as the head, drops the
> caller's reference and queues the list once instead of self-linking it.
>
> Tag every deferred segment with QDISC_DROP_OVERLIMIT: __skb_gso_segment()
> keeps SKB_GSO_CB at cb offset 32, aliasing tc_skb_cb.drop_reason, and
> __copy_skb_header() copies it into every segment, so tagging only the
> head left the rest with GSO scratch (a headroom-sized value) as their
> drop reason, which __tcf_kfree_skb_list() would report as an unrelated
> core reason.
>
> Read q->config->flow_mode once with READ_ONCE() in cake_enqueue() and
> pass that value to both cake_hash_keys() and cake_hash_resolve().
> cake_config_change() writes the mode before cake_change() takes
> sch_tree_lock(), and the split introduced two separate loads with the
> segmentation work between them; a concurrent reconfiguration could
> extract keys in one mode and resolve them in another.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/179231933068.3135.80340792633077986@kernel.org/
> Reviewed-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
> ---
> v6 -> v7: the split-GSO reject path now sets QDISC_DROP_OVERLIMIT on
> every deferred segment, not only on the head/original skb; the GSO cb
> aliases tc_skb_cb.drop_reason and is copied into every segment, so
> untagged segments carried GSO scratch as their drop reason. The
> flow_mode is likewise snapshotted once with READ_ONCE() and passed to
> both cake_hash_keys() and cake_hash_resolve(). (Sashiko nipa v6
> review, gpt-6-astra-2-5, gpt-6-astra-5-9)
> ---
>  net/sched/sch_cake.c | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_cake.c b/net/sched/sch_cake.c
> index 91c33295b30b..730c90af14bd 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_cake.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_cake.c
> @@ -706,19 +706,28 @@ static u16 cake_get_flow_quantum(struct cake_tin_data *q,
>  		get_random_u16()) >> 16;
>  }
>  
> -static u32 cake_hash(struct cake_tin_data *q, const struct sk_buff *skb,
> -		     int flow_mode, u16 flow_override, u16 host_override)
> +struct cake_hash_keys {
> +	u32 srchost_hash;
> +	u32 dsthost_hash;
> +	u32 flow_hash;
> +};
> +
> +static void cake_hash_keys(const struct sk_buff *skb, int flow_mode,
> +			   u16 flow_override, u16 host_override,
> +			   struct cake_hash_keys *out)
>  {
>  	bool hash_flows = (!flow_override && !!(flow_mode & CAKE_FLOW_FLOWS));
>  	bool hash_hosts = (!host_override && !!(flow_mode & CAKE_FLOW_HOSTS));
>  	bool nat_enabled = !!(flow_mode & CAKE_FLOW_NAT_FLAG);
> -	u32 flow_hash = 0, srchost_hash = 0, dsthost_hash = 0;
> -	u16 reduced_hash, srchost_idx, dsthost_idx;
>  	struct flow_keys keys, host_keys;
>  	bool use_skbhash = skb->l4_hash;
>  
> +	out->flow_hash = 0;
> +	out->srchost_hash = 0;
> +	out->dsthost_hash = 0;
> +
>  	if (unlikely(flow_mode == CAKE_FLOW_NONE))
> -		return 0;
> +		return;
>  
>  	/* If both overrides are set, or we can use the SKB hash and nat mode is
>  	 * disabled, we can skip packet dissection entirely. If nat mode is
> @@ -753,50 +762,64 @@ static u32 cake_hash(struct cake_tin_data *q, const struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	switch (host_keys.control.addr_type) {
>  	case FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV4_ADDRS:
>  		host_keys.addrs.v4addrs.src = 0;
> -		dsthost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
> +		out->dsthost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
>  		host_keys.addrs.v4addrs.src = keys.addrs.v4addrs.src;
>  		host_keys.addrs.v4addrs.dst = 0;
> -		srchost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
> +		out->srchost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
>  		break;
>  
>  	case FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS:
>  		memset(&host_keys.addrs.v6addrs.src, 0,
>  		       sizeof(host_keys.addrs.v6addrs.src));
> -		dsthost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
> +		out->dsthost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
>  		host_keys.addrs.v6addrs.src = keys.addrs.v6addrs.src;
>  		memset(&host_keys.addrs.v6addrs.dst, 0,
>  		       sizeof(host_keys.addrs.v6addrs.dst));
> -		srchost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
> +		out->srchost_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&host_keys);
>  		break;
>  
>  	default:
> -		dsthost_hash = 0;
> -		srchost_hash = 0;
> +		out->dsthost_hash = 0;
> +		out->srchost_hash = 0;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* This *must* be after the above switch, since as a
>  	 * side-effect it sorts the src and dst addresses.
>  	 */
>  	if (hash_flows && !use_skbhash)
> -		flow_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&keys);
> +		out->flow_hash = flow_hash_from_keys(&keys);
>  
>  skip_hash:
>  	if (flow_override)
> -		flow_hash = flow_override - 1;
> +		out->flow_hash = flow_override - 1;
>  	else if (use_skbhash && (flow_mode & CAKE_FLOW_FLOWS))
> -		flow_hash = skb->hash;
> +		out->flow_hash = skb->hash;
>  	if (host_override) {
> -		dsthost_hash = host_override - 1;
> -		srchost_hash = host_override - 1;
> +		out->dsthost_hash = host_override - 1;
> +		out->srchost_hash = host_override - 1;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!(flow_mode & CAKE_FLOW_FLOWS)) {
>  		if (flow_mode & CAKE_FLOW_SRC_IP)
> -			flow_hash ^= srchost_hash;
> +			out->flow_hash ^= out->srchost_hash;
>  
>  		if (flow_mode & CAKE_FLOW_DST_IP)
> -			flow_hash ^= dsthost_hash;
> +			out->flow_hash ^= out->dsthost_hash;
>  	}
> +}
> +
> +/* Commit the flow into the set-associative table (q->tags[], host
> + * indices, bulk counters). Only after the packet is admitted.
> + */
> +static u32 cake_hash_resolve(struct cake_tin_data *q,
> +			     const struct cake_hash_keys *keys, int flow_mode)
> +{
> +	u32 flow_hash = keys->flow_hash, srchost_hash = keys->srchost_hash,
> +	    dsthost_hash = keys->dsthost_hash;
> +	u16 reduced_hash, srchost_idx, dsthost_idx;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(flow_mode == CAKE_FLOW_NONE))
> +		return 0;
>  
>  	reduced_hash = flow_hash % CAKE_QUEUES;
>  
> @@ -1761,13 +1784,17 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
>  {
>  	u32 idx, tin, prev_qlen, prev_backlog, drop_id;
>  	struct cake_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
> +	int flow_mode = READ_ONCE(q->config->flow_mode);

This breaks the reverse x-mas tree ordering. Move the u32 defs below,
and keep an empty line after the qdisc_priv() resolution?

>  	int len = qdisc_pkt_len(skb), ret;
>  	u16 flow_override, host_override;
> +	struct sk_buff *segs = NULL;
> +	struct cake_hash_keys keys;
>  	struct sk_buff *ack = NULL;
>  	ktime_t now = ktime_get();
>  	struct cake_tin_data *b;
>  	struct cake_flow *flow;
>  	bool same_flow = false;
> +	u64 slen = 0;
>  
>  	/* Classify first: a terminal TC action consumes the packet. */
>  	if (cake_tcf_classify(sch, skb, &flow_override, &host_override, &ret)) {
> @@ -1784,12 +1811,59 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
>  					 QDISC_DROP_OVERLIMIT);
>  	}
>  
> -	/* choose flow to insert into */
> +	/* Select the tin and extract the keys before segmenting:
> +	 * skb_gso_segment() rewrites encapsulated headers, which
> +	 * changes the keys.
> +	 */
>  	b = cake_select_tin(sch, skb);
> -	idx = cake_hash(b, skb, q->config->flow_mode, flow_override,
> -			host_override) + 1;
> +	cake_hash_keys(skb, flow_mode, flow_override, host_override, &keys);
> +
> +	if (qdisc_pkt_segs(skb) > 1 && q->config->rate_flags & CAKE_FLAG_SPLIT_GSO) {
> +		struct sk_buff *nskb, *seg;
> +		netdev_features_t features = netif_skb_features(skb);

Reverse x-mas tree, please.

> +
> +		segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features & ~NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
> +		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(segs))
> +			return qdisc_drop(skb, sch, to_free);
> +
> +		/* The split path accounts the segment sum, not the
> +		 * stab-adjusted qdisc_pkt_len(), so check it here.
> +		 */
> +		skb_list_walk_safe(segs, seg, nskb)
> +			slen += seg->len;
> +
> +		if (unlikely((u64)sch->qstats.backlog + slen > QDISC_MAX_BACKLOG)) {
> +			qdisc_qstats_overlimit(sch);
> +			/* __skb_gso_segment() puts SKB_GSO_CB at cb
> +			 * offset 32, over tc_skb_cb.drop_reason; every
> +			 * segment inherits it. Tag each one with the
> +			 * qdisc drop reason.
> +			 */
> +			skb_list_walk_safe(segs, seg, nskb)
> +				tcf_set_qdisc_drop_reason(seg,
> +							  QDISC_DROP_OVERLIMIT);
> +			/* skb_gso_segment() moved sock_wfree to the tail
> +			 * segment, so defer the list to to_free rather
> +			 * than free it under the qdisc lock.

I don't think this part of the comment is needed - we do all the drops
using to_free, so the sock_wfree thing is irrelevant.

> +			 * Fraglist GSO returns the original skb as head
> +			 * (segs == skb), so drop our ref first.
> +			 */
> +			if (unlikely(segs == skb)) {
> +				consume_skb(skb);
> +				return qdisc_drop_all(segs, sch, to_free);
> +			}
> +			__qdisc_drop_all(segs, to_free);
> +			return qdisc_drop_reason(skb, sch, to_free,
> +						 QDISC_DROP_OVERLIMIT);

Since you already set the drop reason above, there's not really any
reason to use qdisc_drop_reason() anymore; so this logic can be
simplified to simply:

			if (unlikely(segs == skb))
				consume_skb(skb);
			return qdisc_drop_all(segs, sch, to_free);

> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Admitted: resolve the flow. The mode is read once above, so
> +	 * extraction and resolution agree if cake_change() intervenes.
> +	 */

The last sentence here is just distracting. Please drop.

> +	idx = cake_hash_resolve(b, &keys, flow_mode);
>  	tin = (u32)(b - q->tins);
> -	idx--;
>  	flow = &b->flows[idx];
>  
>  	/* ensure shaper state isn't stale */
> @@ -1816,14 +1890,9 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
>  	if (unlikely(len > b->max_skblen))
>  		WRITE_ONCE(b->max_skblen, len);
>  
> -	if (qdisc_pkt_segs(skb) > 1 && q->config->rate_flags & CAKE_FLAG_SPLIT_GSO) {
> -		struct sk_buff *segs, *nskb, *seg;
> -		netdev_features_t features = netif_skb_features(skb);
> -		unsigned int slen = 0, numsegs = 0;
> -
> -		segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features & ~NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
> -		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(segs))
> -			return qdisc_drop(skb, sch, to_free);
> +	if (segs) {
> +		struct sk_buff *nskb, *seg;
> +		unsigned int numsegs = 0;
>  
>  		skb_list_walk_safe(segs, seg, nskb) {
>  			skb_mark_not_on_list(seg);
> @@ -1837,7 +1906,6 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
>  			qdisc_qlen_inc(sch);
>  			numsegs++;
>  			q->buffer_used += seg->truesize;
> -			slen += seg->len;
>  			WRITE_ONCE(b->packets, b->packets + 1);
>  		}
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.0

  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-19 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-19 16:00 [PATCH net-next v7 0/4] net/sched: cap the accounted backlog before it can wrap Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-19 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v7 1/4] net/sched: cake, fq_codel: return the classifier result to the caller Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-19 18:11   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-10-19 21:05     ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-20  8:58       ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-10-20 10:06         ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-19 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v7 2/4] net/sched: cake: use a dedicated split-GSO list iterator Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-19 18:11   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-10-19 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v7 3/4] net/sched: cap the accounted backlog before it can wrap Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-19 18:20   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-10-19 21:08     ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-19 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v7 4/4] net/sched: cake: hash before segmenting and reject an overlong split Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-19 18:32   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen [this message]
2026-10-19 21:35     ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-20  8:47       ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-10-20 10:08         ` Jamal Hadi Salim

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