[PATCH net v3 2/3] ipv6: ignore dst hint for multipath routes

Sriram Yagnaraman
2023-08-28T12:28:59Z

Route hints when the nexthop is part of a multipath group causes packets
in the same receive batch to be sent to the same nexthop irrespective of
the multipath hash of the packet. So, do not extract route hint for
packets whose destination is part of a multipath group.

A new SKB flag IP6SKB_MULTIPATH is introduced for this purpose, set the
flag when route is looked up in fib6_select_path() and use it in
ip6_can_use_hint() to check for the existence of the flag.

Fixes: 197dbf24e360 ("ipv6: introduce and uses route look hints for list input.")
Signed-off-by: Sriram Yagnaraman <sriram.yagnaraman@est.tech>
---
include/linux/ipv6.h | 1 +
net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 3 ++-
net/ipv6/route.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 839247a4f48e..fe3492a67b35 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ struct inet6_skb_parm {
#define IP6SKB_JUMBOGRAM 128
#define IP6SKB_SEG6 256
#define IP6SKB_FAKEJUMBO 512
+#define IP6SKB_MULTIPATH 1024
};

#if defined(CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index d94041bb4287..b8378814532c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ static bool ip6_can_use_hint(const struct sk_buff *skb,
static struct sk_buff *ip6_extract_route_hint(const struct net *net,
struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- if (fib6_routes_require_src(net) || fib6_has_custom_rules(net))
+ if (fib6_routes_require_src(net) || fib6_has_custom_rules(net) ||
+ IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_MULTIPATH)
return NULL;

return skb;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 56a55585eb79..a02328c93a53 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ void fib6_select_path(const struct net *net, struct fib6_result *res,
if (match->nh && have_oif_match && res->nh)
return;

+ if (skb)
+ IP6CB(skb)->flags |= IP6SKB_MULTIPATH;
+
/* We might have already computed the hash for ICMPv6 errors. In such
* case it will always be non-zero. Otherwise now is the time to do it.
*/
--
2.34.1