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From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
To: Paul Davey <paul.davey@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] xfrm: Preserve vlan tags for transport mode software GRO
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:56:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZiY0Of0QuDOCPXHg@gauss3.secunet.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240422025711.145577-1-paul.davey@alliedtelesis.co.nz>

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 02:56:20PM +1200, Paul Davey wrote:
> The software GRO path for esp transport mode uses skb_mac_header_rebuild
> prior to re-injecting the packet via the xfrm_napi_dev.  This only
> copies skb->mac_len bytes of header which may not be sufficient if the
> packet contains 802.1Q tags or other VLAN tags.  Worse copying only the
> initial header will leave a packet marked as being VLAN tagged but
> without the corresponding tag leading to mangling when it is later
> untagged.
> 
> The VLAN tags are important when receiving the decrypted esp transport
> mode packet after GRO processing to ensure it is received on the correct
> interface.
> 
> Therefore record the full mac header length in xfrm*_transport_input for
> later use in correpsonding xfrm*_transport_finish to copy the entire mac
> header when rebuilding the mac header for GRO.  The skb->data pointer is
> left pointing skb->mac_header bytes after the start of the mac header as
> is expected by the network stack and network and transport header
> offsets reset to this location.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Davey <paul.davey@alliedtelesis.co.nz>

Please add a 'Fixes:' tag so it can be backported to stable.

> diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
> index 57c743b7e4fe..0331cfecb28b 100644
> --- a/include/net/xfrm.h
> +++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
> @@ -675,6 +675,9 @@ struct xfrm_mode_skb_cb {
>  
>  	/* Used by IPv6 only, zero for IPv4. */
>  	u8 flow_lbl[3];
> +
> +	/* Used to keep whole l2 header for transport mode GRO */
> +	u32 orig_mac_len;

xfrm_mode_skb_cb has already reached the maximum size of 48 bytes.
Adding more will overwrite data in the 'struct sk_buff'.

Try to store this in 'struct xfrm_offload'.

Thanks!

  reply	other threads:[~2024-04-22  9:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-22  2:56 [PATCH net] xfrm: Preserve vlan tags for transport mode software GRO Paul Davey
2024-04-22  9:56 ` Steffen Klassert [this message]
2024-04-22 12:49   ` Sabrina Dubroca
2024-04-22 16:11     ` Steffen Klassert

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