From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Artem Lytkin <iprintercanon@gmail.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/9] sit: convert 6RD configuration to RCU protection
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:00:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ap61ZOQyfReeUxG7@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907075846.2913645-6-edumazet@google.com>
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> In order to allow lockless readers in future patches, convert
> 'tunnel->ip6rd' to an RCU protected pointer.
>
> Updating 6RD configuration via ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd() or
> ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd() now allocates a struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm and
> uses rcu_assign_pointer() to publish it, freeing the previous
> parameters with kfree_rcu().
>
> Readers in check_6rd() and only_dnatted() use rcu_dereference() under
> existing RCU read lock, preventing torn reads on the 128-bit IPv6
> prefix.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Hi Eric,
just few nits inline.
Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com>
Regards,
Lorenzo
> ---
> include/net/ip_tunnels.h | 3 +-
> net/ipv6/sit.c | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 2 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> index 7c9aadfe8fe396da10a47e93499a97141ac04f4c..7fff59bab53b682ac0d1efd1f47082ba7d633fd2 100644
> --- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> +++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
> @@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm {
> __be32 relay_prefix;
> u16 prefixlen;
> u16 relay_prefixlen;
> + struct rcu_head rcu;
> };
> #endif
>
> @@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel {
>
> /* for SIT */
> #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
> - struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm ip6rd;
> + struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm __rcu *ip6rd;
> #endif
> struct ip_tunnel_prl_entry __rcu *prl; /* potential router list */
> unsigned int prl_count; /* # of entries in PRL */
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
> index e85fa80e80d1ad2c593b860685b9f5bac21e66d9..7cabcd3afbc4f06d9a08374e6d8df2fb1bfb9676 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
> @@ -183,21 +183,47 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_link(struct sit_net *sitn, struct ip_tunnel *t)
> rcu_assign_pointer(*tp, t);
> }
>
> -static void ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(struct net_device *dev, struct sit_net *sitn)
> +static int ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(struct net_device *dev, struct sit_net *sitn)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
> struct ip_tunnel *t = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *new_6rd, *old_6rd;
RCT
> +
> + new_6rd = kmalloc_obj(*new_6rd);
what about using kzalloc_obj() and get rid of the 0 initialization? This is
just control path, so I guess it is fine.
> + if (!new_6rd)
> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> if (dev == sitn->fb_tunnel_dev || !sitn->fb_tunnel_dev) {
> - ipv6_addr_set(&t->ip6rd.prefix, htonl(0x20020000), 0, 0, 0);
> - t->ip6rd.relay_prefix = 0;
> - t->ip6rd.prefixlen = 16;
> - t->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen = 0;
> + ipv6_addr_set(&new_6rd->prefix, htonl(0x20020000), 0, 0, 0);
> + new_6rd->relay_prefix = 0;
> + new_6rd->prefixlen = 16;
> + new_6rd->relay_prefixlen = 0;
> } else {
> struct ip_tunnel *t0 = netdev_priv(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
> - memcpy(&t->ip6rd, &t0->ip6rd, sizeof(t->ip6rd));
> + struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *t0_6rd;
> +
> + t0_6rd = rtnl_dereference(t0->ip6rd);
> + if (t0_6rd) {
> + *new_6rd = *t0_6rd;
> + } else {
> + ipv6_addr_set(&new_6rd->prefix, htonl(0x20020000), 0, 0, 0);
> + new_6rd->relay_prefix = 0;
> + new_6rd->prefixlen = 16;
> + new_6rd->relay_prefixlen = 0;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + old_6rd = rcu_dereference_protected(t->ip6rd,
> + lockdep_rtnl_is_held() ||
> + dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED);
> + rcu_assign_pointer(t->ip6rd, new_6rd);
what about using rcu_replace_pointer()?
> + if (old_6rd) {
> + dst_cache_reset(&t->dst_cache);
> + netdev_state_change(t->dev);
> + kfree_rcu(old_6rd, rcu);
> }
> #endif
> + return 0;
> }
>
> static int ipip6_tunnel_create(struct net_device *dev)
> @@ -206,6 +232,10 @@ static int ipip6_tunnel_create(struct net_device *dev)
> struct sit_net *sitn = net_generic(t->net, sit_net_id);
> int err;
>
> + err = ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(dev, sitn);
> + if (err < 0)
> + goto out;
I guess you can just return err here.
> +
> __dev_addr_set(dev, &t->parms.iph.saddr, 4);
> memcpy(dev->broadcast, &t->parms.iph.daddr, 4);
>
> @@ -218,8 +248,6 @@ static int ipip6_tunnel_create(struct net_device *dev)
> if (err < 0)
> goto out;
>
> - ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(dev, sitn);
> -
> ipip6_tunnel_link(sitn, t);
> return 0;
>
> @@ -281,6 +309,7 @@ static struct ip_tunnel *ipip6_tunnel_locate(struct net *net,
> return nt;
>
> failed_free:
> + ipip6_dev_free(dev);
> free_netdev(dev);
> failed:
> return NULL;
> @@ -631,8 +660,13 @@ static bool only_dnatted(const struct ip_tunnel *tunnel,
> int prefix_len;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
> - prefix_len = tunnel->ip6rd.prefixlen + 32
> - - tunnel->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen;
> + const struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *ip6rd;
> +
> + ip6rd = rcu_dereference(tunnel->ip6rd);
> + if (ip6rd)
> + prefix_len = ip6rd->prefixlen + 32 - ip6rd->relay_prefixlen;
> + else
> + prefix_len = 48;
> #else
> prefix_len = 48;
> #endif
> @@ -810,25 +844,28 @@ static bool check_6rd(struct ip_tunnel *tunnel, const struct in6_addr *v6dst,
> __be32 *v4dst)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
> - if (ipv6_prefix_equal(v6dst, &tunnel->ip6rd.prefix,
> - tunnel->ip6rd.prefixlen)) {
> + const struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *ip6rd;
> +
> + ip6rd = rcu_dereference(tunnel->ip6rd);
> + if (ip6rd && ipv6_prefix_equal(v6dst, &ip6rd->prefix,
> + ip6rd->prefixlen)) {
> unsigned int pbw0, pbi0;
> int pbi1;
> u32 d;
>
> - pbw0 = tunnel->ip6rd.prefixlen >> 5;
> - pbi0 = tunnel->ip6rd.prefixlen & 0x1f;
> + pbw0 = ip6rd->prefixlen >> 5;
> + pbi0 = ip6rd->prefixlen & 0x1f;
>
> - d = tunnel->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen < 32 ?
> + d = ip6rd->relay_prefixlen < 32 ?
> (ntohl(v6dst->s6_addr32[pbw0]) << pbi0) >>
> - tunnel->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen : 0;
> + ip6rd->relay_prefixlen : 0;
>
> - pbi1 = pbi0 - tunnel->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen;
> + pbi1 = pbi0 - ip6rd->relay_prefixlen;
> if (pbi1 > 0)
> d |= ntohl(v6dst->s6_addr32[pbw0 + 1]) >>
> (32 - pbi1);
>
> - *v4dst = tunnel->ip6rd.relay_prefix | htonl(d);
> + *v4dst = ip6rd->relay_prefix | htonl(d);
> return true;
> }
> #else
> @@ -1164,6 +1201,7 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_update(struct ip_tunnel *t,
> static int ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(struct ip_tunnel *t,
> struct ip_tunnel_6rd *ip6rd)
> {
> + struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *new_6rd, *old_6rd;
> struct in6_addr prefix;
> __be32 relay_prefix;
>
> @@ -1183,10 +1221,20 @@ static int ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(struct ip_tunnel *t,
> if (relay_prefix != ip6rd->relay_prefix)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - t->ip6rd.prefix = prefix;
> - t->ip6rd.relay_prefix = relay_prefix;
> - t->ip6rd.prefixlen = ip6rd->prefixlen;
> - t->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen = ip6rd->relay_prefixlen;
> + new_6rd = kmalloc_obj(*new_6rd);
> + if (!new_6rd)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + new_6rd->prefix = prefix;
> + new_6rd->relay_prefix = relay_prefix;
> + new_6rd->prefixlen = ip6rd->prefixlen;
> + new_6rd->relay_prefixlen = ip6rd->relay_prefixlen;
> +
> + old_6rd = rtnl_dereference(t->ip6rd);
> + rcu_assign_pointer(t->ip6rd, new_6rd);
rcu_replace_pointer()?
> + if (old_6rd)
> + kfree_rcu(old_6rd, rcu);
> +
> dst_cache_reset(&t->dst_cache);
> netdev_state_change(t->dev);
> return 0;
> @@ -1195,6 +1243,7 @@ static int ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(struct ip_tunnel *t,
> static int
> ipip6_tunnel_get6rd(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm __user *data)
> {
> + const struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *ip6rd_parm;
> struct ip_tunnel *t = netdev_priv(dev);
> struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern p;
> struct ip_tunnel_6rd ip6rd;
> @@ -1207,10 +1256,15 @@ ipip6_tunnel_get6rd(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm __user *data)
> if (!t)
> t = netdev_priv(dev);
>
> - ip6rd.prefix = t->ip6rd.prefix;
> - ip6rd.relay_prefix = t->ip6rd.relay_prefix;
> - ip6rd.prefixlen = t->ip6rd.prefixlen;
> - ip6rd.relay_prefixlen = t->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen;
> + ip6rd_parm = rtnl_dereference(t->ip6rd);
> + if (ip6rd_parm) {
> + ip6rd.prefix = ip6rd_parm->prefix;
> + ip6rd.relay_prefix = ip6rd_parm->relay_prefix;
> + ip6rd.prefixlen = ip6rd_parm->prefixlen;
> + ip6rd.relay_prefixlen = ip6rd_parm->relay_prefixlen;
> + } else {
> + memset(&ip6rd, 0, sizeof(ip6rd));
> + }
> if (copy_to_user(data, &ip6rd, sizeof(ip6rd)))
> return -EFAULT;
> return 0;
> @@ -1222,20 +1276,16 @@ ipip6_tunnel_6rdctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_6rd __user *data,
> {
> struct ip_tunnel *t = netdev_priv(dev);
> struct ip_tunnel_6rd ip6rd;
> - int err;
>
> if (!ns_capable(t->net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
> return -EPERM;
> if (copy_from_user(&ip6rd, data, sizeof(ip6rd)))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> - if (cmd != SIOCDEL6RD) {
> - err = ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(t, &ip6rd);
> - if (err < 0)
> - return err;
> - } else
> - ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(dev, dev_to_sit_net(dev));
> - return 0;
> + if (cmd != SIOCDEL6RD)
> + return ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(t, &ip6rd);
> +
> + return ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(dev, dev_to_sit_net(dev));
> }
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD */
> @@ -1406,8 +1456,17 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ipip6_netdev_ops = {
> static void ipip6_dev_free(struct net_device *dev)
> {
> struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
> + struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *ip6rd;
>
> - dst_cache_destroy(&tunnel->dst_cache);
> + ip6rd = rcu_dereference_protected(tunnel->ip6rd, 1);
> + RCU_INIT_POINTER(tunnel->ip6rd, NULL);
> + kfree(ip6rd);
> +#endif
> + if (tunnel->dst_cache.cache) {
> + dst_cache_destroy(&tunnel->dst_cache);
> + tunnel->dst_cache.cache = NULL;
> + }
> }
>
> #define SIT_FEATURES (NETIF_F_SG | \
> @@ -1576,8 +1635,10 @@ static int ipip6_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
> return -EEXIST;
>
> err = ipip6_tunnel_create(dev);
> - if (err < 0)
> + if (err < 0) {
> + ipip6_dev_free(dev);
> return err;
> + }
>
> if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
> u32 mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
> @@ -1695,6 +1756,9 @@ static int ipip6_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
> {
> struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
> struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *parm = &tunnel->parms;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
> + const struct ip_tunnel_6rd_parm *ip6rd;
> +#endif
>
> if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_LINK, parm->link) ||
> nla_put_in_addr(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_LOCAL, parm->iph.saddr) ||
> @@ -1710,14 +1774,16 @@ static int ipip6_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
> goto nla_put_failure;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
> - if (nla_put_in6_addr(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_PREFIX,
> - &tunnel->ip6rd.prefix) ||
> - nla_put_in_addr(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_RELAY_PREFIX,
> - tunnel->ip6rd.relay_prefix) ||
> - nla_put_u16(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_PREFIXLEN,
> - tunnel->ip6rd.prefixlen) ||
> - nla_put_u16(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_RELAY_PREFIXLEN,
> - tunnel->ip6rd.relay_prefixlen))
> + ip6rd = rcu_dereference_rtnl(tunnel->ip6rd);
> + if (ip6rd &&
> + (nla_put_in6_addr(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_PREFIX,
> + &ip6rd->prefix) ||
> + nla_put_in_addr(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_RELAY_PREFIX,
> + ip6rd->relay_prefix) ||
> + nla_put_u16(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_PREFIXLEN,
> + ip6rd->prefixlen) ||
> + nla_put_u16(skb, IFLA_IPTUN_6RD_RELAY_PREFIXLEN,
> + ip6rd->relay_prefixlen)))
> goto nla_put_failure;
> #endif
>
> @@ -1863,17 +1929,21 @@ static int __net_init sit_init_net(struct net *net)
> t = netdev_priv(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
> t->net = net;
>
> + err = ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, sitn);
> + if (err < 0)
> + goto err_reg_dev;
> +
> err = register_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
> if (err)
> goto err_reg_dev;
>
> - ipip6_tunnel_clone_6rd(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, sitn);
> ipip6_fb_tunnel_init(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
>
> strscpy(t->parms.name, sitn->fb_tunnel_dev->name);
> return 0;
>
> err_reg_dev:
> + ipip6_dev_free(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
> free_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
> err_alloc_dev:
> return err;
> --
> 2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 13:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 7:58 [PATCH net-next 0/9] sit: convert configuration to RCU and lockless fill_info Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 1/9] sit: fix UAF in ipip6_tunnel_del_prl() Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 12:28 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 2/9] sit: charge ip_tunnel_prl_entry allocations to memcg Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 12:35 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 3/9] ip_tunnel: use WRITE_ONCE in ip_tunnel_encap_setup Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 15:12 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-08 11:00 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 4/9] sit: annotate data-races around tunnel->fwmark Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 15:12 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-08 11:00 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 5/9] sit: convert 6RD configuration to RCU protection Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 13:00 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2026-09-08 11:00 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 6/9] sit: implement ipip6_get_iflink() Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 13:01 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 7/9] sit: dynamically allocate struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 13:16 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-07 13:34 ` Artem Lytkin
2026-09-07 13:48 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-08 11:00 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 8/9] sit: convert configuration to RCU protection Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 14:32 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-07 14:42 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-08 11:00 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-07 7:58 ` [PATCH net-next 9/9] sit: no longer rely on RTNL in ipip6_fill_info() Eric Dumazet
2026-09-07 15:04 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-11 1:40 ` [PATCH net-next 0/9] sit: convert configuration to RCU and lockless fill_info patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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