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From: scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pablo@netfilter.org, fw@strlen.de,
	Scott Mitchell <scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/2] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: nfqnl_instance GFP_ATOMIC -> GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT allocation
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:32:30 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260117173231.88610-2-scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260117173231.88610-1-scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com>

From: Scott Mitchell <scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com>

Currently, instance_create() uses GFP_ATOMIC because it's called while
holding instances_lock spinlock. This makes allocation more likely to
fail under memory pressure.

Refactor nfqnl_recv_config() to drop RCU lock after instance_lookup()
and peer_portid verification. A socket cannot simultaneously send a
message and close, so the queue owned by the sending socket cannot be
destroyed while processing its CONFIG message. This allows
instance_create() to allocate with GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT before taking
the spinlock.

Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Scott Mitchell <scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 73 +++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 8b7b39d8a109..7b2cabf08fdf 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -121,17 +121,9 @@ instance_create(struct nfnl_queue_net *q, u_int16_t queue_num, u32 portid)
 	unsigned int h;
 	int err;
 
-	spin_lock(&q->instances_lock);
-	if (instance_lookup(q, queue_num)) {
-		err = -EEXIST;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	inst = kzalloc(sizeof(*inst), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!inst) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
+	inst = kzalloc(sizeof(*inst), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+	if (!inst)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	inst->queue_num = queue_num;
 	inst->peer_portid = portid;
@@ -141,9 +133,15 @@ instance_create(struct nfnl_queue_net *q, u_int16_t queue_num, u32 portid)
 	spin_lock_init(&inst->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inst->queue_list);
 
+	spin_lock(&q->instances_lock);
+	if (instance_lookup(q, queue_num)) {
+		err = -EEXIST;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) {
 		err = -EAGAIN;
-		goto out_free;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	h = instance_hashfn(queue_num);
@@ -153,10 +151,9 @@ instance_create(struct nfnl_queue_net *q, u_int16_t queue_num, u32 portid)
 
 	return inst;
 
-out_free:
-	kfree(inst);
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&q->instances_lock);
+	kfree(inst);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
@@ -1498,7 +1495,6 @@ static int nfqnl_recv_config(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	struct nfqnl_msg_config_cmd *cmd = NULL;
 	struct nfqnl_instance *queue;
 	__u32 flags = 0, mask = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (nfqa[NFQA_CFG_CMD]) {
 		cmd = nla_data(nfqa[NFQA_CFG_CMD]);
@@ -1544,47 +1540,44 @@ static int nfqnl_recv_config(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Lookup queue under RCU. After peer_portid check (or for new queue
+	 * in BIND case), the queue is owned by the socket sending this message.
+	 * A socket cannot simultaneously send a message and close, so while
+	 * processing this CONFIG message, nfqnl_rcv_nl_event() (triggered by
+	 * socket close) cannot destroy this queue. Safe to use without RCU.
+	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	queue = instance_lookup(q, queue_num);
 	if (queue && queue->peer_portid != NETLINK_CB(skb).portid) {
-		ret = -EPERM;
-		goto err_out_unlock;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -EPERM;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (cmd != NULL) {
 		switch (cmd->command) {
 		case NFQNL_CFG_CMD_BIND:
-			if (queue) {
-				ret = -EBUSY;
-				goto err_out_unlock;
-			}
-			queue = instance_create(q, queue_num,
-						NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
-			if (IS_ERR(queue)) {
-				ret = PTR_ERR(queue);
-				goto err_out_unlock;
-			}
+			if (queue)
+				return -EBUSY;
+			queue = instance_create(q, queue_num, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
+			if (IS_ERR(queue))
+				return PTR_ERR(queue);
 			break;
 		case NFQNL_CFG_CMD_UNBIND:
-			if (!queue) {
-				ret = -ENODEV;
-				goto err_out_unlock;
-			}
+			if (!queue)
+				return -ENODEV;
 			instance_destroy(q, queue);
-			goto err_out_unlock;
+			return 0;
 		case NFQNL_CFG_CMD_PF_BIND:
 		case NFQNL_CFG_CMD_PF_UNBIND:
 			break;
 		default:
-			ret = -ENOTSUPP;
-			goto err_out_unlock;
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!queue) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto err_out_unlock;
-	}
+	if (!queue)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (nfqa[NFQA_CFG_PARAMS]) {
 		struct nfqnl_msg_config_params *params =
@@ -1609,9 +1602,7 @@ static int nfqnl_recv_config(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 		spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
 	}
 
-err_out_unlock:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct nfnl_callback nfqnl_cb[NFQNL_MSG_MAX] = {
-- 
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-17 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-17 17:32 [PATCH v6 0/2] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: optimize verdict lookup with hash table scott.k.mitch1
2026-01-17 17:32 ` scott.k.mitch1 [this message]
2026-01-17 22:45   ` [PATCH v6 1/2] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: nfqnl_instance GFP_ATOMIC -> GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT allocation Florian Westphal
2026-01-17 23:25     ` Scott Mitchell
2026-01-19  0:39       ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-23 14:02         ` Scott Mitchell
2026-01-17 17:32 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: optimize verdict lookup with hash table scott.k.mitch1
2026-01-17 23:00   ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-21 15:25     ` Scott Mitchell
2026-01-21 15:49       ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-23  1:58         ` Scott Mitchell
2026-01-23  6:54           ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-23 13:38             ` Scott Mitchell
2026-01-24 16:48               ` Florian Westphal

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