From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: anzaki@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH nf,v2] netfilter: flowtable: tear down flow entries with stale dst from GC
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:54:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710075409.1360085-1-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In case of route updates, tear down flow entries with stale dst to give
them a chance to obtain a fresh route.
This is specifically useful for hardware offloaded entries, where the
flowtable software dataplane sees no packet, where the existing check
for stale dst entries does not help.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
v2: - reuse nf_flow_dst_check(), move it to .h file
- use correct logic in nf_flow_dst_check() from GC step
This patch has been repurposed to the nf.git tree, because net-next.git is
still missing a recent fix and I would like sashiko kicks it for review.
So I am still leaning towards including this in nf-next.
include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h | 8 ++++++++
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 2 ++
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c | 8 --------
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
index ce414118962f..a090ec3ffef2 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
@@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ int flow_offload_add(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table, struct flow_offload *flow)
void flow_offload_refresh(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
struct flow_offload *flow, bool force);
+static inline bool nf_flow_dst_check(struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple)
+{
+ if (!tuple->dst_cache)
+ return true;
+
+ return dst_check(tuple->dst_cache, tuple->dst_cookie);
+}
+
struct flow_offload_tuple_rhash *flow_offload_lookup(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple);
void nf_flow_table_gc_run(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 2a829b5e8240..fe655e5e3b06 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ static void nf_flow_offload_gc_step(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
if (nf_flow_has_expired(flow) ||
nf_ct_is_dying(flow->ct) ||
+ !nf_flow_dst_check(&flow->tuplehash[FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple) ||
+ !nf_flow_dst_check(&flow->tuplehash[FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_REPLY].tuple) ||
nf_flow_custom_gc(flow_table, flow)) {
flow_offload_teardown(flow);
teardown = true;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
index 44f4d74f2982..55f6a0dedb03 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
@@ -297,14 +297,6 @@ static bool nf_flow_exceeds_mtu(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu)
return true;
}
-static inline bool nf_flow_dst_check(struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple)
-{
- if (!tuple->dst_cache)
- return true;
-
- return dst_check(tuple->dst_cache, tuple->dst_cookie);
-}
-
static unsigned int nf_flow_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct nf_hook_state *state,
struct dst_entry *dst)
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 7:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 7:54 Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-07-10 19:55 ` [PATCH nf,v2] netfilter: flowtable: tear down flow entries with stale dst from GC Ahmed Zaki
2026-07-11 21:02 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-07-12 13:39 ` Ahmed Zaki
2026-07-12 19:27 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-07-13 11:46 ` Ahmed Zaki
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