From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH nf] netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:53:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918115317.200054-1-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
Rename NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING to NF_FLOW_PENDING and use it to inhibit the
flowtable GC worker until pending offload work has been completed.
Apparently, nf_flow_offload_stats() can schedule work to retrieve stats
while the flow is being removed by GC.
And this bit can also be used in a follow up patch to disable GC until
the flow has been fully added in both directions.
Fixes: 2c8897953f3b ("netfilter: flowtable: Add pending bit for offload work")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
This patch supersedes the patch that adds the _CONFIRMED bit by reusing this existing bit.
include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 7 ++++++-
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
index f2e2771f188f..f14fd70e8289 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ enum nf_flow_flags {
NF_FLOW_HW,
NF_FLOW_HW_DYING,
NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD,
- NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING,
+ NF_FLOW_PENDING,
NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL,
NF_FLOW_HW_ESTABLISHED,
};
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 934c6151f558..36bbc7be2f74 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -575,7 +575,12 @@ static void nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
static void nf_flow_offload_gc_step(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
struct flow_offload *flow, void *data)
{
- bool teardown = test_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags);
+ bool teardown;
+
+ if (test_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags))
+ return;
+
+ teardown = test_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags);
if (nf_flow_has_expired(flow) ||
nf_ct_is_dying(flow->ct) ||
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
index 801a3dd9ceea..2409cbd44a02 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static void flow_offload_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
}
- clear_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &offload->flow->flags);
+ clear_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &offload->flow->flags);
kfree(offload);
}
@@ -1084,12 +1084,12 @@ nf_flow_offload_work_alloc(struct nf_flowtable *flowtable,
{
struct flow_offload_work *offload;
- if (test_and_set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &flow->flags))
+ if (test_and_set_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags))
return NULL;
offload = kmalloc_obj(struct flow_offload_work, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!offload) {
- clear_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &flow->flags);
+ clear_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags);
return NULL;
}
--
2.47.3
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