* [PATCH nf,v4] netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit
@ 2026-09-24 20:11 Pablo Neira Ayuso
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-09-24 20:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel
Rename NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING to NF_FLOW_PENDING and use it to inhibit the
flowtable GC worker until pending hw 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.
Revert the reordering done in commit d644b23afe1e ("netfilter:
flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done") to prevent a race
between GC and hw offload handler.
Fixes: 2c8897953f3b ("netfilter: flowtable: Add pending bit for offload work")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
v4: restore the ordering by setting HW_DEAD before PENDING now that PENDING
inhibits the flowtable GC to prevent race.
include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 7 ++++++-
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c | 14 +++++---------
net/sched/act_ct.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
index f2e2771f188f..5b611efaa3cd 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ enum nf_flow_flags {
NF_FLOW_DNAT,
NF_FLOW_CLOSING,
NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN,
+ NF_FLOW_PENDING,
NF_FLOW_HW,
NF_FLOW_HW_DYING,
NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD,
- NF_FLOW_HW_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 6757fd89c1f1..4365859220e6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ static void flow_offload_work_del(struct flow_offload_work *offload)
flow_offload_tuple_del(offload, FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_ORIGINAL);
if (test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL, &offload->flow->flags))
flow_offload_tuple_del(offload, FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_REPLY);
+ set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD, &offload->flow->flags);
}
static void flow_offload_tuple_stats(struct flow_offload_work *offload,
@@ -1056,13 +1057,8 @@ static void flow_offload_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
default:
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
}
-
- clear_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &offload->flow->flags);
- if (offload->cmd == FLOW_CLS_DESTROY) {
- /* Publish after the worker's last flow access. */
- smp_mb__before_atomic();
- set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD, &offload->flow->flags);
- }
+ smp_mb__before_atomic();
+ clear_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &offload->flow->flags);
kfree(offload);
}
@@ -1089,12 +1085,12 @@ 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;
}
diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index 55f3521edb4c..626c9a5af0ef 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static bool tcf_ct_flow_is_outdated(const struct flow_offload *flow)
{
return test_bit(IPS_SEEN_REPLY_BIT, &flow->ct->status) &&
test_bit(IPS_HW_OFFLOAD_BIT, &flow->ct->status) &&
- !test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING, &flow->flags) &&
+ !test_bit(NF_FLOW_PENDING, &flow->flags) &&
!test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_ESTABLISHED, &flow->flags);
}
--
2.47.3
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