* [PATCH 1/2 nf-next] netfilter: nft_exthdr: remove redundant op parsing in tcp_set_init
@ 2026-10-04 1:41 Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-10-04 1:41 ` [PATCH 2/2 nf-next] netfilter: nft_exthdr: avoid 60 bytes stack buffer in TCP option mangling Fernando Fernandez Mancera
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera @ 2026-10-04 1:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: netfilter-devel, coreteam, pablo, fw, phil,
Fernando Fernandez Mancera
The nft_exthdr_tcp_set_init() function is exclusively used for TCP
options. Therefore, parsing the NFTA_EXTHDR_OP attribute from user
space is redundant, as the operation type must always be
NFT_EXTHDR_OP_TCPOPT.
Remove the unnecessary netlink attribute parsing and hardcode priv->op
to NFT_EXTHDR_OP_TCPOPT, which simplifies the code and reduces the
object size.
./scripts/bloat-o-meter exthdr_before.o exthdr_after.o
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-54 (-54)
Function old new delta
nft_exthdr_tcp_set_init 412 358 -54
Total: Before=6581, After=6527, chg -0.82%
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 8abf8e8145ce..3492426dccf7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int nft_exthdr_tcp_set_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
const struct nlattr * const tb[])
{
struct nft_exthdr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
- u32 offset, len, flags = 0, op = NFT_EXTHDR_OP_IPV6;
+ u32 offset, len, flags = 0;
int err;
if (!tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_SREG] ||
@@ -581,15 +581,11 @@ static int nft_exthdr_tcp_set_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
- err = nft_parse_u32_check(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_OP], U8_MAX, &op);
- if (err < 0)
- return err;
-
priv->type = nla_get_u8(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_TYPE]);
priv->offset = offset;
priv->len = len;
priv->flags = flags;
- priv->op = op;
+ priv->op = NFT_EXTHDR_OP_TCPOPT;
return nft_parse_register_load(ctx, tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_SREG], &priv->sreg,
priv->len);
--
2.55.0
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* [PATCH 2/2 nf-next] netfilter: nft_exthdr: avoid 60 bytes stack buffer in TCP option mangling
2026-10-04 1:41 [PATCH 1/2 nf-next] netfilter: nft_exthdr: remove redundant op parsing in tcp_set_init Fernando Fernandez Mancera
@ 2026-10-04 1:41 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera @ 2026-10-04 1:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: netfilter-devel, coreteam, pablo, fw, phil,
Fernando Fernandez Mancera
nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval() and nft_exthdr_tcp_strip_eval() fetched the
TCP header and options through nft_tcp_header_pointer(), which calls
skb_header_pointer() a second time for the full tcphdr_len into a 60
bytes stack buffer. Since commit 28427f368f0e ("netfilter: nft_exthdr:
Fix non-linear header modification") both functions then call
skb_ensure_writable() and re-read the header from skb->data, so the
buffer was never used.
Only the 20 bytes fixed header is needed to learn tcphdr_len, so fetch
just that, validate the length as before, and let skb_ensure_writable()
pull the rest. This also drops the 60 bytes stack buffer from both
functions.
Comparison of performance in mpps:
op linear/non-linear before after delta
==================================================================
set, non-linear 4.193 4.348 +3.7% mpps
strip, non-linear 4.184 4.434 +6.0% mpps
set, linear 5.302 5.427 +2.4% mpps
strip, linear 5.452 5.527 +1.4% mpss
Comparison of performance in ns/expression:
op linear/non-linear before after delta
==================================================================
set, non-linear 34.6 25.3 -9.4 ns
strip, non-linear 35.2 20.8 -14.3 ns
set, linear 23.6 19.7 -3.9 ns
strip, linear 22.9 19.8 -3.1 ns
./scripts/bloat-o-meter exthdr_before.o exthdr_after.o
add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 233/-207 (26)
Function old new delta
nft_exthdr_tcp_eval 792 946 +154
nft_exthdr_tcp_strip_eval 825 891 +66
nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval 602 615 +13
nft_tcp_header_pointer.part.constprop 207 - -207
Total: Before=6527, After=6553, chg +0.40%
This also allow the compiler to inline nft_tcp_header_pointer inside
nft_exthdr_tcp_eval() which could yield some minimal performance gain.
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 3492426dccf7..861bab93f435 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -233,16 +233,23 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
struct nft_regs *regs,
const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
{
- u8 buff[sizeof(struct tcphdr) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE];
struct nft_exthdr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
unsigned int i, optl, tcphdr_len, offset;
- struct tcphdr *tcph;
+ struct tcphdr *tcph, _tcph;
u8 *opt;
- tcph = nft_tcp_header_pointer(pkt, sizeof(buff), buff, &tcphdr_len);
+ if (pkt->tprot != IPPROTO_TCP || pkt->fragoff)
+ goto err;
+
+ tcph = skb_header_pointer(pkt->skb, nft_thoff(pkt), sizeof(_tcph), &_tcph);
if (!tcph)
goto err;
+ tcphdr_len = __tcp_hdrlen(tcph);
+ if (tcphdr_len < sizeof(*tcph) ||
+ tcphdr_len > sizeof(*tcph) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE)
+ goto err;
+
if (skb_ensure_writable(pkt->skb, nft_thoff(pkt) + tcphdr_len))
goto err;
@@ -313,16 +320,23 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_strip_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
struct nft_regs *regs,
const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
{
- u8 buff[sizeof(struct tcphdr) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE];
struct nft_exthdr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
unsigned int i, tcphdr_len, optl;
- struct tcphdr *tcph;
+ struct tcphdr *tcph, _tcph;
u8 *opt;
- tcph = nft_tcp_header_pointer(pkt, sizeof(buff), buff, &tcphdr_len);
+ if (pkt->tprot != IPPROTO_TCP || pkt->fragoff)
+ goto err;
+
+ tcph = skb_header_pointer(pkt->skb, nft_thoff(pkt), sizeof(_tcph), &_tcph);
if (!tcph)
goto err;
+ tcphdr_len = __tcp_hdrlen(tcph);
+ if (tcphdr_len < sizeof(*tcph) ||
+ tcphdr_len > sizeof(*tcph) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE)
+ goto err;
+
if (skb_ensure_writable(pkt->skb, nft_thoff(pkt) + tcphdr_len))
goto drop;
--
2.55.0
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