Re: [PATCH net] vrf: Fix fast path output packet handling with async Netfilter rules

[Martin Willi <martin@strongswan.org>]

Hi Pablo,
 
> > +static int vrf_output6_direct_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
> > +				     struct sk_buff *skb)
> > +{
> > +	vrf_finish_direct(skb);
> > +
> > +	return vrf_ip6_local_out(net, sk, skb);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int vrf_output6_direct(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
> >  			      struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  {
> > +	int err = 1;
> > +
> >  	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
> >  
> > -	return NF_HOOK_COND(NFPROTO_IPV6, NF_INET_POST_ROUTING,
> > -			    net, sk, skb, NULL, skb->dev,
> > -			    vrf_finish_direct,
> > -			    !(IPCB(skb)->flags & IPSKB_REROUTED));
> > +	if (!(IPCB(skb)->flags & IPSKB_REROUTED))
> > +		err = nf_hook(NFPROTO_IPV6, NF_INET_POST_ROUTING, net, sk, skb,
> > +			      NULL, skb->dev, vrf_output6_direct_finish);
> 
> I might missing something... this looks very similar to NF_HOOK_COND
> but it's open-coded.
> 
> My question, could you still use NF_HOOK_COND?
> 
>         ret = NF_HOOK_COND(NFPROTO_IPV6, ..., vrf_output6_direct_finish);
> 
> just update the okfn.

I don't think this will work. The point of the patch is to have
different paths for sync and async Netfilter rules: In the async case
we call vrf_output6_direct_finish() to additionally do dst_output(). In
the (existing) synchronous path we just do vrf_finish_direct() and let
the caller do the dst_output().

If we prefer a common okfn(), we could return 0 to omit dst_output() in
ip/ip6_local_out(). This changes/extends the call stack for the common
case, though, and this is what I've tried to avoid.

> > +	if (likely(err == 1))
> 
> I'd suggest you remove likely() here and elsewhere in this patch.
> Just let the branch predictor make its work instead of assuming that
> the ruleset accepts traffic.

The likely() may be questionable, but I seems that is done in most
places when checking for synchronous Netfilter completion. But I'm fine
with changing these hunks, if you prefer.

Thanks,
Martin