[PATCH nf-next v4 3/6] net: netfilter: Add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-07-03 14:11:29
Also in:
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kselftest, linux-mediatek, netfilter-devel
Subsystem:
netfilter, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Pablo Neira Ayuso, Florian Westphal, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Introduce sw flowtable acceleration for the TX/RX paths of
IPv4 over IPv6 tunnels, relying on the netfilter flowtable
infrastructure.
The feature can be tested with a forwarding scenario between two
NICs (eth0 and eth1), where an IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel is used to
reach a remote site via eth1 as the underlay device:
ETH0 -- TUN0 <==> ETH1 -- [IP network] -- TUN1 (2001:db8:2::2)
[IP configuration]
6: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:00:22:33:11:55 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.2/24 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
7: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:11:22:33:11:55 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 2001:db8:2::1/64 scope global nodad
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
8: tun0@NONE: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1480 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/tunnel6 2001:db8:2::1 peer 2001:db8:2::2 permaddr ce9c:2940:7dcc::
inet 192.168.100.1/24 scope global tun0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
$ ip route show
default via 192.168.100.2 dev tun0
192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.2
192.168.100.0/24 dev tun0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.100.1
$ ip -6 route show
2001:db8:2::/64 dev eth1 proto kernel metric 256 pref medium
$ nft list ruleset
table inet filter {
flowtable ft {
hook ingress priority filter
devices = { eth0, eth1 }
}
chain forward {
type filter hook forward priority filter; policy accept;
meta l4proto { tcp, udp } flow add @ft
}
}
When reproducing this scenario using veth interfaces, the following
results were observed:
- TCP stream received from IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel:
- net-next (baseline): ~126 Gbps
- net-next + IP6IP flowtable support: ~138 Gbps
- TCP stream transmitted to IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel:
- net-next (baseline): ~127 Gbps
- net-next + IP6IP flowtable support: ~140 Gbps
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 16 +++-
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c | 161 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c | 10 ++-
3 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 99c5b9d671a0..18f89e6fb435 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c@@ -76,9 +76,14 @@ struct flow_offload *flow_offload_alloc(struct nf_conn *ct) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flow_offload_alloc); -static u32 flow_offload_dst_cookie(struct flow_offload_tuple *flow_tuple) +static u32 flow_offload_dst_cookie(struct flow_offload_tuple *flow_tuple, + u8 tun_encap_proto) { - if (flow_tuple->l3proto == NFPROTO_IPV6) + bool dst_v6; + + dst_v6 = tun_encap_proto ? tun_encap_proto == NFPROTO_IPV6 + : flow_tuple->l3proto == NFPROTO_IPV6; + if (dst_v6) return rt6_get_cookie(dst_rt6_info(flow_tuple->dst_cache)); return 0;
@@ -99,10 +104,12 @@ static int flow_offload_fill_route(struct flow_offload *flow, enum flow_offload_tuple_dir dir) { struct flow_offload_tuple *flow_tuple = &flow->tuplehash[dir].tuple; + u8 l3proto, encap_proto = route->tuple[!dir].in.tun.encap_proto; struct dst_entry *dst = nft_route_dst_fetch(route, dir); int i, j = 0; - switch (flow_tuple->l3proto) { + l3proto = encap_proto ? encap_proto : flow_tuple->l3proto; + switch (l3proto) { case NFPROTO_IPV4: flow_tuple->mtu = ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(dst, true); break;
@@ -138,7 +145,8 @@ static int flow_offload_fill_route(struct flow_offload *flow, case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH: flow_tuple->ifidx = route->tuple[dir].out.ifindex; flow_tuple->dst_cache = dst; - flow_tuple->dst_cookie = flow_offload_dst_cookie(flow_tuple); + flow_tuple->dst_cookie = flow_offload_dst_cookie(flow_tuple, + encap_proto); break; default: WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
index cf2c74e3fd56..4b6de16bd4f3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c@@ -191,27 +191,27 @@ static void nf_flow_tuple_encap(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx, break; } - switch (inner_proto) { - case htons(ETH_P_IP): - iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + offset); - if (ctx->tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPIP) { + if (ctx->tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPIP || ctx->tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPV6) { + switch (inner_proto) { + case htons(ETH_P_IP): + iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + + offset); tuple->tun.dst_v4.s_addr = iph->daddr; tuple->tun.src_v4.s_addr = iph->saddr; - tuple->tun.l3_proto = IPPROTO_IPIP; + tuple->tun.l3_proto = ctx->tun.proto; tuple->tun.encap_proto = AF_INET; - } - break; - case htons(ETH_P_IPV6): - ip6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + offset); - if (ctx->tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPV6) { + break; + case htons(ETH_P_IPV6): + ip6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + + offset); tuple->tun.dst_v6 = ip6h->daddr; tuple->tun.src_v6 = ip6h->saddr; - tuple->tun.l3_proto = IPPROTO_IPV6; + tuple->tun.l3_proto = ctx->tun.proto; tuple->tun.encap_proto = AF_INET6; + break; + default: + break; } - break; - default: - break; } }
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static bool nf_flow_ip6_tunnel_proto(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx, if (ipv6_ext_hdr(ip6h->nexthdr)) return false; - if (ip6h->nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPV6) { + if (ip6h->nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPIP || ip6h->nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPV6) { ctx->tun.proto = ip6h->nexthdr; ctx->tun.hdr_size = sizeof(*ip6h); ctx->offset += ctx->tun.hdr_size;
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ static void nf_flow_ip_tunnel_pop(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx, skb_pull(skb, ctx->tun.hdr_size); skb_reset_network_header(skb); + if (ctx->tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPIP) + skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP); + else + skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6); } static bool nf_flow_skb_encap_protocol(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
@@ -489,8 +493,16 @@ static int nf_flow_offload_forward(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx, flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload, tuplehash[dir]); mtu = flow->tuplehash[dir].tuple.mtu + ctx->offset; - if (flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.tun_num) + switch (flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.tun.encap_proto) { + case AF_INET: mtu -= sizeof(*iph); + break; + case AF_INET6: + mtu -= sizeof(struct ipv6hdr); + break; + default: + break; + } if (unlikely(nf_flow_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu))) return 0;
@@ -636,56 +648,57 @@ static int nf_flow_tunnel_ipip_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, return 0; } -static int nf_flow_tunnel_v4_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, - struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple, - __be32 *ip_daddr) -{ - if (tuple->tun_num) - return nf_flow_tunnel_ipip_push(net, skb, tuple, ip_daddr); - - return 0; -} - static int nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple, struct in6_addr **ip6_daddr) { - struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb_network_header(skb); - struct rtable *rt = dst_rtable(tuple->dst_cache); - __u8 dsfield = ipv6_get_dsfield(ip6h); + struct dst_entry *dst = tuple->dst_cache; struct flowi6 fl6 = { .daddr = tuple->tun.src_v6, .saddr = tuple->tun.dst_v6, .flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_IPV6, }; - u8 hop_limit = ip6h->hop_limit; + u8 hop_limit, dsfield; + struct ipv6hdr *ip6h; int err, mtu; u32 headroom; + if (tuple->tun.l3_proto == IPPROTO_IPIP) { + struct iphdr *iph = (struct iphdr *)skb_network_header(skb); + + dsfield = ipv4_get_dsfield(iph); + hop_limit = iph->ttl; + } else { + ip6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb_network_header(skb); + dsfield = ipv6_get_dsfield(ip6h); + hop_limit = ip6h->hop_limit; + } + err = iptunnel_handle_offloads(skb, SKB_GSO_IPXIP6); if (err) return err; - skb_set_inner_ipproto(skb, IPPROTO_IPV6); - headroom = sizeof(*ip6h) + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev) + - rt->dst.header_len; + skb_set_inner_ipproto(skb, tuple->tun.l3_proto); + headroom = sizeof(*ip6h) + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) + + dst->header_len; err = skb_cow_head(skb, headroom); if (err) return err; skb_scrub_packet(skb, true); - mtu = dst_mtu(&rt->dst) - sizeof(*ip6h); + mtu = dst_mtu(dst) - sizeof(*ip6h); mtu = max(mtu, IPV6_MIN_MTU); skb_dst_update_pmtu_no_confirm(skb, mtu); skb_push(skb, sizeof(*ip6h)); skb_reset_network_header(skb); + skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6); ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb); ip6_flow_hdr(ip6h, dsfield, ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6.flowlabel, true, &fl6)); ip6h->hop_limit = hop_limit; - ip6h->nexthdr = IPPROTO_IPV6; + ip6h->nexthdr = tuple->tun.l3_proto; ip6h->daddr = tuple->tun.src_v6; ip6h->saddr = tuple->tun.dst_v6; ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = htons(skb->len - sizeof(*ip6h));
@@ -696,6 +709,20 @@ static int nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, return 0; } +static int nf_flow_tunnel_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, + struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple, + __be32 *ip_daddr, struct in6_addr **ip6_daddr) +{ + switch (tuple->tun.encap_proto) { + case AF_INET: + return nf_flow_tunnel_ipip_push(net, skb, tuple, ip_daddr); + case AF_INET6: + return nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(net, skb, tuple, ip6_daddr); + default: + return 0; + } +} + static int nf_flow_tunnel_v6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple, struct in6_addr **ip6_daddr)
@@ -815,6 +842,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb, .in = state->in, }; struct nf_flow_xmit xmit = {}; + struct in6_addr *ip6_daddr; struct flow_offload *flow; struct neighbour *neigh; struct rtable *rt;
@@ -844,25 +872,41 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb, other_tuple = &flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple; ip_daddr = other_tuple->src_v4.s_addr; - if (nf_flow_tunnel_v4_push(state->net, skb, other_tuple, &ip_daddr) < 0) + if (nf_flow_tunnel_push(state->net, skb, other_tuple, &ip_daddr, + &ip6_daddr) < 0) return NF_DROP; switch (tuplehash->tuple.xmit_type) { - case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH: - rt = dst_rtable(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache); + case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH: { + struct dst_entry *dst; + xmit.outdev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(state->net, tuplehash->tuple.ifidx); if (!xmit.outdev) { flow_offload_teardown(flow); return NF_DROP; } - neigh = ip_neigh_gw4(rt->dst.dev, rt_nexthop(rt, ip_daddr)); + if (other_tuple->tun.encap_proto == AF_INET6 || + ctx.tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPV6) { + struct rt6_info *rt6; + + rt6 = dst_rt6_info(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache); + neigh = ip_neigh_gw6(rt6->dst.dev, + rt6_nexthop(rt6, ip6_daddr)); + dst = &rt6->dst; + } else { + rt = dst_rtable(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache); + neigh = ip_neigh_gw4(rt->dst.dev, + rt_nexthop(rt, ip_daddr)); + dst = &rt->dst; + } if (IS_ERR(neigh)) { flow_offload_teardown(flow); return NF_DROP; } xmit.dest = neigh->ha; - skb_dst_set_noref(skb, &rt->dst); + skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst); break; + } case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT: xmit.outdev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(state->net, tuplehash->tuple.out.ifidx); if (!xmit.outdev) {
@@ -1112,8 +1156,12 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_lookup(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx, if (!nf_flow_skb_encap_protocol(ctx, skb, htons(ETH_P_IPV6))) return NULL; - if (nf_flow_tuple_ipv6(ctx, skb, &tuple) < 0) + if (ctx->tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPIP) { + if (nf_flow_tuple_ip(ctx, skb, &tuple) < 0) + return NULL; + } else if (nf_flow_tuple_ipv6(ctx, skb, &tuple) < 0) { return NULL; + } return flow_offload_lookup(flow_table, &tuple); }
@@ -1140,7 +1188,11 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb, if (tuplehash == NULL) return NF_ACCEPT; - ret = nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(&ctx, flow_table, tuplehash, skb); + if (ctx.tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPIP) + ret = nf_flow_offload_forward(&ctx, flow_table, tuplehash, skb); + else + ret = nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(&ctx, flow_table, tuplehash, + skb); if (ret < 0) return NF_DROP; else if (ret == 0)
@@ -1164,21 +1216,38 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb, return NF_DROP; switch (tuplehash->tuple.xmit_type) { - case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH: - rt = dst_rt6_info(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache); + case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH: { + struct dst_entry *dst; + xmit.outdev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(state->net, tuplehash->tuple.ifidx); if (!xmit.outdev) { flow_offload_teardown(flow); return NF_DROP; } - neigh = ip_neigh_gw6(rt->dst.dev, rt6_nexthop(rt, ip6_daddr)); + if (other_tuple->tun.encap_proto == AF_INET || + ctx.tun.proto == IPPROTO_IPIP) { + __be32 ip_daddr = other_tuple->src_v4.s_addr; + struct rtable *rt4; + + skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP); + rt4 = dst_rtable(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache); + neigh = ip_neigh_gw4(rt4->dst.dev, + rt_nexthop(rt4, ip_daddr)); + dst = &rt4->dst; + } else { + rt = dst_rt6_info(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache); + neigh = ip_neigh_gw6(rt->dst.dev, + rt6_nexthop(rt, ip6_daddr)); + dst = &rt->dst; + } if (IS_ERR(neigh)) { flow_offload_teardown(flow); return NF_DROP; } xmit.dest = neigh->ha; - skb_dst_set_noref(skb, &rt->dst); + skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst); break; + } case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT: xmit.outdev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(state->net, tuplehash->tuple.out.ifidx); if (!xmit.outdev) {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
index caaf48c5fd2a..5e84b7f18a26 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c@@ -216,12 +216,13 @@ static int nft_flow_tunnel_update_route(const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, struct dst_entry *tun_dst = NULL; struct flowi fl = {}; - switch (nft_pf(pkt)) { + switch (tun->encap_proto) { case NFPROTO_IPV4: fl.u.ip4.daddr = tun->dst_v4.s_addr; fl.u.ip4.saddr = tun->src_v4.s_addr; fl.u.ip4.flowi4_iif = nft_in(pkt)->ifindex; - fl.u.ip4.flowi4_dscp = ip4h_dscp(ip_hdr(pkt->skb)); + if (nft_pf(pkt) == NFPROTO_IPV4) + fl.u.ip4.flowi4_dscp = ip4h_dscp(ip_hdr(pkt->skb)); fl.u.ip4.flowi4_mark = pkt->skb->mark; fl.u.ip4.flowi4_flags = FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC; break;
@@ -229,13 +230,14 @@ static int nft_flow_tunnel_update_route(const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, fl.u.ip6.daddr = tun->dst_v6; fl.u.ip6.saddr = tun->src_v6; fl.u.ip6.flowi6_iif = nft_in(pkt)->ifindex; - fl.u.ip6.flowlabel = ip6_flowinfo(ipv6_hdr(pkt->skb)); + if (nft_pf(pkt) == NFPROTO_IPV6) + fl.u.ip6.flowlabel = ip6_flowinfo(ipv6_hdr(pkt->skb)); fl.u.ip6.flowi6_mark = pkt->skb->mark; fl.u.ip6.flowi6_flags = FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC; break; } - nf_route(nft_net(pkt), &tun_dst, &fl, false, nft_pf(pkt)); + nf_route(nft_net(pkt), &tun_dst, &fl, false, tun->encap_proto); if (!tun_dst) return -ENOENT;
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2.55.0