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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2026-07-28 18:30:48 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2026-07-31 14:47:03 +0200
commit0ad8404e776698de4dac5cc0df3be68d344e741c (patch)
tree71f6b42bf1633e76efc10c976e156fb2b596cb6f
parent5deda60c56eeeab25beb10cf4d48e07587076b11 (diff)
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net: pass dst via net_device_path in dev_fill_forward_path()
Add dst_entry to tunnel device path, this will allow us to remove a duplicated route lookup. This is a preparation patch to retrieve the tunnel route directly from the .fill_forward_path. This new dst_entry in the tunnel will be used by a follow up patch. Since dst_release() works fine on NULL interface, this is still noop until the flowtable starts using this. Add a new dev_fill_forward_path_release() function to drop the refcount on the tunnel device route and use it in case of error out. Export it so to drop the refcount on the tunnel route at a later stage. Adjust existing drivers that recycle dev_fill_forward_path() to call dev_fill_forward_path_release() for safety reasons. Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c10
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h2
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c36
4 files changed, 47 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
index 33ddf0d07855..a03af9750573 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
@@ -296,14 +296,18 @@ static int airoha_ppe_get_wdma_info(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
return err;
path = &stack.path[stack.num_paths - 1];
- if (path->type != DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (path->type != DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_out;
+ }
info->idx = path->mtk_wdma.wdma_idx;
info->bss = path->mtk_wdma.bss;
info->wcid = path->mtk_wdma.wcid;
+err_out:
+ dev_fill_forward_path_release(&stack);
- return 0;
+ return err;
}
static int airoha_get_dsa_port(struct net_device **dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c
index cc8c4ef8038f..771d9118f94a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe_offload.c
@@ -108,16 +108,20 @@ mtk_flow_get_wdma_info(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr, struct mtk_wdma_i
return err;
path = &stack.path[stack.num_paths - 1];
- if (path->type != DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA)
- return -1;
+ if (path->type != DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_out;
+ }
info->wdma_idx = path->mtk_wdma.wdma_idx;
info->queue = path->mtk_wdma.queue;
info->bss = path->mtk_wdma.bss;
info->wcid = path->mtk_wdma.wcid;
info->amsdu = path->mtk_wdma.amsdu;
+err_out:
+ dev_fill_forward_path_release(&stack);
- return 0;
+ return err;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8db25b79573e..62cfad7e6b79 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ struct net_device_path {
u8 h_dest[ETH_ALEN];
} encap;
struct {
+ struct dst_entry *dst;
union {
struct in_addr src_v4;
struct in6_addr src_v6;
@@ -3427,6 +3428,7 @@ int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
int dev_fill_metadata_dst(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
struct net_device_path_stack *stack);
+void dev_fill_forward_path_release(struct net_device_path_stack *stack);
struct net_device *dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);
struct net_device *dev_get_by_name_rcu(struct net *net, const char *name);
struct net_device *__dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 429a55fff667..e50ed677de72 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -748,6 +748,27 @@ static struct net_device_path *dev_fwd_path(struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
return &stack->path[stack->num_paths];
}
+void dev_fill_forward_path_release(struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
+{
+ struct net_device_path *path;
+ int k;
+
+ if (stack->num_paths == 0)
+ return;
+
+ for (k = stack->num_paths - 1; k >= 0; k--) {
+ path = &stack->path[k];
+ switch (path->type) {
+ case DEV_PATH_TUN:
+ dst_release(path->tun.dst);
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_fill_forward_path_release);
+
int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
{
@@ -764,16 +785,16 @@ int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
last_dev = ctx.dev;
path = dev_fwd_path(stack);
if (!path)
- return -1;
+ goto err_out;
memset(path, 0, sizeof(struct net_device_path));
ret = ctx.dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path(&ctx, path);
if (ret < 0)
- return -1;
+ goto err_out;
stack->num_paths++;
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(last_dev == ctx.dev))
- return -1;
+ goto err_out;
}
if (!ctx.dev)
@@ -781,12 +802,17 @@ int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
path = dev_fwd_path(stack);
if (!path)
- return -1;
+ goto err_out;
+
path->type = DEV_PATH_ETHERNET;
path->dev = ctx.dev;
stack->num_paths++;
- return ret;
+ return 0;
+err_out:
+ dev_fill_forward_path_release(stack);
+
+ return -1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_fill_forward_path);