From: Qiliang Yuan <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Qiliang Yuan <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] ipv4: draw rt_genid from a sequence shared by all netns
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:18:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109-bug-net-netns-move-rcu-barrier-v3-1-6084b02610b3@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109-bug-net-netns-move-rcu-barrier-v3-0-6084b02610b3@linux.dev>
An IPv4 route records the rt_genid of the netns it was created in, and
rt_is_expired() compares it with the rt_genid of the netns its device
belongs to when the route is checked. Every netns starts its rt_genid
at 0 and increments it on each cache flush, so different netns often
hold the same value.
When a device moves to another netns, routes cached through it remain
usable until dst_dev_put() points them to blackhole_netdev. For a route
using a nexthop object this happens in nexthop_free_rcu(), which
free_fib_info_rcu() queues from inside an RCU callback, so the
rcu_barrier() in __dev_change_net_namespace() does not wait for it. If
the rt_genid of the new netns matches the cached one in that window,
ipv4_dst_check() accepts the route and a socket in the old netns keeps
sending through a device that now belongs to another netns.
Take every rt_genid bump from one sequence shared by all netns, which
never hands out 0, the value every netns starts with. Inserting a route
bumps rt_genid, so the routes a netns caches carry values drawn from the
sequence, which no other netns holds until it wraps after 2^32 bumps.
Concurrent bumps of one netns can leave the older of two values, so
rt_genid is no longer monotonic per netns. It is only compared for
equality, so this costs at most an extra route lookup. A connected UDP
socket in netns A caches a route through a nexthop object on a veth. The
veth is moved to netns B and brought up with one RTM_NEWLINK, then the
socket sends 200000 datagrams. B's rt_genid is bumped 0 to 20 times
before the move, 63 trials:
before after
trials sending after move 3 0
datagrams sent after move 3132 0
Fixes: 4c7e8084fd46 ("ipv4: Plumb support for nexthop object in a fib_info")
Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
include/net/net_namespace.h | 5 +----
net/ipv4/route.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index c29a22ca178fa..140858a2fe6d4 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -557,10 +557,7 @@ static inline int rt_genid_ipv6(const struct net *net)
}
#endif
-static inline void rt_genid_bump_ipv4(struct net *net)
-{
- atomic_inc(&net->ipv4.rt_genid);
-}
+void rt_genid_bump_ipv4(struct net *net);
extern void (*__fib6_flush_trees)(struct net *net);
static inline void rt_genid_bump_ipv6(struct net *net)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index d0a5f6d77094c..16d470ab50142 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -393,6 +393,27 @@ static inline int ip_rt_proc_init(void)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
+/*
+ * Draw rt_genid bumps from one sequence shared by all netns. A route keeps
+ * the genid of the netns it was created in, and is checked against the netns
+ * its device is in now, so distinct values make that check fail once the
+ * device has moved. Every netns starts at 0, which the sequence never hands
+ * out, and inserting a route bumps the genid, so cached routes carry values
+ * drawn from the sequence.
+ */
+static atomic_t rt_genid_seq;
+
+void rt_genid_bump_ipv4(struct net *net)
+{
+ int genid;
+
+ do {
+ genid = atomic_inc_return(&rt_genid_seq);
+ } while (!genid);
+ atomic_set(&net->ipv4.rt_genid, genid);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_genid_bump_ipv4);
+
static inline bool rt_is_expired(const struct rtable *rth)
{
bool res;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 8:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 8:18 [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: make moving a device to another netns cheaper Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-09 8:18 ` Qiliang Yuan [this message]
2026-11-09 8:18 ` [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] ipv6: take fib6_sernum from a sequence shared by all netns Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-09 8:18 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] nexthop: flush cached routes when a nexthop leaves a group Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-09 8:18 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] net: remove rcu_barrier() from __dev_change_net_namespace() Qiliang Yuan
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