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 2/4] ipv6: take fib6_sernum from a sequence shared by all netns
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:18:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109-bug-net-netns-move-rcu-barrier-v3-2-6084b02610b3@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109-bug-net-netns-move-rcu-barrier-v3-0-6084b02610b3@linux.dev>
A per-cpu IPv6 route of a nexthop object records fib6_sernum of the
netns it was created in, and rt6_is_valid() compares it with fib6_sernum
of the netns its device belongs to when the route is checked. Every netns
starts its fib6_sernum at 1 and increments it on each tree change, so
different netns often hold the same value.
When a device moves to another netns, such a route remains usable until
nexthop_free_rcu() releases it, and fib6_info_destroy_rcu() queues that
callback from inside an RCU callback, after the device has moved. If the
fib6_sernum of the new netns matches the cached one in that window,
ip6_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 fib6_sernum bump from one sequence shared by all netns, which
only hands out values from 2 up: every netns still starts at 1, and 0
means there is no sernum to check. Inserting a route bumps fib6_sernum,
so the routes a netns caches carry values drawn from the sequence, which
no other netns holds until it wraps after 2^31 bumps. fib6_new_sernum()
callers only hold their own table's tb6_lock, so two tables of one netns
can store their values in either order, and fib6_sernum is no longer
monotonic per netns. It is only compared for equality, so this costs at
most an extra invalidation. A connected UDP socket in netns A caches a
route through an IPv6 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. A route is added to and removed from B 0 to 20 times
before the move, 63 trials:
before after
trials sending after move 1 0
datagrams sent after move 3429 0
Fixes: 8f34e53b60b3 ("ipv6: Use global sernum for dst validation with nexthop objects")
Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <qiliang.yuan@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index e1d49897d6ab0..827051cbf7482 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -123,13 +123,23 @@ static void fib6_walkers_skip_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt)
fib6_walkers_replace_leaf(net, rt, next);
}
+/*
+ * Draw fib6_sernum bumps from one sequence shared by all netns, so that a
+ * route cached against one netns does not match the sernum of another one,
+ * e.g. after its device moved, until the sequence wraps. Every netns starts
+ * at 1 and the sequence only hands out values from 2 up: 0 means no sernum
+ * to check.
+ */
+static atomic_t fib6_sernum_seq = ATOMIC_INIT(1);
+
static int fib6_new_sernum(struct net *net)
{
- int new, old = atomic_read(&net->ipv6.fib6_sernum);
+ int new, old = atomic_read(&fib6_sernum_seq);
do {
- new = old < INT_MAX ? old + 1 : 1;
- } while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&net->ipv6.fib6_sernum, &old, new));
+ new = old < INT_MAX ? old + 1 : 2;
+ } while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&fib6_sernum_seq, &old, new));
+ atomic_set(&net->ipv6.fib6_sernum, new);
return new;
}
--
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 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] ipv4: draw rt_genid from a sequence shared by all netns Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-09 8:18 ` Qiliang Yuan [this message]
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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