From: Anton Danilov <littlesmilingcloud@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "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>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v6 4/8] ip_gre: add drop reasons to the RX path
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:20:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110202021.821224-5-littlesmilingcloud@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110202021.821224-1-littlesmilingcloud@gmail.com>
A packet that reaches gre_rcv() and does not belong to any tunnel is
dropped, after an ICMP port unreachable is sent back, as
SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED from the same kfree_skb_reason() call as
a truncated ERSPAN header or a failed metadata allocation. This is the
GRE counterpart of a UDP packet hitting no socket, yet neither the
reason nor the call site tells it apart. The fallback devices such as
gre0 only take such a packet while they are up, and they are created
down.
Report SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_NOT_FOUND for it, which vxlan reports when
no device matches the VNI, and add GRE to its description.
erspan_rcv(), __ipgre_rcv() and ipgre_rcv() now return
SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET where they returned PACKET_RCVD, including the paths
that free the packet themselves, and a drop reason where they returned
PACKET_REJECT or PACKET_NEXT. __ipgre_rcv() only returned PACKET_NEXT
when no tunnel matched, so the retry ipgre_rcv() does for ETH_P_TEB is
now taken on SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_NOT_FOUND.
The length checks use pskb_may_pull_reason(), and the headers are
pulled with __iptunnel_pull_header(), which returns a drop reason since
commit 6c0509aa8900 ("ip_tunnel: make __iptunnel_pull_header() return a
drop reason"). Both report a packet too short to pull
as SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_SMALL and an allocation failure as
SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM. The metadata allocation failures reuse
SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM as well.
erspan_rcv() and __ipgre_rcv() follow the same rule for the reason as
gre_rcv(): it is initialized to SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED. As the
handlers now return a reason, gre_rcv() no longer sets
SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED once the header is parsed.
Signed-off-by: Anton Danilov <littlesmilingcloud@gmail.com>
---
include/net/dropreason-core.h | 3 +-
net/ipv4/ip_gre.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
index de2796184e06..2df44745cf3b 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_INVALID_HDR,
/**
* @SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_NOT_FOUND: no tunnel device found for the
- * packet, e.g. no VXLAN device for its VNI
+ * packet, e.g. no VXLAN device for its VNI or no GRE tunnel for its
+ * endpoints and key
*/
SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_NOT_FOUND,
/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_MAC_INVALID_SOURCE: source mac is invalid */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 10f1a5a2fd91..c93c395c997a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -264,9 +264,11 @@ static bool is_erspan_type1(int gre_hdr_len)
return gre_hdr_len == 4;
}
-static int erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
- int gre_hdr_len)
+static enum skb_drop_reason erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
+ int gre_hdr_len)
{
+ enum skb_drop_reason reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
struct metadata_dst *tun_dst = NULL;
struct erspan_base_hdr *ershdr;
@@ -288,9 +290,10 @@ static int erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
tunnel = ip_tunnel_lookup(itn, skb->dev->ifindex, flags,
iph->saddr, iph->daddr, 0);
} else {
- if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb,
- gre_hdr_len + sizeof(*ershdr))))
- return PACKET_REJECT;
+ reason = pskb_may_pull_reason(skb,
+ gre_hdr_len + sizeof(*ershdr));
+ if (unlikely(reason))
+ return reason;
ershdr = (struct erspan_base_hdr *)(skb->data + gre_hdr_len);
ver = ershdr->ver;
@@ -306,13 +309,13 @@ static int erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
else
len = gre_hdr_len + erspan_hdr_len(ver);
- if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, len)))
- return PACKET_REJECT;
+ reason = pskb_may_pull_reason(skb, len);
+ if (unlikely(reason))
+ return reason;
- if (__iptunnel_pull_header(skb,
- len,
- htons(ETH_P_TEB),
- false, false))
+ reason = __iptunnel_pull_header(skb, len, htons(ETH_P_TEB),
+ false, false);
+ if (reason)
goto drop;
if (tunnel->collect_md) {
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@ static int erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
tun_dst = ip_tun_rx_dst(skb, flags,
tun_id, sizeof(*md));
if (!tun_dst)
- return PACKET_REJECT;
+ return SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM;
/* MUST set options_len before referencing options */
info = &tun_dst->u.tun_info;
@@ -354,18 +357,21 @@ static int erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
ip_tunnel_rcv(tunnel, skb, tpi, tun_dst, log_ecn_error);
- return PACKET_RCVD;
+ return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
}
- return PACKET_REJECT;
+ return SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_NOT_FOUND;
drop:
- kfree_skb(skb);
- return PACKET_RCVD;
+ kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
+ return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
}
-static int __ipgre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
- struct ip_tunnel_net *itn, int hdr_len, bool raw_proto)
+static enum skb_drop_reason __ipgre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
+ struct ip_tunnel_net *itn,
+ int hdr_len, bool raw_proto)
{
+ enum skb_drop_reason reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
struct metadata_dst *tun_dst = NULL;
const struct iphdr *iph;
struct ip_tunnel *tunnel;
@@ -377,8 +383,9 @@ static int __ipgre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
if (tunnel) {
const struct iphdr *tnl_params;
- if (__iptunnel_pull_header(skb, hdr_len, tpi->proto,
- raw_proto, false))
+ reason = __iptunnel_pull_header(skb, hdr_len, tpi->proto,
+ raw_proto, false);
+ if (reason)
goto drop;
/* Special case for ipgre_header_parse(), which expects the
@@ -401,40 +408,42 @@ static int __ipgre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
tun_id = key32_to_tunnel_id(tpi->key);
tun_dst = ip_tun_rx_dst(skb, flags, tun_id, 0);
if (!tun_dst)
- return PACKET_REJECT;
+ return SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM;
}
ip_tunnel_rcv(tunnel, skb, tpi, tun_dst, log_ecn_error);
- return PACKET_RCVD;
+ return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
}
- return PACKET_NEXT;
+ return SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_NOT_FOUND;
drop:
- kfree_skb(skb);
- return PACKET_RCVD;
+ kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
+ return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
}
-static int ipgre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
- int hdr_len)
+static enum skb_drop_reason ipgre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ const struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
+ int hdr_len)
{
struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
+ enum skb_drop_reason reason;
struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
- int res;
if (tpi->proto == htons(ETH_P_TEB))
itn = net_generic(net, gre_tap_net_id);
else
itn = net_generic(net, ipgre_net_id);
- res = __ipgre_rcv(skb, tpi, itn, hdr_len, false);
- if (res == PACKET_NEXT && tpi->proto == htons(ETH_P_TEB)) {
+ reason = __ipgre_rcv(skb, tpi, itn, hdr_len, false);
+ if (reason == SKB_DROP_REASON_TUNNEL_NOT_FOUND &&
+ tpi->proto == htons(ETH_P_TEB)) {
/* ipgre tunnels in collect metadata mode should receive
* also ETH_P_TEB traffic.
*/
itn = net_generic(net, ipgre_net_id);
- res = __ipgre_rcv(skb, tpi, itn, hdr_len, true);
+ reason = __ipgre_rcv(skb, tpi, itn, hdr_len, true);
}
- return res;
+ return reason;
}
static int gre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -456,16 +465,16 @@ static int gre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (reason)
goto drop;
- reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
-
if (unlikely(tpi.proto == htons(ETH_P_ERSPAN) ||
tpi.proto == htons(ETH_P_ERSPAN2))) {
- if (erspan_rcv(skb, &tpi, tpi.hdr_len) == PACKET_RCVD)
+ reason = erspan_rcv(skb, &tpi, tpi.hdr_len);
+ if (!reason)
return 0;
goto out;
}
- if (ipgre_rcv(skb, &tpi, tpi.hdr_len) == PACKET_RCVD)
+ reason = ipgre_rcv(skb, &tpi, tpi.hdr_len);
+ if (!reason)
return 0;
out:
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 20:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-10 20:20 [PATCH net-next v6 0/8] tunnels: add core and gre drop reasons Anton Danilov
2026-11-10 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 1/8] ip_tunnel: add drop reasons to the generic RX path Anton Danilov
2026-11-10 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 2/8] ip6_tunnel: add drop reasons to the receive path Anton Danilov
2026-11-10 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 3/8] gre: make gre_parse_header() report a drop reason Anton Danilov
2026-11-10 20:20 ` Anton Danilov [this message]
2026-11-10 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 5/8] ip6_gre: add drop reasons to the RX path Anton Danilov
2026-11-10 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 6/8] ip_tunnel: make ip_tunnel_encap() return a drop reason Anton Danilov
2026-11-10 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 7/8] ip_tunnel: add drop reasons to the transmit path Anton Danilov
2026-11-10 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v6 8/8] ip_gre: " Anton Danilov
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