W dniu 9/16/25 o 12:49, Sabrina Dubroca pisze:
> 2025-09-12, 13:24:20 +0200, Marek Mietus wrote:
>> ovpn_udp4_output unnecessarily references the dst_entry from the
>> dst_cache.
> 
> This should probably include a description of why it's safe to skip
> the reference in this context.
> 

Noted, will do.

>> Reduce this overhead by using the newly implemented
>> udp_tunnel_xmit_skb_noref function and dst_cache helpers.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marek Mietus <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c | 12 ++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
>> index d6a0f7a0b75d..c5d289c23d2b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
>> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, 
>> struct ovpn_bind *bind,
>>      int ret;
>>  
>>      local_bh_disable();
>> -    rt = dst_cache_get_ip4(cache, &fl.saddr);
>> +    rt = dst_cache_get_ip4_rcu(cache, &fl.saddr);
>>      if (rt)
>>              goto transmit;
>>  
>> @@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, 
>> struct ovpn_bind *bind,
>>                                  ret);
>>              goto err;
>>      }
>> -    dst_cache_set_ip4(cache, &rt->dst, fl.saddr);
>> +    dst_cache_steal_ip4(cache, &rt->dst, fl.saddr);
>>  
>>  transmit:
>> -    udp_tunnel_xmit_skb(rt, sk, skb, fl.saddr, fl.daddr, 0,
>> -                        ip4_dst_hoplimit(&rt->dst), 0, fl.fl4_sport,
>> -                        fl.fl4_dport, false, sk->sk_no_check_tx, 0);
>> +    udp_tunnel_xmit_skb_noref(rt, sk, skb, fl.saddr, fl.daddr, 0,
>> +                              ip4_dst_hoplimit(&rt->dst), 0, fl.fl4_sport,
>> +                              fl.fl4_dport, false, sk->sk_no_check_tx, 0);
>>      ret = 0;
>>  err:
>>      local_bh_enable();
>> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, 
>> struct ovpn_bind *bind,
>>       * fragment packets if needed.
>>       *
>>       * NOTE: this is not needed for IPv4 because we pass df=0 to
>> -     * udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()
>> +     * udp_tunnel_xmit_skb_noref()
>>       */
>>      skb->ignore_df = 1;
>>      udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb(dst, sk, skb, skb->dev, &fl.saddr, &fl.daddr, 0,
> 
> Why are you changing only ipv4? Is there something in the ipv6 code
> that prevents this?
> 

I'm not sure. I'm not as acquainted with IPv6 as I am with IPv4. (and thought 
I'd hold off
until I got a positive response about the series)
IPv4 already has some noref xmit optimizations, so it just felt like the right 
place to start.


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