> Hi Lorenzo, Hi Pablo,
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 05:02:37PM +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> [...]
> > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 12:14:47PM +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > @@ -565,8 +622,9 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff
> > > > *skb,
> > > >
> > > > dir = tuplehash->tuple.dir;
> > > > flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload,
> > > > tuplehash[dir]);
> > > > + other_tuple = &flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple;
> > > >
> > > > - if (nf_flow_encap_push(skb, &flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple) < 0)
> > > > + if (nf_flow_encap_push(state->net, skb, other_tuple))
> > > > return NF_DROP;
> > > >
> > > > switch (tuplehash->tuple.xmit_type) {
> > > > @@ -577,7 +635,9 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff
> > > > *skb,
> > > > flow_offload_teardown(flow);
> > > > return NF_DROP;
> > > > }
> > > > - neigh = ip_neigh_gw4(rt->dst.dev, rt_nexthop(rt,
> > > > flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src_v4.s_addr));
> > > > + dest = other_tuple->tun_num ?
> > > > other_tuple->tun.src_v4.s_addr
> > > > + :
> > > > other_tuple->src_v4.s_addr;
> > >
> > > I think this can be simplified if my series use the ip_hdr(skb)->daddr
> > > for rt_nexthop(), see attached patch. This would be fetched _before_
> > > pushing the tunnel and layer 2 encapsulation headers. Then, there is
> > > no need to fetch other_tuple and check if tun_num is greater than
> > > zero.
> > >
> > > See my sketch patch, I am going to give this a try, if this is
> > > correct, I would need one more iteration from you.
> > >
> > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
> > > b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
> > > index 8b74fb34998e..ff2b6c16c715 100644
> > > --- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
> > > +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
> > > @@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff
> > > *skb,
> > > struct flow_offload *flow;
> > > struct neighbour *neigh;
> > > struct rtable *rt;
> > > + __be32 ip_dst;
> > > int ret;
> > >
> > > tuplehash = nf_flow_offload_lookup(&ctx, flow_table, skb);
> > > @@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff
> > > *skb,
> > >
> > > dir = tuplehash->tuple.dir;
> > > flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload, tuplehash[dir]);
> > > + ip_dst = ip_hdr(skb)->daddr;
> >
> > I agree this patch will simplify my series (thx :)) but I guess we should
> > move
> > ip_dst initialization after nf_flow_encap_push() since we need to route the
> > traffic according to the tunnel dst IP address, right?
>
> Right, I made a quick edit, it looks like this:
>
> @@ -566,9 +624,14 @@ nf_flow_offload_ip_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
>
> dir = tuplehash->tuple.dir;
> flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload, tuplehash[dir]);
> + other_tuple = &flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple;
> +
> + if (nf_flow_tunnel_push(skb, other_tuple) < 0)
> + return NF_DROP;
> +
> ip_daddr = ip_hdr(skb)->daddr;
>
> - if (nf_flow_encap_push(skb, &flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple) < 0)
> + if (nf_flow_encap_push(skb, other_tuple) < 0)
> return NF_DROP;
>
> switch (tuplehash->tuple.xmit_type) {
>
> That is, after tunnel header push but before pushing l2 encap (that
> could possibly modify skb_network_header pointer), fetch the
> destination address.
>
> I made a few more comestic edits on your series and I pushed them out
> to this branch:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next.git/log/?h=flowtable-consolidate-xmit%2bipip
[
ack, I tested this branch and it works fine running my local tests. Thanks for
fixing pending bits.
Regards,
Lorenzo
>
> I just noticed, in nf_flow_tunnel_ipip_push(), that this can be removed:
>
> memset(IPCB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IPCB(skb)));
>
> because this packet never entered the IP layer, the flowtable takes it
> before it can get there.
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