The next patch offloads TCP flows without a reply in the original
direction only. Keep the reply direction of such a flow on the classic
path until the connection is assured, then offload it too, as act_ct
does for UDP. The XDP flowtable lookup does not return that reply tuple
either.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Julius Bairaktaris <[email protected]>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_bpf.c |  4 ++++
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_bpf.c 
b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_bpf.c
index cbd5b97a6329..7070bc600db1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_bpf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_bpf.c
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ bpf_xdp_flow_tuple_lookup(struct net_device *dev,
 
        nf_flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload,
                               tuplehash[tuplehash->tuple.dir]);
+       if (tuplehash->tuple.dir == FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_REPLY &&
+           !test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL, &nf_flow->flags))
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
        flow_offload_refresh(nf_flow_table, nf_flow, false);
 
        return tuplehash;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
index c8c29a9a1684..289fe6c9e4f5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
@@ -465,6 +465,26 @@ nf_flow_offload_lookup(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
        return flow_offload_lookup(flow_table, &tuple);
 }
 
+/* The reply direction of a flow offloaded in one direction only stays on the
+ * classic path so that conntrack sees it. Once the connection is assured, that
+ * direction is offloaded too.
+ */
+static bool nf_flow_reply_unoffloaded(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
+                                     struct flow_offload *flow,
+                                     enum flow_offload_tuple_dir dir)
+{
+       if (dir != FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_REPLY ||
+           test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL, &flow->flags))
+               return false;
+
+       if (test_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &flow->ct->status)) {
+               set_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_BIDIRECTIONAL, &flow->flags);
+               flow_offload_refresh(flow_table, flow, true);
+       }
+
+       return true;
+}
+
 static int nf_flow_offload_forward(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
                                   struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
                                   struct flow_offload_tuple_rhash *tuplehash,
@@ -478,6 +498,9 @@ static int nf_flow_offload_forward(struct nf_flowtable_ctx 
*ctx,
        dir = tuplehash->tuple.dir;
        flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload, tuplehash[dir]);
 
+       if (nf_flow_reply_unoffloaded(flow_table, flow, dir))
+               return 0;
+
        mtu = flow->tuplehash[dir].tuple.mtu + ctx->offset;
        if (flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.tun_num)
                mtu -= sizeof(*iph);
@@ -1074,6 +1097,9 @@ static int nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(struct 
nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
        dir = tuplehash->tuple.dir;
        flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload, tuplehash[dir]);
 
+       if (nf_flow_reply_unoffloaded(flow_table, flow, dir))
+               return 0;
+
        mtu = flow->tuplehash[dir].tuple.mtu + ctx->offset;
        if (flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.tun_num)
                mtu -= sizeof(*ip6h);
-- 
2.53.0


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