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.

> Reduce this overhead by using the newly implemented
> udp_tunnel_xmit_skb_noref function and dst_cache helpers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Mietus <mmietu...@yahoo.com>
> ---
>  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?

-- 
Sabrina


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