ACK: [SRU][J:linux-bluefield][PATCH v2 00/10] net/sched: act_ct: offload UDP NEW connections

Andrei Gherzan andrei.gherzan at canonical.com
Wed May 17 11:20:40 UTC 2023


On 23/05/16 05:59PM, Tony Duan wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2019264
> 
> SRU Justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> * This patch adds support for to offload single sided UDP connections by offloading only one side, and offloading the second side when/if it comes.
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> * cherry-pick df25455e5a489764508942b77b77de8f550e92cd df25455 netfilter: nf_conntrack: allow early drop of offloaded UDP conns
>   cherry-pick 6a9bad0069cf306f3df6ac53cf02438d4e15f296 6a9bad0 net/sched: act_ct: offload UDP NEW connections
>   cherry-pick 1918ace1382d43430c8a61294fa4385065a46804 1918ace net/mlx5: Support GRE conntrack offload
>   cherry-pick fcb6aa86532c1f321440f56f739a26ef856e6475 fcb6aa8 act_ct: Support GRE offload
>   cherry-pick 4e8d9584d154479d357327f76d4e49486915c9c9 4e8d958 netfilter: flowtable: Support GRE
>   cherry-pick d5774cb6c55c8721c2daf57cc5e5345e3af286ea d5774cb net/sched: act_ct: set ctinfo in meta action depending on ct state
>   cherry-pick 1a441a9b8be8849957a01413a144f84932c324cb 1a441a9 netfilter: flowtable: cache info of last offload
>   cherry-pick 8f84780b84d645d6e35467f4a6f3236b20d7f4b2 8f84780 netfilter: flowtable: allow unidirectional rules
>   cherry-pick 0eb5acb16418898c3d813e2c2d59a7ea7763a824 0eb5acb netfilter: flowtable: fixup UDP timeout depending on ct state
>   cherry-pick 29744a10c59ede4f996c0c893127ac11bcc85c0c 29744a1 net: flow_offload: provision conntrack info in ct_metadata
> 
> [Test Plan]
> 
> * Create OVS bridge with 2 devices mlx5 rep devices.
> Enable HW offload and configure regular connection tracking OpenFlow rules:
> 
> e.g:
>     ovs-ofctl del-flows br-ovs
>     ovs-ofctl add-flow br-ovs arp,actions=normal
>     ovs-ofctl add-flow br-ovs "table=0, ip,ct_state=-trk actions=ct(table=1)"
>     ovs-ofctl add-flow br-ovs "table=1, ip,ct_state=+trk+new actions=ct(commit),normal"
>     ovs-ofctl add-flow br-ovs "table=1, ip,ct_state=+trk+est, actions=normal"
> 
> Run a UDP single sided connection, e.g iperf without a server:
> on mlx5 VF2 iperf -t 1 -c <ip>-u -b 10pps
> 
> Optional: In different terminal, while traffic is running, check for offload:
> tcpdump -nnepi <RELEVANT_MLX5_REP> udp
> and see no iperf udp packets.
> 
> Dump conntrack with relevant ip:
> cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack | grep -i <ip> | grep "\[UNREPLIED\]" | grep -q "\[OFFLOAD\]"
> 
> If tuple appears, tuple was offloaded, yet unreplied.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> * Without this patch, it does not support UDP connections offloading
> 
> [Other Info]
> 
> * nothing
> 
> v1->v2:
>   cherry pick 3 GRE offload patches to avoid confliction when cherry pick 6a9bad0.
> 
> Toshiaki Makita (3):
>   netfilter: flowtable: Support GRE
>   act_ct: Support GRE offload
>   net/mlx5: Support GRE conntrack offload
> 
> Vlad Buslov (7):
>   net: flow_offload: provision conntrack info in ct_metadata
>   netfilter: flowtable: fixup UDP timeout depending on ct state
>   netfilter: flowtable: allow unidirectional rules
>   netfilter: flowtable: cache info of last offload
>   net/sched: act_ct: set ctinfo in meta action depending on ct state
>   net/sched: act_ct: offload UDP NEW connections
>   netfilter: nf_conntrack: allow early drop of offloaded UDP conns
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c |  25 ++-
>  .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/conntrack.c  |  24 +++
>  include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h              |   8 +-
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c                  |  11 +-
>  net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c                 |  15 +-
>  net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c                 |   2 +-
>  net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c                   |  62 +++++--
>  net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c              |  40 +++--
>  net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c                   |  13 ++
>  net/sched/act_ct.c                                 | 178 ++++++++++++++++-----
>  10 files changed, 296 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1

Acked-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan at canonical.com>

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Andrei Gherzan
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