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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:44:19 -0800
From: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@...il.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: Fix tcp_syn_flood_action() if CONFIG_IPV6=n
On 18 Nov 09:29, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>Hi Jamie,
>
>On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 2:50 AM Jamie Bainbridge
><jamie.bainbridge@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 at 08:15, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:39:43 +1100 Jamie Bainbridge wrote:
>> > > > if (v6) {
>> > > > #ifdef v6
>> > > > expensive_call6();
>> > > > #endif
>> > > > } else {
>> > > > expensive_call6();
>> > > > }
>> > >
>> > > These should work, but I expect they cause a comparison which can't be
>> > > optimised out at compile time. This is probably why the first style
>> > > exists.
>> > >
>> > > In this SYN flood codepath optimisation doesn't matter because we're
>> > > doing ratelimited logging anyway. But if we're breaking with existing
>> > > style, then wouldn't the others also have to change to this style? I
>> > > haven't reviewed all the other usage to tell if they're in an oft-used
>> > > fastpath where such a thing might matter.
>> >
>> > I think the word style already implies subjectivity.
>>
>> You are right. Looking further, there are many other ways
>> IF_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) is used, including similar to the ways you
>> have suggested.
>>
>> I don't mind Geert's original patch, but if you want a different
>> style, I like your suggestion with v4 first:
>>
>> if (v4) {
>> expensive_call4();
>> #ifdef v6
>> } else {
>> expensive_call6();
>> #endif
>> }
>
>IMHO this is worse, as the #ifdef/#endif is spread across the two branches
>of an if-conditional.
>
>Hence this is usually written as:
>
> if (cond1) {
> expensive_call1();
> }
> #ifdef cond2_enabled
> else {
> expensive_call1();
> }
> #endif
>
I don't think any of this complication is needed,
there's a macro inet6_rcv_saddr(sk), we can use it instead of directly
referencing &sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr, it already handles the case where
CONFIG_IPV6=n
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -6845,7 +6845,7 @@ static bool tcp_syn_flood_action(const struct sock *sk, const char *proto)
xchg(&queue->synflood_warned, 1) == 0) {
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) && sk->sk_family == AF_INET6) {
net_info_ratelimited("%s: Possible SYN flooding on port [%pI6c]:%u. %s.\n",
- proto, &sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr,
+ proto, inet6_rcv_saddr(sk),
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