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Message-ID: <aPvDW0o89kmtGFfH@mini-arch>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:20:11 -0700
From: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, razor@...ckwall.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	willemb@...gle.com, sdf@...ichev.me, john.fastabend@...il.com,
	martin.lau@...nel.org, jordan@...fe.io,
	maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com, magnus.karlsson@...el.com,
	dw@...idwei.uk, toke@...hat.com, yangzhenze@...edance.com,
	wangdongdong.6@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 02/15] net: Implement
 netdev_nl_bind_queue_doit

On 10/20, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> From: David Wei <dw@...idwei.uk>
> 
> Implement netdev_nl_bind_queue_doit() that creates an rx queue in a
> virtual netdev and then binds it to an rxq in a real netdev to create
> a queue pair.
> 
> Example with ynl client:
> 
>   # ./pyynl/cli.py \
>       --spec ~/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml \
>       --do bind-queue \
>       --json '{"src-ifindex": 4, "src-queue-id": 15, "dst-ifindex": 8, "queue-type": "rx"}'
>   {'dst-queue-id': 1}
> 
> Note that the netdevice locking order is always from the virtual to
> the physical device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Wei <dw@...idwei.uk>
> Co-developed-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> ---
>  include/net/netdev_queues.h   |   5 ++
>  include/net/netdev_rx_queue.h |  36 ++++++++-
>  net/core/netdev-genl.c        | 141 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  net/core/netdev_rx_queue.c    |  61 +++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 240 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/netdev_queues.h b/include/net/netdev_queues.h
> index cd00e0406cf4..286d5edce07d 100644
> --- a/include/net/netdev_queues.h
> +++ b/include/net/netdev_queues.h
> @@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ void netdev_stat_queue_sum(struct net_device *netdev,
>   * @ndo_queue_get_dma_dev: Get dma device for zero-copy operations to be used
>   *			   for this queue. Return NULL on error.
>   *
> + * @ndo_queue_create: Create a new RX queue which can be bound to another queue.
> + *		      Ops on this queue are redirected to the peer queue e.g.
> + *		      when opening a memory provider.
> + *
>   * Note that @ndo_queue_mem_alloc and @ndo_queue_mem_free may be called while
>   * the interface is closed. @ndo_queue_start and @ndo_queue_stop will only
>   * be called for an interface which is open.
> @@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ struct netdev_queue_mgmt_ops {
>  						  int idx);
>  	struct device *		(*ndo_queue_get_dma_dev)(struct net_device *dev,
>  							 int idx);
> +	int			(*ndo_queue_create)(struct net_device *dev);
>  };
>  
>  bool netif_rxq_has_unreadable_mp(struct net_device *dev, int idx);
> diff --git a/include/net/netdev_rx_queue.h b/include/net/netdev_rx_queue.h
> index 8cdcd138b33f..db3ef94c0744 100644
> --- a/include/net/netdev_rx_queue.h
> +++ b/include/net/netdev_rx_queue.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct netdev_rx_queue {
>  #endif
>  	struct napi_struct		*napi;
>  	struct pp_memory_provider_params mp_params;
> +	struct netdev_rx_queue		*peer;
>  } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
>  
>  /*
> @@ -56,6 +57,37 @@ get_netdev_rx_queue_index(struct netdev_rx_queue *queue)
>  	return index;
>  }
>  
> -int netdev_rx_queue_restart(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int rxq);
> +static inline void __netdev_rx_queue_peer(struct netdev_rx_queue *src_rxq,
> +					  struct netdev_rx_queue *dst_rxq)
> +{
> +	src_rxq->peer = dst_rxq;
> +	dst_rxq->peer = src_rxq;
> +}
>  
> -#endif
> +static inline void __netdev_rx_queue_unpeer(struct netdev_rx_queue *src_rxq,
> +					    struct netdev_rx_queue *dst_rxq)
> +{
> +	src_rxq->peer = NULL;
> +	dst_rxq->peer = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool netdev_rx_queue_peered(struct net_device *dev,
> +					  u16 queue_id)
> +{
> +	if (queue_id < dev->real_num_rx_queues)
> +		return dev->_rx[queue_id].peer;
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +void netdev_rx_queue_peer(struct net_device *src_dev,
> +			  struct netdev_rx_queue *src_rxq,
> +			  struct netdev_rx_queue *dst_rxq);
> +void netdev_rx_queue_unpeer(struct net_device *src_dev,
> +			    struct netdev_rx_queue *src_rxq,
> +			    struct netdev_rx_queue *dst_rxq);
> +int netdev_rx_queue_restart(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int rxq);
> +struct netdev_rx_queue *
> +netif_get_rx_queue_peer_locked(struct net_device **dev,
> +			       unsigned int *rxq_idx,
> +			       bool *needs_unlock);
> +#endif /* _LINUX_NETDEV_RX_QUEUE_H */
> diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl.c b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> index ce1018ea390f..579469abac8c 100644
> --- a/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> +++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> @@ -1122,7 +1122,146 @@ int netdev_nl_bind_tx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>  
>  int netdev_nl_bind_queue_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>  {
> -	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	u32 src_ifidx, src_qid, dst_ifidx, dst_qid, q_type;
> +	struct netdev_rx_queue *src_rxq, *dst_rxq, *tmp_rxq;
> +	struct net_device *src_dev, *dst_dev;
> +	struct sk_buff *rsp;
> +	int err = 0;
> +	void *hdr;
> +
> +	if (GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_QUEUE_TYPE) ||
> +	    GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_SRC_IFINDEX) ||
> +	    GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_SRC_QUEUE_ID) ||
> +	    GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_DST_IFINDEX))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	src_ifidx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_SRC_IFINDEX]);
> +	src_qid = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_SRC_QUEUE_ID]);
> +	dst_ifidx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_DST_IFINDEX]);
> +	q_type = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETDEV_A_QUEUE_PAIR_QUEUE_TYPE]);
> +
> +	if (q_type != NETDEV_QUEUE_TYPE_RX) {
> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack, "Only binding of RX queue supported");
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	}
> +	if (dst_ifidx == src_ifidx) {
> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack,
> +			       "Destination driver cannot be same as source driver");
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	}
> +
> +	rsp = genlmsg_new(GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!rsp)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	hdr = genlmsg_iput(rsp, info);
> +	if (!hdr) {
> +		err = -EMSGSIZE;
> +		goto err_genlmsg_free;
> +	}

[..]

> +	/* Locking order is always from the virtual to the physical device
> +	 * since this is also the same order when applications open the
> +	 * memory provider later on.
> +	 */
> +	dst_dev = netdev_get_by_index_lock(genl_info_net(info), dst_ifidx);
> +	if (!dst_dev) {
> +		err = -ENODEV;
> +		goto err_genlmsg_free;
> +	}

...

> +	src_dev = netdev_get_by_index_lock(genl_info_net(info), src_ifidx);
> +	if (!src_dev) {
> +		err = -ENODEV;
> +		goto err_unlock_dst_dev;
> +	}

But isn't the above susceptible to ABBA exploitation from the userspace?
I can try to concurrently do two requests, the second one being with
dst_dev and src_dev swapped. Or do we assume that we exit earlier for
the swapped case based on some other condition?

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