netdev - [PATCH net-next 05/16] netfilter: flowtable: remove hw

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Message-ID: <20251126205611.1284486-6-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:56:00 +0000
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	fw@...len.de,
	horms@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 05/16] netfilter: flowtable: remove hw_ifidx

hw_ifidx was originally introduced to store the real netdevice as a
requirement for the hardware offload support in:

 73f97025a972 ("netfilter: nft_flow_offload: use direct xmit if hardware offload is enabled")

Since ("netfilter: flowtable: consolidate xmit path"), ifidx and
hw_ifidx points to the real device in the xmit path, remove it.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h | 1 -
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c    | 1 -
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c | 2 +-
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c    | 3 ---
 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
index 7c330caae52b..f7306276ece7 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ struct flow_offload_tuple {
 		};
 		struct {
 			u32		ifidx;
-			u32		hw_ifidx;
 			u8		h_source[ETH_ALEN];
 			u8		h_dest[ETH_ALEN];
 		} out;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 98d7b3708602..6c6a5165f993 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ static int flow_offload_fill_route(struct flow_offload *flow,
 		memcpy(flow_tuple->out.h_source, route->tuple[dir].out.h_source,
 		       ETH_ALEN);
 		flow_tuple->out.ifidx = route->tuple[dir].out.ifindex;
-		flow_tuple->out.hw_ifidx = route->tuple[dir].out.hw_ifindex;
 		dst_release(dst);
 		break;
 	case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_XFRM:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
index e06bc36f49fe..d8f7bfd60ac6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_offload.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static void flow_offload_redirect(struct net *net,
 	switch (this_tuple->xmit_type) {
 	case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT:
 		this_tuple = &flow->tuplehash[dir].tuple;
-		ifindex = this_tuple->out.hw_ifidx;
+		ifindex = this_tuple->out.ifidx;
 		break;
 	case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH:
 		other_tuple = &flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
index 7ba6a0c4e5d8..50b2b7d0c579 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ static int nft_dev_fill_forward_path(const struct nf_flow_route *route,
 struct nft_forward_info {
 	const struct net_device *indev;
 	const struct net_device *outdev;
-	const struct net_device *hw_outdev;
 	struct id {
 		__u16	id;
 		__be16	proto;
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ static void nft_dev_path_info(const struct net_device_path_stack *stack,
 		}
 	}
 	info->outdev = info->indev;
-	info->hw_outdev = info->indev;
 
 	if (nf_flowtable_hw_offload(flowtable) &&
 	    nft_is_valid_ether_device(info->indev))
@@ -205,7 +203,6 @@ static void nft_dev_forward_path(struct nf_flow_route *route,
 	if (info.xmit_type == FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT) {
 		memcpy(route->tuple[dir].out.h_source, info.h_source, ETH_ALEN);
 		memcpy(route->tuple[dir].out.h_dest, info.h_dest, ETH_ALEN);
-		route->tuple[dir].out.hw_ifindex = info.hw_outdev->ifindex;
 		route->tuple[dir].xmit_type = info.xmit_type;
 	}
 }
-- 
2.47.3