[PATCH] netfilter/ipvs: immediately expire no destination connections in kthread if expire_nodest_conn=1

[Andrew Sy Kim]

If expire_nodest_conn=1 and a destination is deleted, IPVS should
also expire all matching connections immiediately instead of waiting for
the next matching packet. This is particulary useful when there are a
lot of packets coming from a few number of clients. Those clients are
likely to match against existing entries if a source port in the
connection hash is reused. When the number of entries in the connection
tracker is large, we can significantly reduce the number of dropped
packets by expiring all connections upon deletion in a kthread.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Sy Kim <kim.andrewsy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/net/ip_vs.h             | 12 +++++++++
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c | 45 +++++++++++++------------------
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c  | 16 +++++++++++
 4 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 83be2d93b407..d1fbead6965d 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -1049,6 +1049,11 @@ static inline int sysctl_conn_reuse_mode(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 	return ipvs->sysctl_conn_reuse_mode;
 }
 
+static inline int sysctl_expire_nodest_conn(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
+{
+	return ipvs->sysctl_expire_nodest_conn;
+}
+
 static inline int sysctl_schedule_icmp(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 {
 	return ipvs->sysctl_schedule_icmp;
@@ -1209,6 +1214,13 @@ struct ip_vs_conn * ip_vs_conn_out_get_proto(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int af,
 					     const struct sk_buff *skb,
 					     const struct ip_vs_iphdr *iph);
 
+
+int ip_vs_conn_flush_dest(void *data);
+struct ip_vs_conn_flush_dest_tinfo {
+	struct netns_ipvs *ipvs;
+	struct ip_vs_dest *dest;
+};
+
 /* Get reference to gain full access to conn.
  * By default, RCU read-side critical sections have access only to
  * conn fields and its PE data, see ip_vs_conn_rcu_free() for reference.
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
index 02f2f636798d..111fa0e287a2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
@@ -1366,6 +1366,54 @@ static void ip_vs_conn_flush(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 		goto flush_again;
 	}
 }
+
+/*	Thread function to flush all the connection entries in the
+ *	ip_vs_conn_tab with a matching destination.
+ */
+int ip_vs_conn_flush_dest(void *data)
+{
+	struct ip_vs_conn_flush_dest_tinfo *tinfo = data;
+	struct netns_ipvs *ipvs = tinfo->ipvs;
+	struct ip_vs_dest *dest = tinfo->dest;
+
+	int idx;
+	struct ip_vs_conn *cp, *cp_c;
+
+	IP_VS_DBG_BUF(4, "flushing all connections with destination %s:%d",
+		      IP_VS_DBG_ADDR(dest->af, &dest->addr), ntohs(dest->port));
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (idx = 0; idx < ip_vs_conn_tab_size; idx++) {
+		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(cp, &ip_vs_conn_tab[idx], c_list) {
+			if (cp->ipvs != ipvs)
+				continue;
+
+			if (cp->dest != dest)
+				continue;
+
+			/* As timers are expired in LIFO order, restart
+			 * the timer of controlling connection first, so
+			 * that it is expired after us.
+			 */
+			cp_c = cp->control;
+			/* cp->control is valid only with reference to cp */
+			if (cp_c && __ip_vs_conn_get(cp)) {
+				IP_VS_DBG(4, "del controlling connection\n");
+				ip_vs_conn_expire_now(cp_c);
+				__ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
+			}
+
+			IP_VS_DBG(4, "del connection\n");
+			ip_vs_conn_expire_now(cp);
+		}
+		cond_resched_rcu();
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_vs_conn_flush_dest);
+
 /*
  * per netns init and exit
  */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index aa6a603a2425..ff052e57e054 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
 #include <linux/sctp.h>
@@ -694,11 +695,6 @@ static int sysctl_nat_icmp_send(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 	return ipvs->sysctl_nat_icmp_send;
 }
 
-static int sysctl_expire_nodest_conn(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
-{
-	return ipvs->sysctl_expire_nodest_conn;
-}
-
 #else
 
 static int sysctl_snat_reroute(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs) { return 0; }
@@ -2095,36 +2091,33 @@ ip_vs_in(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, unsigned int hooknum, struct sk_buff *skb, int
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(!cp)) {
-		int v;
-
-		if (!ip_vs_try_to_schedule(ipvs, af, skb, pd, &v, &cp, &iph))
-			return v;
-	}
-
-	IP_VS_DBG_PKT(11, af, pp, skb, iph.off, "Incoming packet");
-
 	/* Check the server status */
-	if (cp->dest && !(cp->dest->flags & IP_VS_DEST_F_AVAILABLE)) {
+	if (cp && cp->dest && !(cp->dest->flags & IP_VS_DEST_F_AVAILABLE)) {
 		/* the destination server is not available */
 
-		__u32 flags = cp->flags;
-
-		/* when timer already started, silently drop the packet.*/
-		if (timer_pending(&cp->timer))
-			__ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
-		else
-			ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
+		if (sysctl_expire_nodest_conn(ipvs)) {
+			bool uses_ct = ip_vs_conn_uses_conntrack(cp, skb);
 
-		if (sysctl_expire_nodest_conn(ipvs) &&
-		    !(flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_ONE_PACKET)) {
-			/* try to expire the connection immediately */
 			ip_vs_conn_expire_now(cp);
+			__ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
+			if (uses_ct)
+				return NF_DROP;
+			cp = NULL;
+		} else {
+			__ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
+			return NF_DROP;
 		}
+	}
 
-		return NF_DROP;
+	if (unlikely(!cp)) {
+		int v;
+
+		if (!ip_vs_try_to_schedule(ipvs, af, skb, pd, &v, &cp, &iph))
+			return v;
 	}
 
+	IP_VS_DBG_PKT(11, af, pp, skb, iph.off, "Incoming packet");
+
 	ip_vs_in_stats(cp, skb);
 	ip_vs_set_state(cp, IP_VS_DIR_INPUT, skb, pd);
 	if (cp->packet_xmit)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index 8d14a1acbc37..fa48268368fc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -1163,6 +1163,22 @@ static void __ip_vs_del_dest(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_dest *dest,
 	list_add(&dest->t_list, &ipvs->dest_trash);
 	dest->idle_start = 0;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&ipvs->dest_trash_lock);
+
+	/*	If expire_nodest_conn is enabled, expire all connections
+	 *	immediately in a kthread.
+	 */
+	if (sysctl_expire_nodest_conn(ipvs)) {
+		struct ip_vs_conn_flush_dest_tinfo *tinfo = NULL;
+
+		tinfo = kcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ip_vs_conn_flush_dest_tinfo),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+		tinfo->ipvs = ipvs;
+		tinfo->dest = dest;
+
+		IP_VS_DBG(3, "flushing connections in kthread\n");
+		kthread_run(ip_vs_conn_flush_dest,
+			    tinfo, "ipvs-flush-dest-conn");
+	}
 }
 
 
-- 
2.20.1