[PATCH nf v3 1/2] ipvs: properly update the overload flag on dest edit

Yizhou Zhao <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:48:01 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.lvs-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.netfilter-devel
Message-ID <82748f09f01858b0d9910f372ed67e9ab539fe35.1783931964.git.zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn>
From: Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>

The upper/lower connection thresholds for dest can be changed,
so use ip_vs_dest_update_overload() to properly update the
dest overload flag.

The thresholds were not limited, fit them in the 0 .. INT_MAX
range as already done in ipvsadm.

As the thresholds are also read when connections are created
and expired, use WRITE_ONCE/READ_ONCE to access them.

As the lower threshold is optional, use (u - (u >> 2)) to
calculate the 75% default value based on the upper threshold
by preserving the integer rounding, as suggested by Yizhou Zhao.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>
---
 include/net/ip_vs.h             |  2 ++
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c  | 26 ++++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 417ff51f62fc..3fc864a320fb 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -1907,6 +1907,8 @@ static inline void ip_vs_dest_put_and_free(struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
 		kfree(dest);
 }
 
+void ip_vs_dest_update_overload(struct ip_vs_dest *dest);
+
 /* IPVS sync daemon data and function prototypes
  * (from ip_vs_sync.c)
  */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
index 6ed2622363f0..fa3fbd597f3f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
@@ -991,6 +991,33 @@ static inline int ip_vs_dest_totalconns(struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
 		+ atomic_read(&dest->inactconns);
 }
 
+/* Update overload flag based on number of dest conns and lower/upper
+ * connection thresholds:
+ * - conns reach u_threshold and exceed it: set the flag
+ * - conns go below l_threshold (or 75% of u_threshold): clear the flag
+ */
+__always_inline void ip_vs_dest_update_overload(struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
+{
+	int conns;
+	u32 l, u;
+
+	u = READ_ONCE(dest->u_threshold);
+	if (!u)
+		goto unset;
+	conns = ip_vs_dest_totalconns(dest);
+	if (conns >= u) {
+		dest->flags |= IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD;
+		return;
+	}
+	/* Low threshold defaults to 75% of upper threshold */
+	l = READ_ONCE(dest->l_threshold) ? : (u - (u >> 2));
+	if (conns >= l)
+		return;
+
+unset:
+	dest->flags &= ~IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Bind a connection entry with a virtual service destination
  *	Called just after a new connection entry is created.
@@ -1053,9 +1080,7 @@ ip_vs_bind_dest(struct ip_vs_conn *cp, struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
 		atomic_inc(&dest->persistconns);
 	}
 
-	if (dest->u_threshold != 0 &&
-	    ip_vs_dest_totalconns(dest) >= dest->u_threshold)
-		dest->flags |= IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD;
+	ip_vs_dest_update_overload(dest);
 }
 
 
@@ -1149,16 +1174,8 @@ static inline void ip_vs_unbind_dest(struct ip_vs_conn *cp)
 		atomic_dec(&dest->persistconns);
 	}
 
-	if (dest->l_threshold != 0) {
-		if (ip_vs_dest_totalconns(dest) < dest->l_threshold)
-			dest->flags &= ~IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD;
-	} else if (dest->u_threshold != 0) {
-		if (ip_vs_dest_totalconns(dest) * 4 < dest->u_threshold * 3)
-			dest->flags &= ~IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD;
-	} else {
-		if (dest->flags & IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD)
-			dest->flags &= ~IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD;
-	}
+	if (dest->flags & IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD)
+		ip_vs_dest_update_overload(dest);
 
 	ip_vs_dest_put(dest);
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index bcf40b8c41cf..62f73d892f97 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -1370,10 +1370,12 @@ __ip_vs_update_dest(struct ip_vs_service *svc, struct ip_vs_dest *dest,
 	/* set the dest status flags */
 	dest->flags |= IP_VS_DEST_F_AVAILABLE;
 
-	if (udest->u_threshold == 0 || udest->u_threshold > dest->u_threshold)
-		dest->flags &= ~IP_VS_DEST_F_OVERLOAD;
-	dest->u_threshold = udest->u_threshold;
-	dest->l_threshold = udest->l_threshold;
+	if (READ_ONCE(dest->u_threshold) != udest->u_threshold ||
+	    READ_ONCE(dest->l_threshold) != udest->l_threshold) {
+		WRITE_ONCE(dest->u_threshold, udest->u_threshold);
+		WRITE_ONCE(dest->l_threshold, udest->l_threshold);
+		ip_vs_dest_update_overload(dest);
+	}
 
 	dest->af = udest->af;
 
@@ -1486,6 +1488,9 @@ ip_vs_add_dest(struct ip_vs_service *svc, struct ip_vs_dest_user_kern *udest)
 		return -ERANGE;
 	}
 
+	if (udest->u_threshold > INT_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (udest->tun_type == IP_VS_CONN_F_TUNNEL_TYPE_GUE) {
 		if (udest->tun_port == 0) {
 			pr_err("%s(): tunnel port is zero\n", __func__);
@@ -1559,6 +1564,9 @@ ip_vs_edit_dest(struct ip_vs_service *svc, struct ip_vs_dest_user_kern *udest)
 		return -ERANGE;
 	}
 
+	if (udest->u_threshold > INT_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (udest->tun_type == IP_VS_CONN_F_TUNNEL_TYPE_GUE) {
 		if (udest->tun_port == 0) {
 			pr_err("%s(): tunnel port is zero\n", __func__);
@@ -3667,8 +3675,8 @@ __ip_vs_get_dest_entries(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, const struct ip_vs_get_dests *
 			entry.port = dest->port;
 			entry.conn_flags = atomic_read(&dest->conn_flags);
 			entry.weight = atomic_read(&dest->weight);
-			entry.u_threshold = dest->u_threshold;
-			entry.l_threshold = dest->l_threshold;
+			entry.u_threshold = READ_ONCE(dest->u_threshold);
+			entry.l_threshold = READ_ONCE(dest->l_threshold);
 			entry.activeconns = atomic_read(&dest->activeconns);
 			entry.inactconns = atomic_read(&dest->inactconns);
 			entry.persistconns = atomic_read(&dest->persistconns);
@@ -4277,8 +4285,10 @@ static int ip_vs_genl_fill_dest(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
 			 dest->tun_port) ||
 	    nla_put_u16(skb, IPVS_DEST_ATTR_TUN_FLAGS,
 			dest->tun_flags) ||
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, IPVS_DEST_ATTR_U_THRESH, dest->u_threshold) ||
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, IPVS_DEST_ATTR_L_THRESH, dest->l_threshold) ||
+	    nla_put_u32(skb, IPVS_DEST_ATTR_U_THRESH,
+			READ_ONCE(dest->u_threshold)) ||
+	    nla_put_u32(skb, IPVS_DEST_ATTR_L_THRESH,
+			READ_ONCE(dest->l_threshold)) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, IPVS_DEST_ATTR_ACTIVE_CONNS,
 			atomic_read(&dest->activeconns)) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, IPVS_DEST_ATTR_INACT_CONNS,
-- 
2.34.1