[PATCH nf v2 1/1] ipvs: stop estimator after disabled calc phase

Zhiling Zou <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:21:28 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.lvs-devel,org.kernel.vger.netfilter-devel
Message-ID <03a7ee4873f9dfc51add97df5b67bf0b0d793dbe.1785211268.git.zhilinz@nebusec.ai>
IPVS estimator kthread 0 starts with zeroed chain and tick limits until
its initial calculation phase completes. If network namespace teardown
clears ipvs->enable during that phase, ip_vs_est_calc_phase() can return
without installing positive limits.

The kthread can then continue into its main loop and drain
est_temp_list with zero chain_max, tick_max and est_max_count values.
Each enqueue consumes one available tick row, but est_count never
reaches the zero est_max_count value. After all rows are consumed, the
row lookup returns IPVS_EST_NTICKS and ip_vs_enqueue_estimator() writes
past the ticks and tick_len arrays.

Exit kthread 0 after the calculation phase if the kthread is stopping or
IPVS has been disabled. That keeps temporary estimators from being
drained after the limits failed to initialize.

Fixes: 705dd3444081 ("ipvs: use kthreads for stats estimation")
Cc: [email protected]
Reported-by: Vega <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Zhiling Zou <[email protected]>
---
changes in v2:
- Exit the estimator kthread after the calculation phase if IPVS
  has been disabled or the kthread is stopping, as suggested by
  Julian Anastasov.
- Drop the later enqueue and drain guards from v1.
- v1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6359e0031f0ee7cc969bae3483308de362d3c709.1784878022.git.zhilinz@nebusec.ai

 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
index ab09f51829512..86d20f19fe317 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
@@ -191,8 +191,11 @@ static int ip_vs_estimation_kthread(void *data)
 		}
 
 		/* kthread 0 will handle the calc phase */
-		if (ipvs->est_calc_phase)
+		if (ipvs->est_calc_phase) {
 			ip_vs_est_calc_phase(ipvs);
+			if (kthread_should_stop() || !READ_ONCE(ipvs->enable))
+				return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	while (1) {
-- 
2.43.0