From: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
To: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>,
passt-dev@passt.top, Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] fwd, tcp, udp: Consolidate epoll refs for listening sockets
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:55:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51accb0d-bac9-441b-a98d-25c9b4a3f43e@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108021450.2650004-4-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
On 1/8/26 03:14, David Gibson wrote:
> The epoll references we use for TCP listening sockets and UDP "listening"
> sockets have identical information. Combine them into a single structure.
> Note that, despite the name, epoll_ref.udp was only ever used for
> "listening" sockets, not flow sockets.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> ---
> epoll_ctl.h | 6 ++----
> fwd.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> tcp.c | 8 ++++----
> tcp.h | 14 --------------
> udp.c | 6 +++---
> udp.h | 15 ---------------
> 6 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/epoll_ctl.h b/epoll_ctl.h
> index 02b081e2..3f802e76 100644
> --- a/epoll_ctl.h
> +++ b/epoll_ctl.h
> @@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
> * @fd: File descriptor number (implies < 2^24 total descriptors)
> * @flow: Index of the flow this fd is linked to
> * @flowside: Index and side of a flow this fd is linked to
> - * @tcp_listen: TCP-specific reference part for listening sockets
> - * @udp: UDP-specific reference part
> + * @listen: Information for listening sockets
> * @data: Data handled by protocol handlers
> * @nsdir_fd: netns dirfd for fallback timer checking if namespace is gone
> * @queue: vhost-user queue index for this fd
> @@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ union epoll_ref {
> union {
> uint32_t flow;
> flow_sidx_t flowside;
> - union tcp_listen_epoll_ref tcp_listen;
> - union udp_listen_epoll_ref udp;
> + union fwd_listen_ref listen;
> uint32_t data;
> int nsdir_fd;
> int queue;
> diff --git a/fwd.h b/fwd.h
> index 77925822..934bab33 100644
> --- a/fwd.h
> +++ b/fwd.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ struct flowside;
> void fwd_probe_ephemeral(void);
> bool fwd_port_is_ephemeral(in_port_t port);
>
> +/**
> + * union fwd_listen_ref - information about a single listening socket
> + * @port: Bound port number of the socket
> + * @pif: pif in which the socket is listening
> + */
> +union fwd_listen_ref {
> + struct {
> + in_port_t port;
> + uint8_t pif;
> + };
> + uint32_t u32;
> +};
> +
> enum fwd_ports_mode {
> FWD_UNSET = 0,
> FWD_SPEC = 1,
> diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
> index e7fa85f3..9fc385d2 100644
> --- a/tcp.c
> +++ b/tcp.c
> @@ -2485,8 +2485,8 @@ void tcp_listen_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref,
> * address, record that as our address, as implemented for vhost-user
> * mode only, below.
> */
> - ini = flow_initiate_sa(flow, ref.tcp_listen.pif, &sa,
> - NULL, ref.tcp_listen.port);
> + ini = flow_initiate_sa(flow, ref.listen.pif, &sa,
> + NULL, ref.listen.port);
>
> if (getsockname(s, &sa.sa, &sl) ||
> inany_from_sockaddr(&ini->oaddr, &ini->oport, &sa) < 0)
> @@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@ void tcp_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref,
> int tcp_listen(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif,
> const union inany_addr *addr, const char *ifname, in_port_t port)
> {
> - union tcp_listen_epoll_ref tref = {
> + union fwd_listen_ref ref = {
> .port = port,
> .pif = pif,
> };
> @@ -2722,7 +2722,7 @@ int tcp_listen(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif,
> }
>
> s = pif_sock_l4(c, EPOLL_TYPE_TCP_LISTEN, pif, addr, ifname,
> - port, tref.u32);
> + port, ref.u32);
>
> if (fwd->mode == FWD_AUTO) {
> if (!addr || inany_v4(addr))
> diff --git a/tcp.h b/tcp.h
> index 516dfef5..ef1e3544 100644
> --- a/tcp.h
> +++ b/tcp.h
> @@ -30,20 +30,6 @@ void tcp_update_l2_buf(const unsigned char *eth_d);
>
> extern bool peek_offset_cap;
>
> -/**
> - * union tcp_listen_epoll_ref - epoll reference portion for TCP listening
> - * @port: Bound port number of the socket
> - * @pif: pif in which the socket is listening
> - * @u32: Opaque u32 value of reference
> - */
> -union tcp_listen_epoll_ref {
> - struct {
> - in_port_t port;
> - uint8_t pif;
> - };
> - uint32_t u32;
> -};
> -
> /**
> * struct tcp_ctx - Execution context for TCP routines
> * @port_to_tap: Ports bound host-side, packets to tap or spliced
> diff --git a/udp.c b/udp.c
> index eda55c39..747d4dd4 100644
> --- a/udp.c
> +++ b/udp.c
> @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ void udp_listen_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c,
> const struct timespec *now)
> {
> if (events & (EPOLLERR | EPOLLIN))
> - udp_sock_fwd(c, ref.fd, ref.udp.pif, ref.udp.port, now);
> + udp_sock_fwd(c, ref.fd, ref.listen.pif, ref.listen.port, now);
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ int udp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif,
> int udp_listen(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif,
> const union inany_addr *addr, const char *ifname, in_port_t port)
> {
> - union udp_listen_epoll_ref uref = {
> + union fwd_listen_ref ref = {
> .pif = pif,
> .port = port,
> };
> @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ int udp_listen(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif,
> }
>
> s = pif_sock_l4(c, EPOLL_TYPE_UDP_LISTEN, pif,
> - addr, ifname, port, uref.u32);
> + addr, ifname, port, ref.u32);
>
> if (!addr || inany_v4(addr))
> socks[V4][port] = s < 0 ? -1 : s;
> diff --git a/udp.h b/udp.h
> index 5407db3b..94c698e2 100644
> --- a/udp.h
> +++ b/udp.h
> @@ -22,21 +22,6 @@ int udp_init(struct ctx *c);
> void udp_port_rebind_all(struct ctx *c);
> void udp_update_l2_buf(const unsigned char *eth_d);
>
> -/**
> - * union udp_listen_epoll_ref - epoll reference for "listening" UDP sockets
> - * @port: Source port for connected sockets, bound port otherwise
> - * @pif: pif for this socket
> - * @u32: Opaque u32 value of reference
> - */
> -union udp_listen_epoll_ref {
> - struct {
> - in_port_t port;
> - uint8_t pif;
> - };
> - uint32_t u32;
> -};
> -
> -
> /**
> * struct udp_ctx - Execution context for UDP
> * @fwd_in: Port forwarding configuration for inbound packets
Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 10:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 2:14 [PATCH v2 0/3] Clean ups to epoll references David Gibson
2026-01-08 2:14 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] tcp: Remove unused tcp_epoll_ref David Gibson
2026-01-08 10:51 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-01-08 2:14 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] epoll_ctl: Add missing description for flowside field of epoll_ref David Gibson
2026-01-08 10:49 ` Laurent Vivier
2026-01-08 2:14 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] fwd, tcp, udp: Consolidate epoll refs for listening sockets David Gibson
2026-01-08 10:55 ` Laurent Vivier [this message]
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