ipv4: Elide fib_validate_source() completely when possible.

If rpfilter is off (or the SKB has an IPSEC path) and there are not
tclassid users, we don't have to do anything at all when
fib_validate_source() is invoked besides setting the itag to zero.

We monitor tclassid uses with a counter (modified only under RTNL and
marked __read_mostly) and we protect the fib_validate_source() real
work with a test against this counter and whether rpfilter is to be
done.

Having a way to know whether we need no tclassid processing or not
also opens the door for future optimized rpfilter algorithms that do
not perform full FIB lookups.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 619f68a7185c..3dc7c96bbeab 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ extern int fib_validate_source(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 src, __be32 dst,
                                u8 tos, int oif, struct net_device *dev,
                                struct in_device *idev, u32 *itag);
 extern void fib_select_default(struct fib_result *res);
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
+extern int fib_num_tclassid_users;
+#else
+#define fib_num_tclassid_users 0
+#endif
 
 /* Exported by fib_semantics.c */
 extern int ip_fib_check_default(__be32 gw, struct net_device *dev);