Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 nf-next 3/3] netfilter: nft_chain_filter: Add bridge double vlan and pppoe

From: Eric Woudstra <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 20:15:51 +0100

On 11/4/25 4:53 PM, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Eric Woudstra <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> +	switch (*proto) {
>> +	case htons(ETH_P_PPP_SES): {
>> +		struct ppp_hdr {
>> +			struct pppoe_hdr hdr;
>> +			__be16 proto;
>> +		} *ph;
>> +
>> +		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, PPPOE_SES_HLEN))
>> +			return -1;
>> +		ph = (struct ppp_hdr *)(skb->data);
>> +		switch (ph->proto) {
>> +		case htons(PPP_IP):
>> +			*proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
>> +			skb_set_network_header(skb, PPPOE_SES_HLEN);
>> +			return PPPOE_SES_HLEN;
>> +		case htons(PPP_IPV6):
>> +			*proto = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
>> +			skb_set_network_header(skb, PPPOE_SES_HLEN);
>> +			return PPPOE_SES_HLEN;
>> +		}
>> +		break;
>> +	}
>> +	case htons(ETH_P_8021Q): {
>> +		struct vlan_hdr *vhdr;
>> +
>> +		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, VLAN_HLEN))
>> +			return -1;
>> +		vhdr = (struct vlan_hdr *)(skb->data);
>> +		*proto = vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
>> +		skb_set_network_header(skb, VLAN_HLEN);
>> +		return VLAN_HLEN;
>> +	}
>> +	}
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static unsigned int
>>  nft_do_chain_bridge(void *priv,
>>  		    struct sk_buff *skb,
>>  		    const struct nf_hook_state *state)
>>  {
>>  	struct nft_pktinfo pkt;
>> +	__be16 proto;
>> +	int offset;
>>  
>> -	nft_set_pktinfo(&pkt, skb, state);
>> +	proto = eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto;
>>  
>> -	switch (eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto) {
>> +	offset = nft_set_bridge_pktinfo(&pkt, skb, state, &proto);
>> +	if (offset < 0)
>> +		return NF_ACCEPT;
> 
> 
> Hmm.  I'm not sure, I think this should either drop them right away
> OR pass them to do_chain without any changes (i.e. retain existing
> behavior and have this be same as nft_set_pktinfo_unspec()).
> 
> but please wait until resend.
> 
> I hope to finish a larger set i've been working on by tomorrow.
> Then I can give this a more thorough review (and also make a summary +
> suggestion wrt. the bridge match semantics wrt.  vlan + pppoe etc.
> 
> My hunch is that your approach is pretty much the way to go
> but I need to complete related homework to make sure I did not
> miss/forget anything.

I understand. I've send this, because from v5 to v15 it moved towards
matching in the rule, but it all started with the fact that
nft_flow_offload_eval() uses nft_thoff().

At a bare minimum I need to address having pkt->thoff set correctly to
implement the software bridge-fastpath.

The fact that it also makes possible to match L3/L4 data in the rule is
also nice to have.

Hopefully you can take this in consideration during your review.