[PATCH 1/5] net: export __dev_fill_forward_path

Daniel Pawlik pawlik.dan at gmail.com
Mon Jun 29 05:32:49 PDT 2026


From: Ryan Chen <rchen14b at gmail.com>

Export __dev_fill_forward_path() which accepts a caller-supplied
net_device_path_ctx, allowing callers to pre-populate context (e.g.
VLAN state) before the forward path walk. The existing
dev_fill_forward_path() is refactored to call it.

This is a prerequisite for nft_flow_offload bridge offload, which needs
to supply a pre-populated ctx for bridge port devices.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Chen <rchen14b at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Pawlik <pawlik.dan at gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |  2 ++
 net/core/dev.c            | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9981d637f8b5..c1d0b897de95 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3422,6 +3422,8 @@ int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
 int dev_fill_metadata_dst(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
 			  struct net_device_path_stack *stack);
+int __dev_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx, const u8 *daddr,
+			    struct net_device_path_stack *stack);
 struct net_device *dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);
 struct net_device *dev_get_by_name_rcu(struct net *net, const char *name);
 struct net_device *__dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4b3d5cfdf6e0..62f1d0b64c76 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -750,44 +750,52 @@ static struct net_device_path *dev_fwd_path(struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
 	return &stack->path[k];
 }
 
-int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
-			  struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
+int __dev_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx, const u8 *daddr,
+			    struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
 {
 	const struct net_device *last_dev;
-	struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
-		.dev	= dev,
-	};
 	struct net_device_path *path;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	memcpy(ctx.daddr, daddr, sizeof(ctx.daddr));
+	memcpy(ctx->daddr, daddr, sizeof(ctx->daddr));
 	stack->num_paths = 0;
-	while (ctx.dev && ctx.dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path) {
-		last_dev = ctx.dev;
+	while (ctx->dev && ctx->dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path) {
+		last_dev = ctx->dev;
 		path = dev_fwd_path(stack);
 		if (!path)
 			return -1;
 
 		memset(path, 0, sizeof(struct net_device_path));
-		ret = ctx.dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path(&ctx, path);
+		ret = ctx->dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path(ctx, path);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return -1;
 
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(last_dev == ctx.dev))
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(last_dev == ctx->dev))
 			return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!ctx.dev)
+	if (!ctx->dev)
 		return ret;
 
 	path = dev_fwd_path(stack);
 	if (!path)
 		return -1;
 	path->type = DEV_PATH_ETHERNET;
-	path->dev = ctx.dev;
+	path->dev = ctx->dev;
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__dev_fill_forward_path);
+
+int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
+			  struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
+{
+	struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
+		.dev	= dev,
+	};
+
+	return __dev_fill_forward_path(&ctx, daddr, stack);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_fill_forward_path);
 
 /* must be called under rcu_read_lock(), as we dont take a reference */
-- 
2.54.0




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