overlay: replace per-fd tun readers with a batched Queue interface

Device loses io.ReadWriteCloser + NewMultiQueueReader in favor of
Queues(n), which returns up to n tio.Queue objects; platforms without
multiqueue hand back their single queue and the interface sizes its
reader routines to what it actually got. Queue.Read returns a batch of
borrowed packets (single-element for every current backend) so a future
backend can deliver more than one packet per syscall without another
interface change.

The Linux poll/eventfd machinery moves out of tun_linux.go into the new
overlay/tio package: nonblocking fds, a shared shutdown eventfd owned by
the queue set, and pollfd arrays built on the stack so concurrent
writers parked in blockOnWrite no longer share Revents storage. Other
platforms wrap their existing one-datagram Read/Write in a singleQueue
adapter that owns a private scratch buffer, so multiqueue-by-sharing
devices (user, disabled) no longer race concurrent readers on one
buffer.

This is the tun-interface subset of better-tun-interface-ordering,
extracted at 18dc13b with none of the GSO/GRO offload mechanics and no
udp/sendmmsg changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
JackDoan
2026-07-16 12:18:38 -05:00
parent 6c3972f464
commit 913a37cfee
25 changed files with 930 additions and 501 deletions
+75 -240
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@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
package overlay
import (
"encoding/binary"
"fmt"
"io"
"log/slog"
"net"
"net/netip"
@@ -19,180 +17,15 @@ import (
"github.com/gaissmai/bart"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/config"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/overlay/tio"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/routing"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/util"
"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
)
// tunFile wraps a TUN file descriptor with poll-based reads. The FD provided will be changed to non-blocking.
// A shared eventfd allows Close to wake all readers blocked in poll.
type tunFile struct {
fd int
shutdownFd int
lastOne bool
readPoll [2]unix.PollFd
writePoll [2]unix.PollFd
closed bool
}
// newFriend makes a tunFile for a MultiQueueReader that copies the shutdown eventfd from the parent tun
func (r *tunFile) newFriend(fd int) (*tunFile, error) {
if err := unix.SetNonblock(fd, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set tun fd non-blocking: %w", err)
}
return &tunFile{
fd: fd,
shutdownFd: r.shutdownFd,
readPoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
{Fd: int32(r.shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
},
writePoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLOUT},
{Fd: int32(r.shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
},
}, nil
}
func newTunFd(fd int) (*tunFile, error) {
if err := unix.SetNonblock(fd, true); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set tun fd non-blocking: %w", err)
}
shutdownFd, err := unix.Eventfd(0, unix.EFD_NONBLOCK|unix.EFD_CLOEXEC)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create eventfd: %w", err)
}
out := &tunFile{
fd: fd,
shutdownFd: shutdownFd,
lastOne: true,
readPoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
{Fd: int32(shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
},
writePoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLOUT},
{Fd: int32(shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
},
}
return out, nil
}
func (r *tunFile) blockOnRead() error {
const problemFlags = unix.POLLHUP | unix.POLLNVAL | unix.POLLERR
var err error
for {
_, err = unix.Poll(r.readPoll[:], -1)
if err != unix.EINTR {
break
}
}
//always reset these!
tunEvents := r.readPoll[0].Revents
shutdownEvents := r.readPoll[1].Revents
r.readPoll[0].Revents = 0
r.readPoll[1].Revents = 0
//do the err check before trusting the potentially bogus bits we just got
if err != nil {
return err
}
if shutdownEvents&(unix.POLLIN|problemFlags) != 0 {
return os.ErrClosed
} else if tunEvents&problemFlags != 0 {
return os.ErrClosed
}
return nil
}
func (r *tunFile) blockOnWrite() error {
const problemFlags = unix.POLLHUP | unix.POLLNVAL | unix.POLLERR
var err error
for {
_, err = unix.Poll(r.writePoll[:], -1)
if err != unix.EINTR {
break
}
}
//always reset these!
tunEvents := r.writePoll[0].Revents
shutdownEvents := r.writePoll[1].Revents
r.writePoll[0].Revents = 0
r.writePoll[1].Revents = 0
//do the err check before trusting the potentially bogus bits we just got
if err != nil {
return err
}
if shutdownEvents&(unix.POLLIN|problemFlags) != 0 {
return os.ErrClosed
} else if tunEvents&problemFlags != 0 {
return os.ErrClosed
}
return nil
}
func (r *tunFile) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
for {
if n, err := unix.Read(r.fd, buf); err == nil {
return n, nil
} else if err == unix.EAGAIN {
if err = r.blockOnRead(); err != nil {
return 0, err
}
continue
} else if err == unix.EINTR {
continue
} else if err == unix.EBADF {
return 0, os.ErrClosed
} else {
return 0, err
}
}
}
func (r *tunFile) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
for {
if n, err := unix.Write(r.fd, buf); err == nil {
return n, nil
} else if err == unix.EAGAIN {
if err = r.blockOnWrite(); err != nil {
return 0, err
}
continue
} else if err == unix.EINTR {
continue
} else if err == unix.EBADF {
return 0, os.ErrClosed
} else {
return 0, err
}
}
}
func (r *tunFile) wakeForShutdown() error {
var buf [8]byte
binary.NativeEndian.PutUint64(buf[:], 1)
_, err := unix.Write(int(r.readPoll[1].Fd), buf[:])
return err
}
func (r *tunFile) Close() error {
if r.closed { // avoid closing more than once. Technically a fd could get re-used, which would be a problem
return nil
}
r.closed = true
if r.lastOne {
_ = unix.Close(r.shutdownFd)
}
return unix.Close(r.fd)
}
type tun struct {
*tunFile
readers []*tunFile
readers tio.QueueSet
closeLock sync.Mutex
Device string
vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix
@@ -249,44 +82,57 @@ func newTunFromFd(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, deviceFd int, vpnNetworks []netip
return t, nil
}
func newTun(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix, multiqueue bool) (*tun, error) {
// openTunDev opens /dev/net/tun, creating the device node first if it's
// missing (docker containers occasionally omit it).
func openTunDev() (int, error) {
fd, err := unix.Open("/dev/net/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
if err != nil {
// If /dev/net/tun doesn't exist, try to create it (will happen in docker)
if os.IsNotExist(err) {
err = os.MkdirAll("/dev/net", 0755)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("/dev/net/tun doesn't exist, failed to mkdir -p /dev/net: %w", err)
}
err = unix.Mknod("/dev/net/tun", unix.S_IFCHR|0600, int(unix.Mkdev(10, 200)))
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create /dev/net/tun: %w", err)
}
fd, err = unix.Open("/dev/net/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("created /dev/net/tun, but still failed: %w", err)
}
} else {
return nil, err
}
if err == nil {
return fd, nil
}
if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
return -1, err
}
if err = os.MkdirAll("/dev/net", 0755); err != nil {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("/dev/net/tun doesn't exist, failed to mkdir -p /dev/net: %w", err)
}
if err = unix.Mknod("/dev/net/tun", unix.S_IFCHR|0600, int(unix.Mkdev(10, 200))); err != nil {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("failed to create /dev/net/tun: %w", err)
}
fd, err = unix.Open("/dev/net/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
if err != nil {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("created /dev/net/tun, but still failed: %w", err)
}
return fd, nil
}
// tunSetIff runs TUNSETIFF with the given flags and returns the kernel-chosen
// device name on success.
func tunSetIff(fd int, name string, flags uint16) (string, error) {
var req ifReq
req.Flags = uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI)
req.Flags = flags
copy(req.Name[:], name)
if err := ioctl(uintptr(fd), uintptr(unix.TUNSETIFF), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&req))); err != nil {
return "", err
}
return strings.Trim(string(req.Name[:]), "\x00"), nil
}
func newTun(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix, multiqueue bool) (*tun, error) {
baseFlags := uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI)
if multiqueue {
req.Flags |= unix.IFF_MULTI_QUEUE
baseFlags |= unix.IFF_MULTI_QUEUE
}
nameStr := c.GetString("tun.dev", "")
copy(req.Name[:], nameStr)
if err = ioctl(uintptr(fd), uintptr(unix.TUNSETIFF), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&req))); err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, &NameError{
Name: nameStr,
Underlying: err,
}
fd, err := openTunDev()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
name, err := tunSetIff(fd, nameStr, baseFlags)
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, &NameError{Name: nameStr, Underlying: err}
}
name := strings.Trim(string(req.Name[:]), "\x00")
t, err := newTunGeneric(c, l, fd, vpnNetworks)
if err != nil {
@@ -298,16 +144,22 @@ func newTun(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix, multiqueue
return t, nil
}
// newTunGeneric does all the stuff common to different tun initialization paths. It will close your files on error.
// newTunGeneric does all the stuff common to different tun initialization
// paths. It will close your files on error.
func newTunGeneric(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, fd int, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix) (*tun, error) {
tfd, err := newTunFd(fd)
qs, err := tio.NewPollQueueSet()
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
}
err = qs.Add(fd)
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
}
t := &tun{
tunFile: tfd,
readers: []*tunFile{tfd},
readers: qs,
closeLock: sync.Mutex{},
vpnNetworks: vpnNetworks,
TXQueueLen: c.GetInt("tun.tx_queue", 500),
@@ -406,36 +258,41 @@ func (t *tun) reload(c *config.C, initial bool) error {
return nil
}
func (t *tun) SupportsMultiqueue() bool {
return true
// Queues opens additional kernel multiqueue fds until the device has n
// queues, then returns them all. The first queue was opened by newTun.
func (t *tun) Queues(n int) ([]tio.Queue, error) {
for len(t.readers.Queues()) < n {
if err := t.addQueue(); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
return t.readers.Queues(), nil
}
func (t *tun) NewMultiQueueReader() (io.ReadWriteCloser, error) {
// addQueue opens one more IFF_MULTI_QUEUE fd on the device and adds it to
// the queue set.
func (t *tun) addQueue() error {
t.closeLock.Lock()
defer t.closeLock.Unlock()
fd, err := unix.Open("/dev/net/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
return err
}
var req ifReq
req.Flags = uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI | unix.IFF_MULTI_QUEUE)
copy(req.Name[:], t.Device)
if err = ioctl(uintptr(fd), uintptr(unix.TUNSETIFF), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&req))); err != nil {
flags := uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI | unix.IFF_MULTI_QUEUE)
if _, err = tunSetIff(fd, t.Device, flags); err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
return err
}
out, err := t.tunFile.newFriend(fd)
err = t.readers.Add(fd)
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
return err
}
t.readers = append(t.readers, out)
return out, nil
return nil
}
func (t *tun) RoutesFor(ip netip.Addr) routing.Gateways {
@@ -878,32 +735,10 @@ func (t *tun) Close() error {
t.routeChan = nil
}
// Signal all readers blocked in poll to wake up and exit
_ = t.tunFile.wakeForShutdown()
if t.ioctlFd > 0 {
_ = unix.Close(int(t.ioctlFd))
t.ioctlFd = 0
}
for i := range t.readers {
if i == 0 {
continue //we want to close the zeroth reader last
}
err := t.readers[i].Close()
if err != nil {
t.l.Error("error closing tun reader", "reader", i, "error", err)
} else {
t.l.Info("closed tun reader", "reader", i)
}
}
//this is t.readers[0] too
err := t.tunFile.Close()
if err != nil {
t.l.Error("error closing tun reader", "reader", 0, "error", err)
} else {
t.l.Info("closed tun reader", "reader", 0)
}
return err
return t.readers.Close()
}