the definitive tun offloads branch (#1704)

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Jack Doan
2026-08-21 11:57:38 -05:00
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parent b8b159a486
commit edc3c5e018
111 changed files with 12830 additions and 853 deletions
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@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
package overlay
import (
"encoding/binary"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"log/slog"
"net"
"net/netip"
@@ -20,188 +18,25 @@ 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
closeLock sync.Mutex
Device string
vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix
MaxMTU int
DefaultMTU int
TXQueueLen int
deviceIndex int
ioctlFd uintptr
readers tio.QueueSet
closeLock sync.Mutex
Device string
vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix
MaxMTU int
DefaultMTU int
TXQueueLen int
deviceIndex int
ioctlFd uintptr
vnetHdr bool
offloadFlags uint
Routes atomic.Pointer[[]Route]
routeTree atomic.Pointer[bart.Table[routing.Gateways]]
@@ -240,56 +75,112 @@ type ifreqQLEN struct {
}
func newTunFromFd(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, deviceFd int, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix) (*tun, error) {
t, err := newTunGeneric(c, l, deviceFd, vpnNetworks)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
// We don't know what flags the caller opened this fd with and can't turn
// on IFF_VNET_HDR after TUNSETIFF, so skip offload on inherited fds.
return newTunGeneric(c, l, deviceFd, false, 0, vpnNetworks, "tun0")
}
// 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 {
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
}
t.Device = "tun0"
// 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 = 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
}
return t, nil
// tsoOffloadFlags are the TUN_F_* bits we ask the kernel to enable when a TSO-capable TUN is available.
const tsoOffloadFlags = unix.TUN_F_CSUM | unix.TUN_F_TSO4 | unix.TUN_F_TSO6 | unix.TUN_F_TSO_ECN
// usoAndTSOOffloadFlags adds UDP Segmentation Offload to tsoOffloadFlags.
// Requires Linux >= 6.2; older kernels reject it and we fall back to TCP-only TSO
const usoAndTSOOffloadFlags = tsoOffloadFlags | unix.TUN_F_USO4 | unix.TUN_F_USO6
func offloadUSOEnabled(offloadFlags uint) bool {
return offloadFlags&(unix.TUN_F_USO4|unix.TUN_F_USO6) != 0
}
func newTun(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix, multiqueue bool) (*tun, 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
}
}
var req ifReq
req.Flags = uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI)
var err error
// IFF_TUN_EXCL prevents us from attaching to an already-running tun
baseFlags := uint16(unix.IFF_TUN | unix.IFF_NO_PI | unix.IFF_TUN_EXCL)
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,
useOffloads := c.GetBool("tun.use_offloads", true)
var fd int
var name string
var offloadFlags uint
if useOffloads {
fd, err = openTunDev()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// First try to enable IFF_VNET_HDR via TUNSETIFF and negotiate TUN_F_* offloads
// We try TSO+USO first, fall back to TSO-only on kernels without USO (Linux < 6.2),
// and finally give up on virtio headers entirely and reopen as a plain TUN if neither offload mask is accepted.
// offloadFlags is the exact TUN_F_* mask the kernel accepted.
// We save it so addQueue can replay the identical device-wide mask on added queues
name, err = tunSetIff(fd, nameStr, baseFlags|unix.IFF_VNET_HDR)
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
useOffloads = false
} else {
if err = ioctl(uintptr(fd), unix.TUNSETOFFLOAD, uintptr(usoAndTSOOffloadFlags)); err == nil {
offloadFlags = usoAndTSOOffloadFlags
} else if err = ioctl(uintptr(fd), unix.TUNSETOFFLOAD, uintptr(tsoOffloadFlags)); err == nil {
offloadFlags = tsoOffloadFlags
} else {
l.Warn("Failed to enable TUN offload (TSO); proceeding without virtio headers", "error", err)
_ = unix.Close(fd)
useOffloads = false
}
}
}
name := strings.Trim(string(req.Name[:]), "\x00")
t, err := newTunGeneric(c, l, fd, vpnNetworks)
if !useOffloads {
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}
}
}
l.Info("TUN offload status", "tso", useOffloads, "uso", offloadUSOEnabled(offloadFlags))
t, err := newTunGeneric(c, l, fd, useOffloads, offloadFlags, vpnNetworks, name)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
@@ -299,17 +190,37 @@ 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.
func newTunGeneric(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, fd int, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix) (*tun, error) {
tfd, err := newTunFd(fd)
// newTunGeneric does all the stuff common to different tun initialization paths.
// It will close your files on error.
// offloadFlags is the TUN_F_* mask newTun negotiated (ignored when vnetHdr is false)
func newTunGeneric(c *config.C, l *slog.Logger, fd int, vnetHdr bool, offloadFlags uint, vpnNetworks []netip.Prefix, name string) (*tun, error) {
var qs tio.QueueSet
var err error
if vnetHdr {
qs, err = tio.NewOffloadQueueSet(offloadUSOEnabled(offloadFlags), l)
} else {
qs, err = tio.NewPollQueueSet()
}
if err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
}
err = qs.Add(fd)
if err != nil {
// Add only appends on success, so closing the set here can't
// double-close fd; it releases the set's shutdown eventfd.
_ = unix.Close(fd)
_ = qs.Close()
return nil, err
}
t := &tun{
tunFile: tfd,
readers: []*tunFile{tfd},
Device: name,
readers: qs,
closeLock: sync.Mutex{},
vnetHdr: vnetHdr,
offloadFlags: offloadFlags,
vpnNetworks: vpnNetworks,
TXQueueLen: c.GetInt("tun.tx_queue", 500),
useSystemRoutes: c.GetBool("tun.use_system_route_table", false),
@@ -407,36 +318,49 @@ 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.
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 t.vnetHdr {
flags |= unix.IFF_VNET_HDR
}
if _, err = tunSetIff(fd, t.Device, flags); err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return nil, err
return err
}
out, err := t.tunFile.newFriend(fd)
if t.vnetHdr {
if err = ioctl(uintptr(fd), unix.TUNSETOFFLOAD, uintptr(t.offloadFlags)); err != nil {
_ = unix.Close(fd)
return fmt.Errorf("failed to enable offload on multiqueue tun fd: %w", err)
}
}
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 {
@@ -613,6 +537,13 @@ func (t *tun) setDefaultRoute(cidr netip.Prefix) error {
Table: unix.RT_TABLE_MAIN,
Type: unix.RTN_UNICAST,
}
// Match the metric the kernel uses for its auto-installed connected route,
// so RouteReplace overwrites it in place instead of adding a second route at a worse metric.
// IPv6 connected routes are installed at metric 256 (IP6_RT_PRIO_KERN); IPv4 uses 0.
// Without this, the kernel route wins lookups and our MTU / AdvMSS / Features never apply on v6.
if cidr.Addr().Is6() {
nr.Priority = 256
}
err := netlink.RouteReplace(&nr)
if err != nil {
t.l.Warn("Failed to set default route MTU, retrying", "error", err, "cidr", cidr)
@@ -888,32 +819,10 @@ 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()
}