ipv6_tunnel: Rate limit warning messages

commit 6cee105 upstream. The warning messages can be invoked from the data path for every packet transmitted through an ip6gre netdev, leading to high CPU utilization. Fix that by rate limiting the messages. Fixes: 09c6bbf ("[IPV6]: Do mandatory IPv6 tunnel endpoint checks in realtime") Reported-by: Maksym Yaremchuk <[email protected]> Tested-by: Maksym Yaremchuk <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Amit Cohen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
anthraxx · Feb 1, 2022 · 88e32f7 · 88e32f7
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commit 88e32f7
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diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1036,14 +1036,14 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit_ctl(struct ip6_tnl *t,
 
 		if (unlikely(!ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags(net, laddr, ldev, false,
 						      0, IFA_F_TENTATIVE)))
-			pr_warn("%s xmit: Local address not yet configured!\n",
-				p->name);
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("%s xmit: Local address not yet configured!\n",
+					    p->name);
 		else if (!(p->flags & IP6_TNL_F_ALLOW_LOCAL_REMOTE) &&
 			 !ipv6_addr_is_multicast(raddr) &&
 			 unlikely(ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags(net, raddr, ldev,
 							  true, 0, IFA_F_TENTATIVE)))
-			pr_warn("%s xmit: Routing loop! Remote address found on this node!\n",
-				p->name);
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("%s xmit: Routing loop! Remote address found on this node!\n",
+					    p->name);
 		else
 			ret = 1;
 		rcu_read_unlock();