Re: [PATCH net-next v10 01/11] vsock: a per-net vsock NS mode state

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 06:00:24PM -0800, Bobby Eshleman wrote:

From: Bobby Eshleman bobbyeshleman@meta.com

Add the per-net vsock NS mode state. This only adds the structure for holding the mode and some of the functions for setting/getting and checking the mode, but does not integrate the functionality yet.

A "net_mode" field is added to vsock_sock to store the mode of the namespace when the vsock_sock was created. In order to evaluate namespace mode rules we need to know both a) which namespace the endpoints are in, and b) what mode that namespace had when the endpoints were created. This allows us to handle the changing of modes from global to local *after* a socket has been created by remembering that the mode was global when the socket was created. If we were to use the current net's mode instead, then the lookup would fail and the socket would break.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman bobbyeshleman@meta.com

Changes in v10:

• change mode_locked to int (Stefano)

Changes in v9:

• use xchg(), WRITE_ONCE(), READ_ONCE() for mode and mode_locked (Stefano)
• clarify mode0/mode1 meaning in vsock_net_check_mode() comment
• remove spin lock in net->vsock (not used anymore)
• change mode from u8 to enum vsock_net_mode in vsock_net_write_mode()

Changes in v7:

• clarify vsock_net_check_mode() comments
• change to `orig_net_mode == VSOCK_NET_MODE_GLOBAL && orig_net_mode == vsk->orig_net_mode`
• remove extraneous explanation of `orig_net_mode`
• rename `written` to `mode_locked`
• rename `vsock_hdr` to `sysctl_hdr`
• change `orig_net_mode` to `net_mode`
• make vsock_net_check_mode() more generic by taking just net pointers

and modes, instead of a vsock_sock ptr, for reuse by transports (e.g., vhost_vsock)

Changes in v6:

• add orig_net_mode to store mode at creation time which will be used to

avoid breakage when namespace changes mode during socket/VM lifespan

Changes in v5:

• use /proc/sys/net/vsock/ns_mode instead of /proc/net/vsock_ns_mode
• change from net->vsock.ns_mode to net->vsock.mode
• change vsock_net_set_mode() to vsock_net_write_mode()
• vsock_net_write_mode() returns bool for write success to avoid

need to use vsock_net_mode_can_set()

• remove vsock_net_mode_can_set()

---

MAINTAINERS | 1 + include/net/af_vsock.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/net/net_namespace.h | 4 ++++ include/net/netns/vsock.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 66 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella sgarzare@redhat.com

Thanks, Stefano

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 37f4278db851..e1e0e2092d0c 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -27101,6 +27101,7 @@ L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained F: drivers/vhost/vsock.c F: include/linux/virtio_vsock.h +F: include/net/netns/vsock.h F: include/uapi/linux/virtio_vsock.h F: net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c F: net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c diff --git a/include/net/af_vsock.h b/include/net/af_vsock.h index d40e978126e3..9b5bdd083b6f 100644 --- a/include/net/af_vsock.h +++ b/include/net/af_vsock.h @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@

#include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/workqueue.h> +#include <net/netns/vsock.h> #include <net/sock.h> #include <uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h>

@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ struct vsock_sock { u32 peer_shutdown; bool sent_request; bool ignore_connecting_rst;

• enum vsock_net_mode net_mode;

  /* Protected by lock_sock(sk) */ u64 buffer_size;

@@ -256,4 +258,46 @@ static inline bool vsock_msgzerocopy_allow(const struct vsock_transport *t) { return t->msgzerocopy_allow && t->msgzerocopy_allow(); }

+static inline enum vsock_net_mode vsock_net_mode(struct net *net) +{

• return READ_ONCE(net->vsock.mode);

+}

+static inline bool vsock_net_write_mode(struct net *net,

• 			enum vsock_net_mode mode)
  

+{

• if (xchg(&net->vsock.mode_locked, 1))

• return false;
  

• WRITE_ONCE(net->vsock.mode, mode);
• return true;

+}

+/* Return true if two namespaces and modes pass the mode rules. Otherwise,

• • return false.
• • • ns0 and ns1 are the namespaces being checked.
• • • mode0 and mode1 are the vsock namespace modes of ns0 and ns1 at the time
• • the vsock objects were created.
• • Read more about modes in the comment header of net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c.
• */

+static inline bool vsock_net_check_mode(struct net *ns0,

• 			enum vsock_net_mode mode0,
  

• 			struct net *ns1,
  

• 			enum vsock_net_mode mode1)
  

+{

• /* Any vsocks within the same network namespace are always reachable,

• * regardless of the mode.
  

• */
  

• if (net_eq(ns0, ns1))

• return true;
  

• /*

• * If the network namespaces differ, vsocks are only reachable if both
  

• * were created in VSOCK_NET_MODE_GLOBAL mode.
  

• */
  

• return mode0 == VSOCK_NET_MODE_GLOBAL && mode0 == mode1;

+} #endif /* __AF_VSOCK_H__ */ diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h index cb664f6e3558..66d3de1d935f 100644 --- a/include/net/net_namespace.h +++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ #include <net/netns/smc.h> #include <net/netns/bpf.h> #include <net/netns/mctp.h> +#include <net/netns/vsock.h> #include <net/net_trackers.h> #include <linux/ns_common.h> #include <linux/idr.h> @@ -196,6 +197,9 @@ struct net { /* Move to a better place when the config guard is removed. */ struct mutex rtnl_mutex; #endif +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VSOCKETS)

• struct netns_vsock vsock;

+#endif } __randomize_layout;

#include <linux/seq_file_net.h> diff --git a/include/net/netns/vsock.h b/include/net/netns/vsock.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c1a5e805949d --- /dev/null +++ b/include/net/netns/vsock.h @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +#ifndef __NET_NET_NAMESPACE_VSOCK_H +#define __NET_NET_NAMESPACE_VSOCK_H

+#include <linux/types.h>

+enum vsock_net_mode {

• VSOCK_NET_MODE_GLOBAL,
• VSOCK_NET_MODE_LOCAL,

+};

+struct netns_vsock {

• struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_hdr;
• enum vsock_net_mode mode;
• int mode_locked;

+}; +#endif /* __NET_NET_NAMESPACE_VSOCK_H */

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