linux/net/core, branch v6.17

net: allow alloc_skb_with_frags() to use MAX_SKB_FRAGS

2025-09-23T23:51:26Z

Currently, alloc_skb_with_frags() will only fill (MAX_SKB_FRAGS - 1) slots. I think it should use all MAX_SKB_FRAGS slots, as callers of alloc_skb_with_frags() will size their allocation of frags based on MAX_SKB_FRAGS. This issue was discovered via a test patch that sets 'order' to 0 in alloc_skb_with_frags(), which effectively tests/simulates high fragmentation. In this case sendmsg() on unix sockets will fail every time for large allocations. If the PAGE_SIZE is 4K, then data_len will request 68K or 17 pages, but alloc_skb_with_frags() can only allocate 64K in this case or 16 pages. Fixes: 09c2c90705bb ("net: allow alloc_skb_with_frags() to allocate bigger packets") Signed-off-by: Jason Baron Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250922191957.2855612-1-jbaron@akamai.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Use NAPI_* in test_bit when stopping napi kthread

2025-09-12T00:52:42Z

napi_stop_kthread waits for the NAPI_STATE_SCHED_THREADED to be unset before stopping the kthread. But it uses test_bit with the NAPIF_STATE_SCHED_THREADED and that might stop the kthread early before the flag is unset. Use the NAPI_* variant of the NAPI state bits in test_bit instead. Tested: ./tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py TAP version 13 1..7 ok 1 nl_netdev.empty_check ok 2 nl_netdev.lo_check ok 3 nl_netdev.page_pool_check ok 4 nl_netdev.napi_list_check ok 5 nl_netdev.dev_set_threaded ok 6 nl_netdev.napi_set_threaded ok 7 nl_netdev.nsim_rxq_reset_down # Totals: pass:7 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0 ./tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/napi_threaded.py TAP version 13 1..2 ok 1 napi_threaded.change_num_queues ok 2 napi_threaded.enable_dev_threaded_disable_napi_threaded # Totals: pass:2 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0 Fixes: 689883de94dd ("net: stop napi kthreads when THREADED napi is disabled") Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910203716.1016546-1-skhawaja@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths

2025-09-10T01:13:36Z

ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo invocations. Kernel log: WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... Call Trace: netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60 mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240 dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0 sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900 ? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 ... .... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Note that the mlx5_hwtstamp_set and mlx5e_hwtstamp_set functions shown in the trace come from an in progress patch converting the legacy ioctl to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set and are not present in mainline. Fixes: ffb7ed19ac0a ("net: hold netdev instance lock during ioctl operations") Signed-off-by: Carolina Jubran Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250907080821.2353388-1-cjubran@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: lockless sock_i_ino()

2025-09-03T23:08:24Z

Followup of commit c51da3f7a161 ("net: remove sock_i_uid()") A recent syzbot report was the trigger for this change. Over the years, we had many problems caused by the read_lock[_bh](&sk->sk_callback_lock) in sock_i_uid(). We could fix smc_diag_dump_proto() or make a more radical move: Instead of waiting for new syzbot reports, cache the socket inode number in sk->sk_ino, so that we no longer need to acquire sk->sk_callback_lock in sock_i_ino(). This makes socket dumps faster (one less cache line miss, and two atomic ops avoided). Prior art: commit 25a9c8a4431c ("netlink: Add __sock_i_ino() for __netlink_diag_dump().") commit 4f9bf2a2f5aa ("tcp: Don't acquire inet_listen_hashbucket::lock with disabled BH.") commit efc3dbc37412 ("rds: Make rds_sock_lock BH rather than IRQ safe.") Fixes: d2d6422f8bd1 ("x86: Allow to enable PREEMPT_RT.") Reported-by: syzbot+50603c05bbdf4dfdaffa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/68b73804.050a0220.3db4df.01d8.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250902183603.740428-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net_sched: gen_estimator: fix est_timer() vs CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y

2025-08-30T02:04:20Z

syzbot reported a WARNING in est_timer() [1] Problem here is that with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y, timer callbacks can be preempted. Adopt preempt_disable_nested()/preempt_enable_nested() to fix this. [1] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 16 at ./include/linux/seqlock.h:221 __seqprop_assert include/linux/seqlock.h:221 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 16 at ./include/linux/seqlock.h:221 est_timer+0x6dc/0x9f0 net/core/gen_estimator.c:93 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16 Comm: ktimers/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025 RIP: 0010:__seqprop_assert include/linux/seqlock.h:221 [inline] RIP: 0010:est_timer+0x6dc/0x9f0 net/core/gen_estimator.c:93 Call Trace: call_timer_fn+0x17e/0x5f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1747 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1798 [inline] __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2372 [inline] __run_timer_base+0x648/0x970 kernel/time/timer.c:2384 run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2393 [inline] run_timer_softirq+0xb7/0x180 kernel/time/timer.c:2403 handle_softirqs+0x22c/0x710 kernel/softirq.c:579 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:613 [inline] run_ktimerd+0xcf/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:1043 smpboot_thread_fn+0x53f/0xa60 kernel/smpboot.c:160 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 Fixes: d2d6422f8bd1 ("x86: Allow to enable PREEMPT_RT.") Reported-by: syzbot+72db9ee39db57c3fecc5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/68adf6fa.a70a0220.3cafd4.0000.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827162352.3960779-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

page_pool: fix incorrect mp_ops error handling

2025-08-22T22:52:02Z

Minor fix to the memory provider error handling, we should be jumping to free_ptr_ring in this error case rather than returning directly. Found by code-inspection. Cc: skhawaja@google.com Fixes: b400f4b87430 ("page_pool: Set `dma_sync` to false for devmem memory provider") Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry Reviewed-by: Samiullah Khawaja Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250821030349.705244-1-almasrymina@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Introduce skb_copy_datagram_from_iter_full()

2025-08-22T00:47:57Z

In a similar manner to copy_from_iter()/copy_from_iter_full(), introduce skb_copy_datagram_from_iter_full() which reverts the iterator to its initial state when returning an error. A subsequent fix for a vsock regression will make use of this new function. Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Alexander Viro Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250818180355.29275-2-will@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: gso: Forbid IPv6 TSO with extensions on devices with only IPV6_CSUM

2025-08-19T00:20:06Z

When performing Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO) on an IPv6 packet that contains extension headers, the kernel incorrectly requests checksum offload if the egress device only advertises NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM feature, which has a strict contract: it supports checksum offload only for plain TCP or UDP over IPv6 and explicitly does not support packets with extension headers. The current GSO logic violates this contract by failing to disable the feature for packets with extension headers, such as those used in GREoIPv6 tunnels. This violation results in the device being asked to perform an operation it cannot support, leading to a `skb_warn_bad_offload` warning and a collapse of network throughput. While device TSO/USO is correctly bypassed in favor of software GSO for these packets, the GSO stack must be explicitly told not to request checksum offload. Mask NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM, NETIF_F_TSO6 and NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4 in gso_features_check if the IPv6 header contains extension headers to compute checksum in software. The exception is a BIG TCP extension, which, as stated in commit 68e068cabd2c6c53 ("net: reenable NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM offload for BIG TCP packets"): "The feature is only enabled on devices that support BIG TCP TSO. The header is only present for PF_PACKET taps like tcpdump, and not transmitted by physical devices." kernel log output (truncated): WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5273 at net/core/dev.c:3535 skb_warn_bad_offload+0x81/0x140 ... Call Trace: skb_checksum_help+0x12a/0x1f0 validate_xmit_skb+0x1a3/0x2d0 validate_xmit_skb_list+0x4f/0x80 sch_direct_xmit+0x1a2/0x380 __dev_xmit_skb+0x242/0x670 __dev_queue_xmit+0x3fc/0x7f0 ip6_finish_output2+0x25e/0x5d0 ip6_finish_output+0x1fc/0x3f0 ip6_tnl_xmit+0x608/0xc00 [ip6_tunnel] ip6gre_tunnel_xmit+0x1c0/0x390 [ip6_gre] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x63/0x1c0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x6d0/0x7f0 ip6_finish_output2+0x214/0x5d0 ip6_finish_output+0x1fc/0x3f0 ip6_xmit+0x2ca/0x6f0 ip6_finish_output+0x1fc/0x3f0 ip6_xmit+0x2ca/0x6f0 inet6_csk_xmit+0xeb/0x150 __tcp_transmit_skb+0x555/0xa80 tcp_write_xmit+0x32a/0xe90 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x437/0x1110 tcp_sendmsg+0x2f/0x50 ... skb linear: 00000000: e4 3d 1a 7d ec 30 e4 3d 1a 7e 5d 90 86 dd 60 0e skb linear: 00000010: 00 0a 1b 34 3c 40 20 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 12 20 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 11 2f 00 04 01 04 01 01 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000040: 86 dd 60 0e 00 0a 1b 00 06 40 20 23 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 20 23 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 bf 96 14 51 13 f9 skb linear: 00000070: ae 27 a0 a8 2b e3 80 18 00 40 5b 6f 00 00 01 01 skb linear: 00000080: 08 0a 42 d4 50 d5 4b 70 f8 1a Fixes: 04c20a9356f283da ("net: skip offload for NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM if ipv6 header contains extension") Reported-by: Tianhao Zhao Suggested-by: Michal Schmidt Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn Signed-off-by: Jakub Ramaseuski Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250814105119.1525687-1-jramaseu@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: prevent deadlocks when enabling NAPIs with mixed kthread config

2025-08-12T12:43:05Z

The following order of calls currently deadlocks if: - device has threaded=1; and - NAPI has persistent config with threaded=0. netif_napi_add_weight_config() dev->threaded == 1 napi_kthread_create() napi_enable() napi_restore_config() napi_set_threaded(0) napi_stop_kthread() while (NAPIF_STATE_SCHED) msleep(20) We deadlock because disabled NAPI has STATE_SCHED set. Creating a thread in netif_napi_add() just to destroy it in napi_disable() is fairly ugly in the first place. Let's read both the device config and the NAPI config in netif_napi_add(). Fixes: e6d76268813d ("net: Update threaded state in napi config in netif_set_threaded") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Reviewed-by: Joe Damato Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250809001205.1147153-4-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: update NAPI threaded config even for disabled NAPIs

2025-08-12T12:43:05Z

We have to make sure that all future NAPIs will have the right threaded state when the state is configured on the device level. We chose not to have an "unset" state for threaded, and not to wipe the NAPI config clean when channels are explicitly disabled. This means the persistent config structs "exist" even when their NAPIs are not instantiated. Differently put - the NAPI persistent state lives in the net_device (ncfg == struct napi_config): ,--- [napi 0] - [napi 1] [dev] | | `--- [ncfg 0] - [ncfg 1] so say we a device with 2 queues but only 1 enabled: ,--- [napi 0] [dev] | `--- [ncfg 0] - [ncfg 1] now we set the device to threaded=1: ,---------- [napi 0 (thr:1)] [dev(thr:1)] | `---------- [ncfg 0 (thr:1)] - [ncfg 1 (thr:?)] Since [ncfg 1] was not attached to a NAPI during configuration we skipped it. If we create a NAPI for it later it will have the old setting (presumably disabled). One could argue if this is right or not "in principle", but it's definitely not how things worked before per-NAPI config.. Fixes: 2677010e7793 ("Add support to set NAPI threaded for individual NAPI") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Reviewed-by: Joe Damato Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250809001205.1147153-3-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni