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Eric Dumazet
27e8257a86 net: move sk_dst_pending_confirm and sk_pacing_status to sock_read_tx group
These two fields are mostly read in TCP tx path, move them
in an more appropriate group for better cache locality.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251124175013.1473655-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-25 19:28:29 -08:00
Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
68e83f3472 tools: ynl-gen: add regeneration comment
Add a comment on regeneration to the generated files.

The comment is placed after the YNL-GEN line[1], as to not interfere
with ynl-regen.sh's detection logic.

[1] and after the optional YNL-ARG line.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aR5m174O7pklKrMR@zx2c4.com/
Suggested-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@fiberby.net>
Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251120174429.390574-3-ast@fiberby.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-25 19:20:42 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
191ff13e42 net_sched: add qdisc_dequeue_drop() helper
Some qdisc like cake, codel, fq_codel might drop packets
in their dequeue() method.

This is currently problematic because dequeue() runs with
the qdisc spinlock held. Freeing skbs can be extremely expensive.

Add qdisc_dequeue_drop() method and a new TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS
so that these qdiscs can opt-in to defer the skb frees
after the socket spinlock is released.

TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS is an attempt to not penalize other qdiscs
with an extra cache line miss.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-14-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:32 +01:00
Eric Dumazet
0170d7f47c net_sched: add tcf_kfree_skb_list() helper
Using kfree_skb_list_reason() to free list of skbs from qdisc
operations seems wrong as each skb might have a different drop reason.

Cleanup __dev_xmit_skb() to call tcf_kfree_skb_list() once
in preparation of the following patch.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-13-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:32 +01:00
Eric Dumazet
4792c3a4c1 net: annotate a data-race in __dev_xmit_skb()
q->limit is read locklessly, add a READ_ONCE().

Fixes: 100dfa74ca ("net: dev_queue_xmit() llist adoption")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-12-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:32 +01:00
Eric Dumazet
b2e9821cff net: prefech skb->priority in __dev_xmit_skb()
Most qdiscs need to read skb->priority at enqueue time().

In commit 100dfa74ca ("net: dev_queue_xmit() llist adoption")
I added a prefetch(next), lets add another one for the second
half of skb.

Note that skb->priority and skb->hash share a common cache line,
so this patch helps qdiscs needing both fields.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-11-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:32 +01:00
Eric Dumazet
f9e00e51e3 net: use qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() in sch_handle_ingress()
sch_handle_ingress() sets qdisc_skb_cb(skb)->pkt_len.

We also need to initialize qdisc_skb_cb(skb)->pkt_segs.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-5-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:31 +01:00
Eric Dumazet
874c1928d3 net_sched: initialize qdisc_skb_cb(skb)->pkt_segs in qdisc_pkt_len_init()
qdisc_pkt_len_init() is currently initalizing qdisc_skb_cb(skb)->pkt_len.

Add qdisc_skb_cb(skb)->pkt_segs initialization and rename this function
to qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:31 +01:00
Eric Dumazet
be1b70ab21 net: init shinfo->gso_segs from qdisc_pkt_len_init()
Qdisc use shinfo->gso_segs for their pkts stats in bstats_update(),
but this field needs to be initialized for SKB_GSO_DODGY users.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:31 +01:00
Eric Dumazet
b2a38f6df9 net_sched: make room for (struct qdisc_skb_cb)->pkt_segs
Add a new u16 field, next to pkt_len : pkt_segs

This will cache shinfo->gso_segs to speed up qdisc deqeue().

Move slave_dev_queue_mapping at the end of qdisc_skb_cb,
and move three bits from tc_skb_cb :
- post_ct
- post_ct_snat
- post_ct_dnat

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121083256.674562-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-25 16:10:31 +01:00
Paolo Abeni
075b19c211 net: factor-out _sk_charge() helper
Move out of __inet_accept() the code dealing charging newly
accepted socket to memcg. MPTCP will soon use it to on a per
subflow basis, in different contexts.

No functional changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-1-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-24 19:49:40 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
ecfea98b7d tcp: add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8463 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287892 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9bf9d
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU #10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119084813.3684576-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-20 17:44:23 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
6d5dea6824 tcp: tcp_moderate_rcvbuf is only used in rx path
sysctl_tcp_moderate_rcvbuf is only used from tcp_rcvbuf_grow().

Move it to netns_ipv4_read_rx group.

Remove various CACHELINE_ASSERT_GROUP_SIZE() from netns_ipv4_struct_check(),
as they have no real benefit but cause pain for all changes.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119084813.3684576-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-20 17:44:23 -08:00
Jakub Kicinski
9e203721ec Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.18-rc7).

No conflicts, adjacent changes:

tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
  e1bb28bf13 ("selftest: af_unix: Add test for SO_PEEK_OFF.")
  45a1cd8346 ("selftests: af_unix: Add tests for ECONNRESET and EOF semantics")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-20 09:13:26 -08:00
Jason Xing
5d7fc63ab8 net: prefetch the next skb in napi_skb_cache_get()
After getting the current skb in napi_skb_cache_get(), the next skb in
cache is highly likely to be used soon, so prefetch would be helpful.

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251118070646.61344-5-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-19 20:29:25 -08:00
Jason Xing
2d67b5c5c6 net: use NAPI_SKB_CACHE_FREE to keep 32 as default to do bulk free
- Replace NAPI_SKB_CACHE_HALF with NAPI_SKB_CACHE_FREE
- Only free 32 skbs in napi_skb_cache_put()

Since the first patch adjusting NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE to 128, the number
of packets to be freed in the softirq was increased from 32 to 64.
Considering a subsequent net_rx_action() calling napi_poll() a few
times can easily consume the 64 available slots and we can afford
keeping a higher value of sk_buffs in per-cpu storage, decrease
NAPI_SKB_CACHE_FREE to 32 like before. So now the logic is 1) keeping
96 skbs, 2) freeing 32 skbs at one time.

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251118070646.61344-4-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-19 20:29:24 -08:00
Jason Xing
01d7385618 net: increase default NAPI_SKB_CACHE_BULK to 32
The previous value 16 is a bit conservative, so adjust it along with
NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE, which can minimize triggering memory allocation
in napi_skb_cache_get*().

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251118070646.61344-3-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-19 20:29:24 -08:00
Jason Xing
3505730d90 net: increase default NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE to 128
After commit b61785852e ("net: increase skb_defer_max default to 128")
changed the value sysctl_skb_defer_max to avoid many calls to
kick_defer_list_purge(), the same situation can be applied to
NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE that was proposed in 2016. It's a trade-off between
using pre-allocated memory in skb_cache and saving more a bit heavy
function calls in the softirq context.

With this patch applied, we can have more skbs per-cpu to accelerate the
sending path that needs to acquire new skbs.

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251118070646.61344-2-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-19 20:29:24 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
21664814b8 net: use napi_skb_cache even in process context
This is a followup of commit e20dfbad8a ("net: fix napi_consume_skb()
with alien skbs").

Now the per-cpu napi_skb_cache is populated from TX completion path,
we can make use of this cache, especially for cpus not used
from a driver NAPI poll (primary user of napi_cache).

We can use the napi_skb_cache only if current context is not from hard irq.

With this patch, I consistently reach 130 Mpps on my UDP tx stress test
and reduce SLUB spinlock contention to smaller values.

Note there is still some SLUB contention for skb->head allocations.

I had to tune /sys/kernel/slab/skbuff_small_head/cpu_partial
and /sys/kernel/slab/skbuff_small_head/min_partial depending
on the platform taxonomy.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251116202717.1542829-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-18 18:25:47 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
294e638259 net: __alloc_skb() cleanup
This patch refactors __alloc_skb() to prepare the following one,
and does not change functionality.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251116202717.1542829-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-18 18:25:47 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
dac0236075 net: add a new @alloc parameter to napi_skb_cache_get()
We want to be able in the series last patch to get an skb from
napi_skb_cache from process context, if there is one available.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251116202717.1542829-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-18 18:25:47 -08:00
Jiaming Zhang
f796a8dec9 net: core: prevent NULL deref in generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower()
The ethtool tsconfig Netlink path can trigger a null pointer
dereference. A call chain such as:

  tsconfig_prepare_data() ->
  dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib() ->
  vlan_hwtstamp_get() ->
  generic_hwtstamp_get_lower() ->
  generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower()

results in generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower() being called with
kernel_cfg->ifr as NULL.

The generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower() function does not expect
a NULL ifr and dereferences it, leading to a system crash.

Fix this by adding a NULL check for kernel_cfg->ifr in
generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(). If ifr is NULL, return -EINVAL.

Fixes: 6e9e2eed4f ("net: ethtool: Add support for tsconfig command to get/set hwtstamp config")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/cd6a7056-fa6d-43f8-b78a-f5e811247ba8@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Jiaming Zhang <r772577952@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111173652.749159-2-r772577952@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-13 17:23:21 -08:00
Jakub Kicinski
c99ebb6132 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.18-rc6).

No conflicts, adjacent changes in:

drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
  96a9178a29 ("net: phy: micrel: lan8814 fix reset of the QSGMII interface")
  61b7ade9ba ("net: phy: micrel: Add support for non PTP SKUs for lan8814")

and a trivial one in tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-13 12:35:38 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
26b8986a18 net: clear skb->sk in skb_release_head_state()
skb_release_head_state() inlines skb_orphan().

We need to clear skb->sk otherwise we can freeze TCP flows
on a mostly idle host, because skb_fclone_busy() would
return true as long as the packet is not yet processed by
skb_defer_free_flush().

Fixes: 1fcf572211 ("net: allow skb_release_head_state() to be called multiple times")
Fixes: e20dfbad8a ("net: fix napi_consume_skb() with alien skbs")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Tested-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya@linux.microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111151235.1903659-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-12 06:48:33 -08:00
Jason Xing
8da7bea7db xsk: add indirect call for xsk_destruct_skb
Since Eric proposed an idea about adding indirect call wrappers for
UDP and managed to see a huge improvement[1], the same situation can
also be applied in xsk scenario.

This patch adds an indirect call for xsk and helps current copy mode
improve the performance by around 1% stably which was observed with
IXGBE at 10Gb/sec loaded. If the throughput grows, the positive effect
will be magnified. I applied this patch on top of batch xmit series[2],
and was able to see <5% improvement from our internal application
which is a little bit unstable though.

Use INDIRECT wrappers to keep xsk_destruct_skb static as it used to
be when the mitigation config is off.

Be aware of the freeing path that can be very hot since the frequency
can reach around 2,000,000 times per second with the xdpsock test.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20251006193103.2684156-2-edumazet@google.com/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251021131209.41491-1-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com/

Suggested-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251031103328.95468-1-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-11 10:21:08 +01:00
Breno Leitao
49c8d2c1f9 net: netpoll: fix incorrect refcount handling causing incorrect cleanup
commit efa95b01da ("netpoll: fix use after free") incorrectly
ignored the refcount and prematurely set dev->npinfo to NULL during
netpoll cleanup, leading to improper behavior and memory leaks.

Scenario causing lack of proper cleanup:

1) A netpoll is associated with a NIC (e.g., eth0) and netdev->npinfo is
   allocated, and refcnt = 1
   - Keep in mind that npinfo is shared among all netpoll instances. In
     this case, there is just one.

2) Another netpoll is also associated with the same NIC and
   npinfo->refcnt += 1.
   - Now dev->npinfo->refcnt = 2;
   - There is just one npinfo associated to the netdev.

3) When the first netpolls goes to clean up:
   - The first cleanup succeeds and clears np->dev->npinfo, ignoring
     refcnt.
     - It basically calls `RCU_INIT_POINTER(np->dev->npinfo, NULL);`
   - Set dev->npinfo = NULL, without proper cleanup
   - No ->ndo_netpoll_cleanup() is either called

4) Now the second target tries to clean up
   - The second cleanup fails because np->dev->npinfo is already NULL.
     * In this case, ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup() was never called, and
       the skb pool is not cleaned as well (for the second netpoll
       instance)
  - This leaks npinfo and skbpool skbs, which is clearly reported by
    kmemleak.

Revert commit efa95b01da ("netpoll: fix use after free") and adds
clarifying comments emphasizing that npinfo cleanup should only happen
once the refcount reaches zero, ensuring stable and correct netpoll
behavior.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.17.x
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
Fixes: efa95b01da ("netpoll: fix use after free")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251107-netconsole_torture-v10-1-749227b55f63@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-10 18:34:44 -08:00
Jakub Sitnicki
fb206fc312 bpf: Make bpf_skb_change_head helper metadata-safe
Although bpf_skb_change_head() doesn't move packet data after skb_push(),
skb metadata still needs to be relocated. Use the dedicated helper to
handle it.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-9-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com
2025-11-10 10:52:32 -08:00
Jakub Sitnicki
8cfc172ce2 bpf: Make bpf_skb_change_proto helper metadata-safe
bpf_skb_change_proto reuses the same headroom operations as
bpf_skb_adjust_room, already updated to handle metadata safely.

The remaining step is to ensure that there is sufficient headroom to
accommodate metadata on skb_push().

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-8-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com
2025-11-10 10:52:32 -08:00
Jakub Sitnicki
be83105d38 bpf: Make bpf_skb_adjust_room metadata-safe
bpf_skb_adjust_room() may push or pull bytes from skb->data. In both cases,
skb metadata must be moved accordingly to stay accessible.

Replace existing memmove() calls, which only move payload, with a helper
that also handles metadata. Reserve enough space for metadata to fit after
skb_push.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-7-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com
2025-11-10 10:52:32 -08:00
Jakub Sitnicki
f38499ff45 bpf: Unclone skb head on bpf_dynptr_write to skb metadata
Currently bpf_dynptr_from_skb_meta() marks the dynptr as read-only when
the skb is cloned, preventing writes to metadata.

Remove this restriction and unclone the skb head on bpf_dynptr_write() to
metadata, now that the metadata is preserved during uncloning. This makes
metadata dynptr consistent with skb dynptr, allowing writes regardless of
whether the skb is cloned.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-3-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com
2025-11-10 10:52:31 -08:00
Jakub Sitnicki
290fc0be09 net: Preserve metadata on pskb_expand_head
pskb_expand_head() copies headroom, including skb metadata, into the newly
allocated head, but then clears the metadata. As a result, metadata is lost
when BPF helpers trigger an skb head reallocation.

Let the skb metadata remain in the newly created copy of head.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-2-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com
2025-11-10 10:52:31 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
b61785852e net: increase skb_defer_max default to 128
skb_defer_max value is very conservative, and can be increased
to avoid too many calls to kick_defer_list_purge().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106202935.1776179-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 19:02:40 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
e20dfbad8a net: fix napi_consume_skb() with alien skbs
There is a lack of NUMA awareness and more generally lack
of slab caches affinity on TX completion path.

Modern drivers are using napi_consume_skb(), hoping to cache sk_buff
in per-cpu caches so that they can be recycled in RX path.

Only use this if the skb was allocated on the same cpu,
otherwise use skb_attempt_defer_free() so that the skb
is freed on the original cpu.

This removes contention on SLUB spinlocks and data structures.

After this patch, I get ~50% improvement for an UDP tx workload
on an AMD EPYC 9B45 (IDPF 200Gbit NIC with 32 TX queues).

80 Mpps -> 120 Mpps.

Profiling one of the 32 cpus servicing NIC interrupts :

Before:

mpstat -P 511 1 1

Average:     CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft  %steal  %guest  %gnice   %idle
Average:     511    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   98.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    2.00

    31.01%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] queued_spin_lock_slowpath
    12.45%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] queued_spin_lock_slowpath
     5.60%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] __slab_free
     3.31%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_clean_buf_ring
     3.27%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_clean_all
     2.95%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_start
     2.52%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] fq_dequeue
     2.32%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] read_tsc
     2.25%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] build_detached_freelist
     2.15%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] kmem_cache_free
     2.11%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] __slab_free
     2.06%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_features_check
     2.01%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_clean_hdr
     1.97%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_release_data
     1.52%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] sock_wfree
     1.34%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_clean_buf_ring
     1.23%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_clean_all
     1.15%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] dma_unmap_page_attrs
     1.11%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_start
     1.03%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] fq_dequeue
     0.94%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] kmem_cache_free
     0.93%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] read_tsc
     0.81%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] napi_consume_skb
     0.79%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_clean_hdr
     0.77%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_free_head
     0.76%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_features_check
     0.72%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_release_data
     0.69%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] build_detached_freelist
     0.58%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_release_head_state
     0.56%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] __put_partials
     0.55%  ksoftirqd/511    [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] kmem_cache_free_bulk
     0.48%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] sock_wfree

After:

mpstat -P 511 1 1

Average:     CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft  %steal  %guest  %gnice   %idle
Average:     511    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   51.49    0.00    0.00    0.00   48.51

    19.10%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_clean_hdr
    13.86%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_clean_buf_ring
    10.80%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_attempt_defer_free
    10.57%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_clean_all
     7.18%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] queued_spin_lock_slowpath
     6.69%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] sock_wfree
     5.55%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] dma_unmap_page_attrs
     3.10%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] fq_dequeue
     3.00%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_release_head_state
     2.73%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] read_tsc
     2.48%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_splitq_start
     1.20%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_features_check
     1.13%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] napi_consume_skb
     0.93%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll
     0.64%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] native_send_call_func_single_ipi
     0.60%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter
     0.53%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] io_idle
     0.43%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] netif_skb_features
     0.41%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] __direct_call_cpuidle_state_enter2
     0.40%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] native_irq_return_iret
     0.40%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] idpf_tx_buf_hw_update
     0.36%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] sched_clock_noinstr
     0.34%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] handle_softirqs
     0.32%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] net_rx_action
     0.32%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] dql_completed
     0.32%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] validate_xmit_skb
     0.31%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_network_protocol
     0.29%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] skb_csum_hwoffload_help
     0.29%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] x2apic_send_IPI
     0.28%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] ktime_get
     0.24%  swapper          [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] __qdisc_run

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106202935.1776179-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 19:02:39 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
1fcf572211 net: allow skb_release_head_state() to be called multiple times
Currently, only skb dst is cleared (thanks to skb_dst_drop())

Make sure skb->destructor, conntrack and extensions are cleared.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106202935.1776179-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 19:02:39 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
fd9557c360 net: add prefetch() in skb_defer_free_flush()
skb_defer_free_flush() is becoming more important these days.

Add a prefetch operation to reduce latency a bit on some
platforms like AMD EPYC 7B12.

On more recent cpus, a stall happens when reading skb_shinfo().
Avoiding it will require a more elaborate strategy.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106085500.2438951-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 19:00:16 -08:00
Jakub Kicinski
1ec9871fbb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.18-rc5).

Conflicts:

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
  9222582ec5 ("Revert "wifi: ath12k: Fix missing station power save configuration"")
  6917e268c4 ("wifi: ath12k: Defer vdev bring-up until CSA finalize to avoid stale beacon")
https://lore.kernel.org/11cece9f7e36c12efd732baa5718239b1bf8c950.camel@sipsolutions.net

Adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig
  b1d16f7c00 ("libie: depend on DEBUG_FS when building LIBIE_FWLOG")
  93f53db9f9 ("ice: switch to Page Pool")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-06 09:27:40 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
c2c2ccfd4b Merge tag 'net-6.18-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski:
  Including fixes from bluetooth and wireless.

  Current release - new code bugs:

   - ptp: expose raw cycles only for clocks with free-running counter

   - bonding: fix null-deref in actor_port_prio setting

   - mdio: ERR_PTR-check regmap pointer returned by
     device_node_to_regmap()

   - eth: libie: depend on DEBUG_FS when building LIBIE_FWLOG

  Previous releases - regressions:

   - virtio_net: fix perf regression due to bad alignment of
     virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash

   - Revert "wifi: ath10k: avoid unnecessary wait for service ready
     message" caused regressions for QCA988x and QCA9984

   - Revert "wifi: ath12k: Fix missing station power save configuration"
     caused regressions for WCN7850

   - eth: bnxt_en: shutdown FW DMA in bnxt_shutdown(), fix memory
     corruptions after kexec

  Previous releases - always broken:

   - virtio-net: fix received packet length check for big packets

   - sctp: fix races in socket diag handling

   - wifi: add an hrtimer-based delayed work item to avoid low
     granularity of timers set relatively far in the future, and use it
     where it matters (e.g. when performing AP-scheduled channel switch)

   - eth: mlx5e:
       - correctly propagate error in case of module EEPROM read failure
       - fix HW-GRO on systems with PAGE_SIZE == 64kB

   - dsa: b53: fixes for tagging, link configuration / RMII, FDB,
     multicast

   - phy: lan8842: implement latest errata"

* tag 'net-6.18-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (63 commits)
  selftests/vsock: avoid false-positives when checking dmesg
  net: bridge: fix MST static key usage
  net: bridge: fix use-after-free due to MST port state bypass
  lan966x: Fix sleeping in atomic context
  bonding: fix NULL pointer dereference in actor_port_prio setting
  net: dsa: microchip: Fix reserved multicast address table programming
  net: wan: framer: pef2256: Switch to devm_mfd_add_devices()
  net: libwx: fix device bus LAN ID
  net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix header formulas for higher MTUs and 64K pages
  net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix skb size check for 64K pages
  net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix header mapping for 64K pages
  net: ti: icssg-prueth: Fix fdb hash size configuration
  net/mlx5e: Fix return value in case of module EEPROM read error
  net: gro_cells: Reduce lock scope in gro_cell_poll
  libie: depend on DEBUG_FS when building LIBIE_FWLOG
  wifi: mac80211_hwsim: Limit destroy_on_close radio removal to netgroup
  netpoll: Fix deadlock in memory allocation under spinlock
  net: ethernet: ti: netcp: Standardize knav_dma_open_channel to return NULL on error
  virtio-net: fix received length check in big packets
  bnxt_en: Fix warning in bnxt_dl_reload_down()
  ...
2025-11-06 08:52:30 -08:00
Raju Rangoju
6b47af35a6 net: selftests: export packet creation helpers for driver use
Export the network selftest packet creation infrastructure to allow
network drivers to reuse the existing selftest framework instead of
duplicating packet creation code.

Signed-off-by: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251031111811.775434-1-Raju.Rangoju@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-11-06 13:38:11 +01:00
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
d917c217b6 net: gro_cells: Reduce lock scope in gro_cell_poll
One GRO-cell device's NAPI callback can nest into the GRO-cell of
another device if the underlying device is also using GRO-cell.
This is the case for IPsec over vxlan.
These two GRO-cells are separate devices. From lockdep's point of view
it is the same because each device is sharing the same lock class and so
it reports a possible deadlock assuming one device is nesting into
itself.

Hold the bh_lock only while accessing gro_cell::napi_skbs in
gro_cell_poll(). This reduces the locking scope and avoids acquiring the
same lock class multiple times.

Fixes: 25718fdcbd ("net: gro_cells: Use nested-BH locking for gro_cell")
Reported-by: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/66664116-edb8-48dc-ad72-d5223696dd19@nvidia.com/
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104153435.ty88xDQt@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-05 17:41:29 -08:00
Breno Leitao
327c20c21d netpoll: Fix deadlock in memory allocation under spinlock
Fix a AA deadlock in refill_skbs() where memory allocation while holding
skb_pool->lock can trigger a recursive lock acquisition attempt.

The deadlock scenario occurs when the system is under severe memory
pressure:

1. refill_skbs() acquires skb_pool->lock (spinlock)
2. alloc_skb() is called while holding the lock
3. Memory allocator fails and calls slab_out_of_memory()
4. This triggers printk() for the OOM warning
5. The console output path calls netpoll_send_udp()
6. netpoll_send_udp() attempts to acquire the same skb_pool->lock
7. Deadlock: the lock is already held by the same CPU

Call stack:
  refill_skbs()
    spin_lock_irqsave(&skb_pool->lock)    <- lock acquired
    __alloc_skb()
      kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof()
        slab_out_of_memory()
          printk()
            console_flush_all()
              netpoll_send_udp()
                skb_dequeue()
                  spin_lock_irqsave(&skb_pool->lock)     <- deadlock attempt

This bug was exposed by commit 248f6571fd ("netpoll: Optimize skb
refilling on critical path") which removed refill_skbs() from the
critical path (where nested printk was being deferred), letting nested
printk being called from inside refill_skbs()

Refactor refill_skbs() to never allocate memory while holding
the spinlock.

Another possible solution to fix this problem is protecting the
refill_skbs() from nested printks, basically calling
printk_deferred_{enter,exit}() in refill_skbs(), then, any nested
pr_warn() would be deferred.

I prefer this approach, given I _think_ it might be a good idea to move
the alloc_skb() from GFP_ATOMIC to GFP_KERNEL in the future, so, having
the alloc_skb() outside of the lock will be necessary step.

There is a possible TOCTOU issue when checking for the pool length, and
queueing the new allocated skb, but, this is not an issue, given that
an extra SKB in the pool is harmless and it will be eventually used.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Fixes: 248f6571fd ("netpoll: Optimize skb refilling on critical path")
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-fix_netpoll_aa-v4-1-4cfecdf6da7c@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 19:17:00 -08:00
Kees Cook
2b5e9f9b7e net: Convert struct sockaddr to fixed-size "sa_data[14]"
Revert struct sockaddr from flexible array to fixed 14-byte "sa_data",
to solve over 36,000 -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings, since
struct sockaddr is embedded within many network structs.

With socket/proto sockaddr-based internal APIs switched to use struct
sockaddr_unsized, there should be no more uses of struct sockaddr that
depend on reading beyond the end of struct sockaddr::sa_data that might
trigger bounds checking.

Comparing an x86_64 "allyesconfig" vmlinux build before and after this
patch showed no new "ud1" instructions from CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS nor any
new "field-spanning" memcpy CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE instrumentations.

Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-8-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 19:10:33 -08:00
Kees Cook
449f68f8ff net: Convert proto callbacks from sockaddr to sockaddr_unsized
Convert struct proto pre_connect(), connect(), bind(), and bind_add()
callback function prototypes from struct sockaddr to struct sockaddr_unsized.
This does not change per-implementation use of sockaddr for passing around
an arbitrarily sized sockaddr struct. Those will be addressed in future
patches.

Additionally removes the no longer referenced struct sockaddr from
include/net/inet_common.h.

No binary changes expected.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-5-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 19:10:33 -08:00
Kees Cook
85cb0757d7 net: Convert proto_ops connect() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized
Update all struct proto_ops connect() callback function prototypes from
"struct sockaddr *" to "struct sockaddr_unsized *" to avoid lying to the
compiler about object sizes. Calls into struct proto handlers gain casts
that will be removed in the struct proto conversion patch.

No binary changes expected.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-3-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 19:10:32 -08:00
Kees Cook
0e50474fa5 net: Convert proto_ops bind() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized
Update all struct proto_ops bind() callback function prototypes from
"struct sockaddr *" to "struct sockaddr_unsized *" to avoid lying to the
compiler about object sizes. Calls into struct proto handlers gain casts
that will be removed in the struct proto conversion patch.

No binary changes expected.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-2-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 19:10:32 -08:00
Yue Haibing
f2143e283c net: devmem: Remove unused declaration net_devmem_bind_tx_release()
Commit bd61848900 ("net: devmem: Implement TX path") declared this
but never implemented it.

Signed-off-by: Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103072046.1670574-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 17:29:19 -08:00
Eric Dumazet
46173144e0 net: mark deliver_skb() as unlikely and not inlined
deliver_skb() should not be inlined as is it not called
in the fast path.

Add unlikely() clauses giving hints to the compiler about this fact.

Before this patch:

size net/core/dev.o
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
 121794	  13330	    176	 135300	  21084	net/core/dev.o

__netif_receive_skb_core() size on x86_64 : 4080 bytes.

After:

size net/core/dev.o
  text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filenamee
 120330	  13338	    176	 133844	  20ad4	net/core/dev.o

__netif_receive_skb_core() size on x86_64 : 2781 bytes.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103165256.1712169-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 16:08:25 -08:00
Adrian Moreno
105bae3218 rtnetlink: honor RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS in IFLA_STATS
Gathering interface statistics can be a relatively expensive operation
on certain systems as it requires iterating over all the cpus.

RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS was first introduced [1] to skip AF_INET6
statistics from interface dumps and it was then extended [2] to
also exclude IFLA_VF_INFO.

The semantics of the flag does not seem to be limited to AF_INET
or VF statistics and having a way to query the interface status
(e.g: carrier, address) without retrieving its statistics seems
reasonable. So this patch extends the use RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS
to also affect IFLA_STATS.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20150911204848.GC9687@oracle.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230611105108.122586-1-gal@nvidia.com/

Signed-off-by: Adrian Moreno <amorenoz@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103154006.1189707-1-amorenoz@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 16:07:37 -08:00
Samiullah Khawaja
c18d4b190a net: Extend NAPI threaded polling to allow kthread based busy polling
Add a new state NAPI_STATE_THREADED_BUSY_POLL to the NAPI state enum to
enable and disable threaded busy polling.

When threaded busy polling is enabled for a NAPI, enable
NAPI_STATE_THREADED also.

When the threaded NAPI is scheduled, set NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL to
signal napi_complete_done not to rearm interrupts.

Whenever NAPI_STATE_THREADED_BUSY_POLL is unset, the
NAPI_STATE_IN_BUSY_POLL will be unset, napi_complete_done unsets the
NAPI_STATE_SCHED_THREADED bit also, which in turn will make the kthread
go to sleep.

Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Acked-by: Martin Karsten <mkarsten@uwaterloo.ca>
Tested-by: Martin Karsten <mkarsten@uwaterloo.ca>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251028203007.575686-2-skhawaja@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-03 18:11:40 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
ba36dd5ee6 Merge tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf
Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov:

 - Mark migrate_disable/enable() as always_inline to avoid issues with
   partial inlining (Yonghong Song)

 - Fix powerpc stack register definition in libbpf bpf_tracing.h (Andrii
   Nakryiko)

 - Reject negative head_room in __bpf_skb_change_head (Daniel Borkmann)

 - Conditionally include dynptr copy kfuncs (Malin Jonsson)

 - Sync pending IRQ work before freeing BPF ring buffer (Noorain Eqbal)

 - Do not audit capability check in x86 do_jit() (Ondrej Mosnacek)

 - Fix arm64 JIT of BPF_ST insn when it writes into arena memory
   (Puranjay Mohan)

* tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf:
  bpf/arm64: Fix BPF_ST into arena memory
  bpf: Make migrate_disable always inline to avoid partial inlining
  bpf: Reject negative head_room in __bpf_skb_change_head
  bpf: Conditionally include dynptr copy kfuncs
  libbpf: Fix powerpc's stack register definition in bpf_tracing.h
  bpf: Do not audit capability check in do_jit()
  bpf: Sync pending IRQ work before freeing ring buffer
2025-10-31 18:22:26 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
1a2352ad82 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.18-rc4).

No conflicts, adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
  ded9813d17 ("net: stmmac: Consider Tx VLAN offload tag length for maxSDU")
  26ab9830be ("net: stmmac: replace has_xxxx with core_type")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-10-31 06:46:03 -07:00