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<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>net: add dev_net_rcu() helper</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T11:43:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-05T15:51:09+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 482ad2a4ace2740ca0ff1cbc8f3c7f862f3ab507 ]

dev-&gt;nd_net can change, readers should either
use rcu_read_lock() or RTNL.

We currently use a generic helper, dev_net() with
no debugging support. We probably have many hidden bugs.

Add dev_net_rcu() helper for callers using rcu_read_lock()
protection.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250205155120.1676781-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: dd205fcc33d9 ("ipv4: use RCU protection in rt_is_expired()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 482ad2a4ace2740ca0ff1cbc8f3c7f862f3ab507 ]

dev-&gt;nd_net can change, readers should either
use rcu_read_lock() or RTNL.

We currently use a generic helper, dev_net() with
no debugging support. We probably have many hidden bugs.

Add dev_net_rcu() helper for callers using rcu_read_lock()
protection.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250205155120.1676781-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: dd205fcc33d9 ("ipv4: use RCU protection in rt_is_expired()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: treat possible_net_t net pointer as an RCU one and add read_pnet_rcu()</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T11:43:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Pirko</name>
<email>jiri@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-13T12:10:23+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2034d90ae41ae93e30d492ebcf1f06f97a9cfba6 ]

Make the net pointer stored in possible_net_t structure annotated as
an RCU pointer. Change the access helpers to treat it as such.
Introduce read_pnet_rcu() helper to allow caller to dereference
the net pointer under RCU read lock.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Stable-dep-of: dd205fcc33d9 ("ipv4: use RCU protection in rt_is_expired()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2034d90ae41ae93e30d492ebcf1f06f97a9cfba6 ]

Make the net pointer stored in possible_net_t structure annotated as
an RCU pointer. Change the access helpers to treat it as such.
Introduce read_pnet_rcu() helper to allow caller to dereference
the net pointer under RCU read lock.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Stable-dep-of: dd205fcc33d9 ("ipv4: use RCU protection in rt_is_expired()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: add exit_batch_rtnl() method</title>
<updated>2025-02-01T17:18:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-06T14:42:57+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit fd4f101edbd9f99567ab2adb1f2169579ede7c13 ]

Many (struct pernet_operations)-&gt;exit_batch() methods have
to acquire rtnl.

In presence of rtnl mutex pressure, this makes cleanup_net()
very slow.

This patch adds a new exit_batch_rtnl() method to reduce
number of rtnl acquisitions from cleanup_net().

exit_batch_rtnl() handlers are called while rtnl is locked,
and devices to be killed can be queued in a list provided
as their second argument.

A single unregister_netdevice_many() is called right
before rtnl is released.

exit_batch_rtnl() handlers are called before -&gt;exit() and
-&gt;exit_batch() handlers.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Antoine Tenart &lt;atenart@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240206144313.2050392-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 46841c7053e6 ("gtp: Use for_each_netdev_rcu() in gtp_genl_dump_pdp().")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit fd4f101edbd9f99567ab2adb1f2169579ede7c13 ]

Many (struct pernet_operations)-&gt;exit_batch() methods have
to acquire rtnl.

In presence of rtnl mutex pressure, this makes cleanup_net()
very slow.

This patch adds a new exit_batch_rtnl() method to reduce
number of rtnl acquisitions from cleanup_net().

exit_batch_rtnl() handlers are called while rtnl is locked,
and devices to be killed can be queued in a list provided
as their second argument.

A single unregister_netdevice_many() is called right
before rtnl is released.

exit_batch_rtnl() handlers are called before -&gt;exit() and
-&gt;exit_batch() handlers.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Antoine Tenart &lt;atenart@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240206144313.2050392-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 46841c7053e6 ("gtp: Use for_each_netdev_rcu() in gtp_genl_dump_pdp().")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: make get_net_ns return error if NET_NS is disabled</title>
<updated>2021-06-23T12:41:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Changbin Du</name>
<email>changbin.du@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-11T14:29:59+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ea6932d70e223e02fea3ae20a4feff05d7c1ea9a ]

There is a panic in socket ioctl cmd SIOCGSKNS when NET_NS is not enabled.
The reason is that nsfs tries to access ns-&gt;ops but the proc_ns_operations
is not implemented in this case.

[7.670023] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010
[7.670268] pgd = 32b54000
[7.670544] [00000010] *pgd=00000000
[7.671861] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM
[7.672315] Modules linked in:
[7.672918] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 5.13.0-rc3-00375-g6799d4f2da49 #16
[7.673309] Hardware name: Generic DT based system
[7.673642] PC is at nsfs_evict+0x24/0x30
[7.674486] LR is at clear_inode+0x20/0x9c

The same to tun SIOCGSKNS command.

To fix this problem, we make get_net_ns() return -EINVAL when NET_NS is
disabled. Meanwhile move it to right place net/core/net_namespace.c.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du &lt;changbin.du@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: c62cce2caee5 ("net: add an ioctl to get a socket network namespace")
Cc: Cong Wang &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: David Laight &lt;David.Laight@ACULAB.COM&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;christian.brauner@ubuntu.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Christian Brauner &lt;christian.brauner@ubuntu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ea6932d70e223e02fea3ae20a4feff05d7c1ea9a ]

There is a panic in socket ioctl cmd SIOCGSKNS when NET_NS is not enabled.
The reason is that nsfs tries to access ns-&gt;ops but the proc_ns_operations
is not implemented in this case.

[7.670023] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010
[7.670268] pgd = 32b54000
[7.670544] [00000010] *pgd=00000000
[7.671861] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM
[7.672315] Modules linked in:
[7.672918] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 5.13.0-rc3-00375-g6799d4f2da49 #16
[7.673309] Hardware name: Generic DT based system
[7.673642] PC is at nsfs_evict+0x24/0x30
[7.674486] LR is at clear_inode+0x20/0x9c

The same to tun SIOCGSKNS command.

To fix this problem, we make get_net_ns() return -EINVAL when NET_NS is
disabled. Meanwhile move it to right place net/core/net_namespace.c.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du &lt;changbin.du@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: c62cce2caee5 ("net: add an ioctl to get a socket network namespace")
Cc: Cong Wang &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: David Laight &lt;David.Laight@ACULAB.COM&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;christian.brauner@ubuntu.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Christian Brauner &lt;christian.brauner@ubuntu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ipv6: Use global sernum for dst validation with nexthop objects</title>
<updated>2020-05-14T05:58:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Ahern</name>
<email>dsahern@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-05-01T14:53:08+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 8f34e53b60b337e559f1ea19e2780ff95ab2fa65 ]

Nik reported a bug with pcpu dst cache when nexthop objects are
used illustrated by the following:
    $ ip netns add foo
    $ ip -netns foo li set lo up
    $ ip -netns foo addr add 2001:db8:11::1/128 dev lo
    $ ip netns exec foo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
    $ ip li add veth1 type veth peer name veth2
    $ ip li set veth1 up
    $ ip addr add 2001:db8:10::1/64 dev veth1
    $ ip li set dev veth2 netns foo
    $ ip -netns foo li set veth2 up
    $ ip -netns foo addr add 2001:db8:10::2/64 dev veth2
    $ ip -6 nexthop add id 100 via 2001:db8:10::2 dev veth1
    $ ip -6 route add 2001:db8:11::1/128 nhid 100

    Create a pcpu entry on cpu 0:
    $ taskset -a -c 0 ip -6 route get 2001:db8:11::1

    Re-add the route entry:
    $ ip -6 ro del 2001:db8:11::1
    $ ip -6 route add 2001:db8:11::1/128 nhid 100

    Route get on cpu 0 returns the stale pcpu:
    $ taskset -a -c 0 ip -6 route get 2001:db8:11::1
    RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable

    While cpu 1 works:
    $ taskset -a -c 1 ip -6 route get 2001:db8:11::1
    2001:db8:11::1 from :: via 2001:db8:10::2 dev veth1 src 2001:db8:10::1 metric 1024 pref medium

Conversion of FIB entries to work with external nexthop objects
missed an important difference between IPv4 and IPv6 - how dst
entries are invalidated when the FIB changes. IPv4 has a per-network
namespace generation id (rt_genid) that is bumped on changes to the FIB.
Checking if a dst_entry is still valid means comparing rt_genid in the
rtable to the current value of rt_genid for the namespace.

IPv6 also has a per network namespace counter, fib6_sernum, but the
count is saved per fib6_node. With the per-node counter only dst_entries
based on fib entries under the node are invalidated when changes are
made to the routes - limiting the scope of invalidations. IPv6 uses a
reference in the rt6_info, 'from', to track the corresponding fib entry
used to create the dst_entry. When validating a dst_entry, the 'from'
is used to backtrack to the fib6_node and check the sernum of it to the
cookie passed to the dst_check operation.

With the inline format (nexthop definition inline with the fib6_info),
dst_entries cached in the fib6_nh have a 1:1 correlation between fib
entries, nexthop data and dst_entries. With external nexthops, IPv6
looks more like IPv4 which means multiple fib entries across disparate
fib6_nodes can all reference the same fib6_nh. That means validation
of dst_entries based on external nexthops needs to use the IPv4 format
- the per-network namespace counter.

Add sernum to rt6_info and set it when creating a pcpu dst entry. Update
rt6_get_cookie to return sernum if it is set and update dst_check for
IPv6 to look for sernum set and based the check on it if so. Finally,
rt6_get_pcpu_route needs to validate the cached entry before returning
a pcpu entry (similar to the rt_cache_valid calls in __mkroute_input and
__mkroute_output for IPv4).

This problem only affects routes using the new, external nexthops.

Thanks to the kbuild test robot for catching the IS_ENABLED needed
around rt_genid_ipv6 before I sent this out.

Fixes: 5b98324ebe29 ("ipv6: Allow routes to use nexthop objects")
Reported-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Tested-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 8f34e53b60b337e559f1ea19e2780ff95ab2fa65 ]

Nik reported a bug with pcpu dst cache when nexthop objects are
used illustrated by the following:
    $ ip netns add foo
    $ ip -netns foo li set lo up
    $ ip -netns foo addr add 2001:db8:11::1/128 dev lo
    $ ip netns exec foo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
    $ ip li add veth1 type veth peer name veth2
    $ ip li set veth1 up
    $ ip addr add 2001:db8:10::1/64 dev veth1
    $ ip li set dev veth2 netns foo
    $ ip -netns foo li set veth2 up
    $ ip -netns foo addr add 2001:db8:10::2/64 dev veth2
    $ ip -6 nexthop add id 100 via 2001:db8:10::2 dev veth1
    $ ip -6 route add 2001:db8:11::1/128 nhid 100

    Create a pcpu entry on cpu 0:
    $ taskset -a -c 0 ip -6 route get 2001:db8:11::1

    Re-add the route entry:
    $ ip -6 ro del 2001:db8:11::1
    $ ip -6 route add 2001:db8:11::1/128 nhid 100

    Route get on cpu 0 returns the stale pcpu:
    $ taskset -a -c 0 ip -6 route get 2001:db8:11::1
    RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable

    While cpu 1 works:
    $ taskset -a -c 1 ip -6 route get 2001:db8:11::1
    2001:db8:11::1 from :: via 2001:db8:10::2 dev veth1 src 2001:db8:10::1 metric 1024 pref medium

Conversion of FIB entries to work with external nexthop objects
missed an important difference between IPv4 and IPv6 - how dst
entries are invalidated when the FIB changes. IPv4 has a per-network
namespace generation id (rt_genid) that is bumped on changes to the FIB.
Checking if a dst_entry is still valid means comparing rt_genid in the
rtable to the current value of rt_genid for the namespace.

IPv6 also has a per network namespace counter, fib6_sernum, but the
count is saved per fib6_node. With the per-node counter only dst_entries
based on fib entries under the node are invalidated when changes are
made to the routes - limiting the scope of invalidations. IPv6 uses a
reference in the rt6_info, 'from', to track the corresponding fib entry
used to create the dst_entry. When validating a dst_entry, the 'from'
is used to backtrack to the fib6_node and check the sernum of it to the
cookie passed to the dst_check operation.

With the inline format (nexthop definition inline with the fib6_info),
dst_entries cached in the fib6_nh have a 1:1 correlation between fib
entries, nexthop data and dst_entries. With external nexthops, IPv6
looks more like IPv4 which means multiple fib entries across disparate
fib6_nodes can all reference the same fib6_nh. That means validation
of dst_entries based on external nexthops needs to use the IPv4 format
- the per-network namespace counter.

Add sernum to rt6_info and set it when creating a pcpu dst entry. Update
rt6_get_cookie to return sernum if it is set and update dst_check for
IPv6 to look for sernum set and based the check on it if so. Finally,
rt6_get_pcpu_route needs to validate the cached entry before returning
a pcpu entry (similar to the rt_cache_valid calls in __mkroute_input and
__mkroute_output for IPv4).

This problem only affects routes using the new, external nexthops.

Thanks to the kbuild test robot for catching the IS_ENABLED needed
around rt_genid_ipv6 before I sent this out.

Fixes: 5b98324ebe29 ("ipv6: Allow routes to use nexthop objects")
Reported-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Tested-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netns: fix GFP flags in rtnl_net_notifyid()</title>
<updated>2019-10-26T03:14:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Guillaume Nault</name>
<email>gnault@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-23T16:39:04+00:00</published>
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In rtnl_net_notifyid(), we certainly can't pass a null GFP flag to
rtnl_notify(). A GFP_KERNEL flag would be fine in most circumstances,
but there are a few paths calling rtnl_net_notifyid() from atomic
context or from RCU critical sections. The later also precludes the use
of gfp_any() as it wouldn't detect the RCU case. Also, the nlmsg_new()
call is wrong too, as it uses GFP_KERNEL unconditionally.

Therefore, we need to pass the GFP flags as parameter and propagate it
through function calls until the proper flags can be determined.

In most cases, GFP_KERNEL is fine. The exceptions are:
  * openvswitch: ovs_vport_cmd_get() and ovs_vport_cmd_dump()
    indirectly call rtnl_net_notifyid() from RCU critical section,

  * rtnetlink: rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb() already receives GFP flags as
    parameter.

Also, in ovs_vport_cmd_build_info(), let's change the GFP flags used
by nlmsg_new(). The function is allowed to sleep, so better make the
flags consistent with the ones used in the following
ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() call.

Found by code inspection.

Fixes: 9a9634545c70 ("netns: notify netns id events")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel &lt;nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com&gt;
Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar &lt;pshelar@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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In rtnl_net_notifyid(), we certainly can't pass a null GFP flag to
rtnl_notify(). A GFP_KERNEL flag would be fine in most circumstances,
but there are a few paths calling rtnl_net_notifyid() from atomic
context or from RCU critical sections. The later also precludes the use
of gfp_any() as it wouldn't detect the RCU case. Also, the nlmsg_new()
call is wrong too, as it uses GFP_KERNEL unconditionally.

Therefore, we need to pass the GFP flags as parameter and propagate it
through function calls until the proper flags can be determined.

In most cases, GFP_KERNEL is fine. The exceptions are:
  * openvswitch: ovs_vport_cmd_get() and ovs_vport_cmd_dump()
    indirectly call rtnl_net_notifyid() from RCU critical section,

  * rtnetlink: rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb() already receives GFP flags as
    parameter.

Also, in ovs_vport_cmd_build_info(), let's change the GFP flags used
by nlmsg_new(). The function is allowed to sleep, so better make the
flags consistent with the ones used in the following
ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() call.

Found by code inspection.

Fixes: 9a9634545c70 ("netns: notify netns id events")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel &lt;nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com&gt;
Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar &lt;pshelar@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: reorder 'struct net' fields to avoid false sharing</title>
<updated>2019-10-19T19:21:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
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<published>2019-10-18T22:20:05+00:00</published>
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Intel test robot reported a ~7% regression on TCP_CRR tests
that they bisected to the cited commit.

Indeed, every time a new TCP socket is created or deleted,
the atomic counter net-&gt;count is touched (via get_net(net)
and put_net(net) calls)

So cpus might have to reload a contended cache line in
net_hash_mix(net) calls.

We need to reorder 'struct net' fields to move @hash_mix
in a read mostly cache line.

We move in the first cache line fields that can be
dirtied often.

We probably will have to address in a followup patch
the __randomize_layout that was added in linux-4.13,
since this might break our placement choices.

Fixes: 355b98553789 ("netns: provide pure entropy for net_hash_mix()")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;oliver.sang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Intel test robot reported a ~7% regression on TCP_CRR tests
that they bisected to the cited commit.

Indeed, every time a new TCP socket is created or deleted,
the atomic counter net-&gt;count is touched (via get_net(net)
and put_net(net) calls)

So cpus might have to reload a contended cache line in
net_hash_mix(net) calls.

We need to reorder 'struct net' fields to move @hash_mix
in a read mostly cache line.

We move in the first cache line fields that can be
dirtied often.

We probably will have to address in a followup patch
the __randomize_layout that was added in linux-4.13,
since this might break our placement choices.

Fixes: 355b98553789 ("netns: provide pure entropy for net_hash_mix()")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;oliver.sang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next</title>
<updated>2019-09-18T19:34:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-09-18T19:34:53+00:00</published>
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Pull networking updates from David Miller:

 1) Support IPV6 RA Captive Portal Identifier, from Maciej Żenczykowski.

 2) Use bio_vec in the networking instead of custom skb_frag_t, from
    Matthew Wilcox.

 3) Make use of xmit_more in r8169 driver, from Heiner Kallweit.

 4) Add devmap_hash to xdp, from Toke Høiland-Jørgensen.

 5) Support all variants of 5750X bnxt_en chips, from Michael Chan.

 6) More RTNL avoidance work in the core and mlx5 driver, from Vlad
    Buslov.

 7) Add TCP syn cookies bpf helper, from Petar Penkov.

 8) Add 'nettest' to selftests and use it, from David Ahern.

 9) Add extack support to drop_monitor, add packet alert mode and
    support for HW drops, from Ido Schimmel.

10) Add VLAN offload to stmmac, from Jose Abreu.

11) Lots of devm_platform_ioremap_resource() conversions, from
    YueHaibing.

12) Add IONIC driver, from Shannon Nelson.

13) Several kTLS cleanups, from Jakub Kicinski.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1930 commits)
  mlxsw: spectrum_buffers: Add the ability to query the CPU port's shared buffer
  mlxsw: spectrum: Register CPU port with devlink
  mlxsw: spectrum_buffers: Prevent changing CPU port's configuration
  net: ena: fix incorrect update of intr_delay_resolution
  net: ena: fix retrieval of nonadaptive interrupt moderation intervals
  net: ena: fix update of interrupt moderation register
  net: ena: remove all old adaptive rx interrupt moderation code from ena_com
  net: ena: remove ena_restore_ethtool_params() and relevant fields
  net: ena: remove old adaptive interrupt moderation code from ena_netdev
  net: ena: remove code duplication in ena_com_update_nonadaptive_moderation_interval _*()
  net: ena: enable the interrupt_moderation in driver_supported_features
  net: ena: reimplement set/get_coalesce()
  net: ena: switch to dim algorithm for rx adaptive interrupt moderation
  net: ena: add intr_moder_rx_interval to struct ena_com_dev and use it
  net: phy: adin: implement Energy Detect Powerdown mode via phy-tunable
  ethtool: implement Energy Detect Powerdown support via phy-tunable
  xen-netfront: do not assume sk_buff_head list is empty in error handling
  s390/ctcm: Delete unnecessary checks before the macro call “dev_kfree_skb”
  net: ena: don't wake up tx queue when down
  drop_monitor: Better sanitize notified packets
  ...
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Pull networking updates from David Miller:

 1) Support IPV6 RA Captive Portal Identifier, from Maciej Żenczykowski.

 2) Use bio_vec in the networking instead of custom skb_frag_t, from
    Matthew Wilcox.

 3) Make use of xmit_more in r8169 driver, from Heiner Kallweit.

 4) Add devmap_hash to xdp, from Toke Høiland-Jørgensen.

 5) Support all variants of 5750X bnxt_en chips, from Michael Chan.

 6) More RTNL avoidance work in the core and mlx5 driver, from Vlad
    Buslov.

 7) Add TCP syn cookies bpf helper, from Petar Penkov.

 8) Add 'nettest' to selftests and use it, from David Ahern.

 9) Add extack support to drop_monitor, add packet alert mode and
    support for HW drops, from Ido Schimmel.

10) Add VLAN offload to stmmac, from Jose Abreu.

11) Lots of devm_platform_ioremap_resource() conversions, from
    YueHaibing.

12) Add IONIC driver, from Shannon Nelson.

13) Several kTLS cleanups, from Jakub Kicinski.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1930 commits)
  mlxsw: spectrum_buffers: Add the ability to query the CPU port's shared buffer
  mlxsw: spectrum: Register CPU port with devlink
  mlxsw: spectrum_buffers: Prevent changing CPU port's configuration
  net: ena: fix incorrect update of intr_delay_resolution
  net: ena: fix retrieval of nonadaptive interrupt moderation intervals
  net: ena: fix update of interrupt moderation register
  net: ena: remove all old adaptive rx interrupt moderation code from ena_com
  net: ena: remove ena_restore_ethtool_params() and relevant fields
  net: ena: remove old adaptive interrupt moderation code from ena_netdev
  net: ena: remove code duplication in ena_com_update_nonadaptive_moderation_interval _*()
  net: ena: enable the interrupt_moderation in driver_supported_features
  net: ena: reimplement set/get_coalesce()
  net: ena: switch to dim algorithm for rx adaptive interrupt moderation
  net: ena: add intr_moder_rx_interval to struct ena_com_dev and use it
  net: phy: adin: implement Energy Detect Powerdown mode via phy-tunable
  ethtool: implement Energy Detect Powerdown support via phy-tunable
  xen-netfront: do not assume sk_buff_head list is empty in error handling
  s390/ctcm: Delete unnecessary checks before the macro call “dev_kfree_skb”
  net: ena: don't wake up tx queue when down
  drop_monitor: Better sanitize notified packets
  ...
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<title>Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6</title>
<updated>2019-09-18T19:11:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-09-18T19:11:14+00:00</published>
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Pull crypto updates from Herbert Xu:
 "API:
   - Add the ability to abort a skcipher walk.

  Algorithms:
   - Fix XTS to actually do the stealing.
   - Add library helpers for AES and DES for single-block users.
   - Add library helpers for SHA256.
   - Add new DES key verification helper.
   - Add surrounding bits for ESSIV generator.
   - Add accelerations for aegis128.
   - Add test vectors for lzo-rle.

  Drivers:
   - Add i.MX8MQ support to caam.
   - Add gcm/ccm/cfb/ofb aes support in inside-secure.
   - Add ofb/cfb aes support in media-tek.
   - Add HiSilicon ZIP accelerator support.

  Others:
   - Fix potential race condition in padata.
   - Use unbound workqueues in padata"

* 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6: (311 commits)
  crypto: caam - Cast to long first before pointer conversion
  crypto: ccree - enable CTS support in AES-XTS
  crypto: inside-secure - Probe transform record cache RAM sizes
  crypto: inside-secure - Base RD fetchcount on actual RD FIFO size
  crypto: inside-secure - Base CD fetchcount on actual CD FIFO size
  crypto: inside-secure - Enable extended algorithms on newer HW
  crypto: inside-secure: Corrected configuration of EIP96_TOKEN_CTRL
  crypto: inside-secure - Add EIP97/EIP197 and endianness detection
  padata: remove cpu_index from the parallel_queue
  padata: unbind parallel jobs from specific CPUs
  padata: use separate workqueues for parallel and serial work
  padata, pcrypt: take CPU hotplug lock internally in padata_alloc_possible
  crypto: pcrypt - remove padata cpumask notifier
  padata: make padata_do_parallel find alternate callback CPU
  workqueue: require CPU hotplug read exclusion for apply_workqueue_attrs
  workqueue: unconfine alloc/apply/free_workqueue_attrs()
  padata: allocate workqueue internally
  arm64: dts: imx8mq: Add CAAM node
  random: Use wait_event_freezable() in add_hwgenerator_randomness()
  crypto: ux500 - Fix COMPILE_TEST warnings
  ...
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Pull crypto updates from Herbert Xu:
 "API:
   - Add the ability to abort a skcipher walk.

  Algorithms:
   - Fix XTS to actually do the stealing.
   - Add library helpers for AES and DES for single-block users.
   - Add library helpers for SHA256.
   - Add new DES key verification helper.
   - Add surrounding bits for ESSIV generator.
   - Add accelerations for aegis128.
   - Add test vectors for lzo-rle.

  Drivers:
   - Add i.MX8MQ support to caam.
   - Add gcm/ccm/cfb/ofb aes support in inside-secure.
   - Add ofb/cfb aes support in media-tek.
   - Add HiSilicon ZIP accelerator support.

  Others:
   - Fix potential race condition in padata.
   - Use unbound workqueues in padata"

* 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6: (311 commits)
  crypto: caam - Cast to long first before pointer conversion
  crypto: ccree - enable CTS support in AES-XTS
  crypto: inside-secure - Probe transform record cache RAM sizes
  crypto: inside-secure - Base RD fetchcount on actual RD FIFO size
  crypto: inside-secure - Base CD fetchcount on actual CD FIFO size
  crypto: inside-secure - Enable extended algorithms on newer HW
  crypto: inside-secure: Corrected configuration of EIP96_TOKEN_CTRL
  crypto: inside-secure - Add EIP97/EIP197 and endianness detection
  padata: remove cpu_index from the parallel_queue
  padata: unbind parallel jobs from specific CPUs
  padata: use separate workqueues for parallel and serial work
  padata, pcrypt: take CPU hotplug lock internally in padata_alloc_possible
  crypto: pcrypt - remove padata cpumask notifier
  padata: make padata_do_parallel find alternate callback CPU
  workqueue: require CPU hotplug read exclusion for apply_workqueue_attrs
  workqueue: unconfine alloc/apply/free_workqueue_attrs()
  padata: allocate workqueue internally
  arm64: dts: imx8mq: Add CAAM node
  random: Use wait_event_freezable() in add_hwgenerator_randomness()
  crypto: ux500 - Fix COMPILE_TEST warnings
  ...
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<entry>
<title>net: fib_notifier: move fib_notifier_ops from struct net into per-net struct</title>
<updated>2019-09-07T15:28:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Pirko</name>
<email>jiri@mellanox.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-09-05T18:06:56+00:00</published>
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No need for fib_notifier_ops to be in struct net. It is used only by
fib_notifier as a private data. Use net_generic to introduce per-net
fib_notifier struct and move fib_notifier_ops there.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@mellanox.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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No need for fib_notifier_ops to be in struct net. It is used only by
fib_notifier as a private data. Use net_generic to introduce per-net
fib_notifier struct and move fib_notifier_ops there.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@mellanox.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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