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<title>linux-stable.git/net/ipv4/igmp.c, branch linux-rolling-stable</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>ipv4: igmp: remove multicast group from hash table on device destruction</title>
<updated>2026-07-18T14:55:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yuyang Huang</name>
<email>yuyanghuang@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-01T23:50:14+00:00</published>
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commit 7993211bde166471dffac074dc965489f86531f8 upstream.

When a device is destroyed under RTNL, ip_mc_destroy_dev() iterates through
the multicast list and calls ip_ma_put() on each membership, scheduling
them for RCU reclamation. However, they are not unlinked from the device's
multicast hash table (mc_hash).

Since the device remains published in dev-&gt;ip_ptr until after
ip_mc_destroy_dev() completes, concurrent RCU readers traversing mc_hash
can still locate and access the multicast group after its refcount is
decremented. If the RCU callback runs and frees the group while a reader is
accessing it, a use-after-free occurs.

Fix this by unlinking the multicast group from mc_hash using
ip_mc_hash_remove() before scheduling it for reclamation.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu+0x149/0x3f0
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888009bf1408 by task mausezahn/2276

Call Trace:
 &lt;IRQ&gt;
 dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x90
 print_report+0x175/0x7c0
 kasan_report+0x147/0x180
 ip_check_mc_rcu+0x149/0x3f0
 udp_v4_early_demux+0x36d/0x12d0
 ip_rcv_finish_core+0xb8b/0x1390
 ip_rcv_finish+0x54/0x120
 NF_HOOK+0x213/0x2b0
 __netif_receive_skb+0x126/0x340
 process_backlog+0x4f2/0xf00
 __napi_poll+0x92/0x2c0
 net_rx_action+0x583/0xc60
 handle_softirqs+0x236/0x7f0
 do_softirq+0x57/0x80
 &lt;/IRQ&gt;

Allocated by task 2239:
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x72/0x90
 ____ip_mc_inc_group+0x31a/0xa40
 __ip_mc_join_group+0x334/0x3f0
 do_ip_setsockopt+0x16fa/0x2010
 ip_setsockopt+0x3f/0x90
 do_sock_setsockopt+0x1ad/0x300

Freed by task 0:
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80
 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50
 __kasan_slab_free+0x3a/0x60
 __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare+0xd4/0x220
 rcu_free_sheaf+0x36/0x190
 rcu_core+0x8d9/0x12f0
 handle_softirqs+0x236/0x7f0

Fixes: e9897071350b ("igmp: hash a hash table to speedup ip_check_mc_rcu()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260701235014.73505-1-yuyanghuang@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 7993211bde166471dffac074dc965489f86531f8 upstream.

When a device is destroyed under RTNL, ip_mc_destroy_dev() iterates through
the multicast list and calls ip_ma_put() on each membership, scheduling
them for RCU reclamation. However, they are not unlinked from the device's
multicast hash table (mc_hash).

Since the device remains published in dev-&gt;ip_ptr until after
ip_mc_destroy_dev() completes, concurrent RCU readers traversing mc_hash
can still locate and access the multicast group after its refcount is
decremented. If the RCU callback runs and frees the group while a reader is
accessing it, a use-after-free occurs.

Fix this by unlinking the multicast group from mc_hash using
ip_mc_hash_remove() before scheduling it for reclamation.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu+0x149/0x3f0
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888009bf1408 by task mausezahn/2276

Call Trace:
 &lt;IRQ&gt;
 dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x90
 print_report+0x175/0x7c0
 kasan_report+0x147/0x180
 ip_check_mc_rcu+0x149/0x3f0
 udp_v4_early_demux+0x36d/0x12d0
 ip_rcv_finish_core+0xb8b/0x1390
 ip_rcv_finish+0x54/0x120
 NF_HOOK+0x213/0x2b0
 __netif_receive_skb+0x126/0x340
 process_backlog+0x4f2/0xf00
 __napi_poll+0x92/0x2c0
 net_rx_action+0x583/0xc60
 handle_softirqs+0x236/0x7f0
 do_softirq+0x57/0x80
 &lt;/IRQ&gt;

Allocated by task 2239:
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x72/0x90
 ____ip_mc_inc_group+0x31a/0xa40
 __ip_mc_join_group+0x334/0x3f0
 do_ip_setsockopt+0x16fa/0x2010
 ip_setsockopt+0x3f/0x90
 do_sock_setsockopt+0x1ad/0x300

Freed by task 0:
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80
 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50
 __kasan_slab_free+0x3a/0x60
 __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare+0xd4/0x220
 rcu_free_sheaf+0x36/0x190
 rcu_core+0x8d9/0x12f0
 handle_softirqs+0x236/0x7f0

Fixes: e9897071350b ("igmp: hash a hash table to speedup ip_check_mc_rcu()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260701235014.73505-1-yuyanghuang@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipv4: igmp: annotate data-races in igmp_heard_query()</title>
<updated>2026-05-02T00:11:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-30T16:48:36+00:00</published>
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Multiple cpus can run igmp_heard_query() concurrently.

Add missing READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() over following in_dev fields.

- mr_qrv
- mr_qi
- mr_qri
- mr_v1_seen
- mr_v2_seen

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: syzbot+ae9a171f239b14485310@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/69f38675.050a0220.3cbe47.0002.GAE@google.com
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260430164836.872079-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Multiple cpus can run igmp_heard_query() concurrently.

Add missing READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() over following in_dev fields.

- mr_qrv
- mr_qi
- mr_qri
- mr_v1_seen
- mr_v2_seen

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: syzbot+ae9a171f239b14485310@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/69f38675.050a0220.3cbe47.0002.GAE@google.com
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260430164836.872079-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f'/>
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<content type='text'>
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipv4: igmp: annotate data-races around idev-&gt;mr_maxdelay</title>
<updated>2026-01-25T22:45:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-22T17:22:47+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=e4faaf65a75f650ac4366ddff5dabb826029ca5a'/>
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<content type='text'>
idev-&gt;mr_maxdelay is read and written locklessly,
add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations.

While we are at it, make this field an u32.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260122172247.2429403-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
idev-&gt;mr_maxdelay is read and written locklessly,
add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations.

While we are at it, make this field an u32.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260122172247.2429403-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipv4: adopt dst_dev, skb_dst_dev and skb_dst_dev_net[_rcu]</title>
<updated>2025-07-02T21:32:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-30T12:19:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=a74fc62eec155ca5a6da8ff3856f3dc87fe24558'/>
<id>a74fc62eec155ca5a6da8ff3856f3dc87fe24558</id>
<content type='text'>
Use the new helpers as a first step to deal with
potential dst-&gt;dev races.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-8-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Use the new helpers as a first step to deal with
potential dst-&gt;dev races.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-8-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of()</title>
<updated>2025-06-08T07:07:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-09T05:51:14+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=41cb08555c4164996d67c78b3bf1c658075b75f1'/>
<id>41cb08555c4164996d67c78b3bf1c658075b75f1</id>
<content type='text'>
Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace.

[ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ]

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

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Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace.

[ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ]

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]()</title>
<updated>2025-04-05T08:30:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-05T08:17:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=8fa7292fee5c5240402371ea89ab285ec856c916'/>
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<content type='text'>
timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree
over and remove the historical wrapper inlines.

Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree
over and remove the historical wrapper inlines.

Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netlink: support dumping IPv4 multicast addresses</title>
<updated>2025-02-11T10:26:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yuyang Huang</name>
<email>yuyanghuang@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-07T11:08:35+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=eb4e17a1d915d3c550e5a58c4bf370659dbe0dc8'/>
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<content type='text'>
Extended RTM_GETMULTICAST to support dumping joined IPv4 multicast
addresses, in addition to the existing IPv6 functionality. This allows
userspace applications to retrieve both IPv4 and IPv6 multicast
addresses through similar netlink command and then monitor future
changes by registering to RTNLGRP_IPV4_MCADDR and RTNLGRP_IPV6_MCADDR.

Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski &lt;maze@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti &lt;lorenzo@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250207110836.2407224-1-yuyanghuang@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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<pre>
Extended RTM_GETMULTICAST to support dumping joined IPv4 multicast
addresses, in addition to the existing IPv6 functionality. This allows
userspace applications to retrieve both IPv4 and IPv6 multicast
addresses through similar netlink command and then monitor future
changes by registering to RTNLGRP_IPV4_MCADDR and RTNLGRP_IPV6_MCADDR.

Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski &lt;maze@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti &lt;lorenzo@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250207110836.2407224-1-yuyanghuang@google.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netlink: correct nlmsg size for multicast notifications</title>
<updated>2024-12-23T18:26:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yuyang Huang</name>
<email>yuyanghuang@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-21T10:00:07+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=aa4ad7c3f283fa94b80cf84605661700aa39d708'/>
<id>aa4ad7c3f283fa94b80cf84605661700aa39d708</id>
<content type='text'>
Corrected the netlink message size calculation for multicast group
join/leave notifications. The previous calculation did not account for
the inclusion of both IPv4/IPv6 addresses and ifa_cacheinfo in the
payload. This fix ensures that the allocated message size is
sufficient to hold all necessary information.

This patch also includes the following improvements:
* Uses GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when holding the RTNL mutex.
* Uses nla_total_size(sizeof(struct in6_addr)) instead of
  nla_total_size(16).
* Removes unnecessary EXPORT_SYMBOL().

Fixes: 2c2b61d2138f ("netlink: add IGMP/MLD join/leave notifications")
Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski &lt;maze@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti &lt;lorenzo@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241221100007.1910089-1-yuyanghuang@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Corrected the netlink message size calculation for multicast group
join/leave notifications. The previous calculation did not account for
the inclusion of both IPv4/IPv6 addresses and ifa_cacheinfo in the
payload. This fix ensures that the allocated message size is
sufficient to hold all necessary information.

This patch also includes the following improvements:
* Uses GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when holding the RTNL mutex.
* Uses nla_total_size(sizeof(struct in6_addr)) instead of
  nla_total_size(16).
* Removes unnecessary EXPORT_SYMBOL().

Fixes: 2c2b61d2138f ("netlink: add IGMP/MLD join/leave notifications")
Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski &lt;maze@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti &lt;lorenzo@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241221100007.1910089-1-yuyanghuang@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netlink: add IGMP/MLD join/leave notifications</title>
<updated>2024-12-15T12:31:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yuyang Huang</name>
<email>yuyanghuang@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-11T08:22:41+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=2c2b61d2138f472e50b5531ec0cb4a1485837e21'/>
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<content type='text'>
This change introduces netlink notifications for multicast address
changes. The following features are included:
* Addition and deletion of multicast addresses are reported using
  RTM_NEWMULTICAST and RTM_DELMULTICAST messages with AF_INET and
  AF_INET6.
* Two new notification groups: RTNLGRP_IPV4_MCADDR and
  RTNLGRP_IPV6_MCADDR are introduced for receiving these events.

This change allows user space applications (e.g., ip monitor) to
efficiently track multicast group memberships by listening for netlink
events. Previously, applications relied on inefficient polling of
procfs, introducing delays. With netlink notifications, applications
receive realtime updates on multicast group membership changes,
enabling more precise metrics collection and system monitoring. 

This change also unlocks the potential for implementing a wide range
of sophisticated multicast related features in user space by allowing
applications to combine kernel provided multicast address information
with user space data and communicate decisions back to the kernel for
more fine grained control. This mechanism can be used for various
purposes, including multicast filtering, IGMP/MLD offload, and
IGMP/MLD snooping.

Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski &lt;maze@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti &lt;lorenzo@google.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Patrick Ruddy &lt;pruddy@vyatta.att-mail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Patrick Ruddy &lt;pruddy@vyatta.att-mail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20180906091056.21109-1-pruddy@vyatta.att-mail.com
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This change introduces netlink notifications for multicast address
changes. The following features are included:
* Addition and deletion of multicast addresses are reported using
  RTM_NEWMULTICAST and RTM_DELMULTICAST messages with AF_INET and
  AF_INET6.
* Two new notification groups: RTNLGRP_IPV4_MCADDR and
  RTNLGRP_IPV6_MCADDR are introduced for receiving these events.

This change allows user space applications (e.g., ip monitor) to
efficiently track multicast group memberships by listening for netlink
events. Previously, applications relied on inefficient polling of
procfs, introducing delays. With netlink notifications, applications
receive realtime updates on multicast group membership changes,
enabling more precise metrics collection and system monitoring. 

This change also unlocks the potential for implementing a wide range
of sophisticated multicast related features in user space by allowing
applications to combine kernel provided multicast address information
with user space data and communicate decisions back to the kernel for
more fine grained control. This mechanism can be used for various
purposes, including multicast filtering, IGMP/MLD offload, and
IGMP/MLD snooping.

Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski &lt;maze@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti &lt;lorenzo@google.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Patrick Ruddy &lt;pruddy@vyatta.att-mail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Patrick Ruddy &lt;pruddy@vyatta.att-mail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20180906091056.21109-1-pruddy@vyatta.att-mail.com
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang &lt;yuyanghuang@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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