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<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<title>kernfs: pass struct ns_common instead of const void * for namespace tags</title>
<updated>2026-04-09T12:36:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Brauner</name>
<email>brauner@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-01T10:15:58+00:00</published>
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kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags
used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of
this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are
cast to void *.

Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct
ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers.
This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(),
and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags.

Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require
access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be
converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via
container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction.

This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory
iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of
raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags
used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of
this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are
cast to void *.

Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct
ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers.
This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(),
and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags.

Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require
access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be
converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via
container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction.

This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory
iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of
raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bonding: prevent potential infinite loop in bond_header_parse()</title>
<updated>2026-03-17T02:29:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-15T10:41:52+00:00</published>
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bond_header_parse() can loop if a stack of two bonding devices is setup,
because skb-&gt;dev always points to the hierarchy top.

Add new "const struct net_device *dev" parameter to
(struct header_ops)-&gt;parse() method to make sure the recursion
is bounded, and that the final leaf parse method is called.

Fixes: 950803f72547 ("bonding: fix type confusion in bond_setup_by_slave()")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Tested-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Cc: Jay Vosburgh &lt;jv@jvosburgh.net&gt;
Cc: Andrew Lunn &lt;andrew+netdev@lunn.ch&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260315104152.1436867-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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bond_header_parse() can loop if a stack of two bonding devices is setup,
because skb-&gt;dev always points to the hierarchy top.

Add new "const struct net_device *dev" parameter to
(struct header_ops)-&gt;parse() method to make sure the recursion
is bounded, and that the final leaf parse method is called.

Fixes: 950803f72547 ("bonding: fix type confusion in bond_setup_by_slave()")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Tested-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Cc: Jay Vosburgh &lt;jv@jvosburgh.net&gt;
Cc: Andrew Lunn &lt;andrew+netdev@lunn.ch&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260315104152.1436867-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ip_tunnel: adapt iptunnel_xmit_stats() to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS</title>
<updated>2026-03-13T02:24:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-11T12:31:10+00:00</published>
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Blamed commits forgot that vxlan/geneve use udp_tunnel[6]_xmit_skb() which
call iptunnel_xmit_stats().

iptunnel_xmit_stats() was assuming tunnels were only using
NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS.

@syncp offset in pcpu_sw_netstats and pcpu_dstats is different.

32bit kernels would either have corruptions or freezes if the syncp
sequence was overwritten.

This patch also moves pcpu_stat_type closer to dev-&gt;{t,d}stats to avoid
a potential cache line miss since iptunnel_xmit_stats() needs to read it.

Fixes: 6fa6de302246 ("geneve: Handle stats using NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS.")
Fixes: be226352e8dc ("vxlan: Handle stats using NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS.")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260311123110.1471930-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Blamed commits forgot that vxlan/geneve use udp_tunnel[6]_xmit_skb() which
call iptunnel_xmit_stats().

iptunnel_xmit_stats() was assuming tunnels were only using
NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS.

@syncp offset in pcpu_sw_netstats and pcpu_dstats is different.

32bit kernels would either have corruptions or freezes if the syncp
sequence was overwritten.

This patch also moves pcpu_stat_type closer to dev-&gt;{t,d}stats to avoid
a potential cache line miss since iptunnel_xmit_stats() needs to read it.

Fixes: 6fa6de302246 ("geneve: Handle stats using NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS.")
Fixes: be226352e8dc ("vxlan: Handle stats using NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS.")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260311123110.1471930-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions</title>
<updated>2026-03-10T12:30:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Weiming Shi</name>
<email>bestswngs@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-06T16:01:34+00:00</published>
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Tunnel xmit functions (iptunnel_xmit, ip6tunnel_xmit) lack their own
recursion limit. When a bond device in broadcast mode has GRE tap
interfaces as slaves, and those GRE tunnels route back through the
bond, multicast/broadcast traffic triggers infinite recursion between
bond_xmit_broadcast() and ip_tunnel_xmit()/ip6_tnl_xmit(), causing
kernel stack overflow.

The existing XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT (8) in the no-qdisc path is not
sufficient because tunnel recursion involves route lookups and full IP
output, consuming much more stack per level. Use a lower limit of 4
(IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT) to prevent overflow.

Add recursion detection using dev_xmit_recursion helpers directly in
iptunnel_xmit() and ip6tunnel_xmit() to cover all IPv4/IPv6 tunnel
paths including UDP encapsulated tunnels (VXLAN, Geneve, etc.).

Move dev_xmit_recursion helpers from net/core/dev.h to public header
include/linux/netdevice.h so they can be used by tunnel code.

 BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in blake2s.constprop.0+0xe7/0x160
 Write of size 32 at addr ffff88810033fed0 by task kworker/0:1/11
 Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  __build_flow_key.constprop.0 (net/ipv4/route.c:515)
  ip_rt_update_pmtu (net/ipv4/route.c:1073)
  iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:84)
  ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
  gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
  bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
  bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
  bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
  ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
  ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
  iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
  gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
  bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
  bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
  bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
  ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
  ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
  iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
  ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
  gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
  bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
  bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
  bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
  mld_sendpack
  mld_ifc_work
  process_one_work
  worker_thread
  &lt;/TASK&gt;

Fixes: 745e20f1b626 ("net: add a recursion limit in xmit path")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306160133.3852900-2-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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Tunnel xmit functions (iptunnel_xmit, ip6tunnel_xmit) lack their own
recursion limit. When a bond device in broadcast mode has GRE tap
interfaces as slaves, and those GRE tunnels route back through the
bond, multicast/broadcast traffic triggers infinite recursion between
bond_xmit_broadcast() and ip_tunnel_xmit()/ip6_tnl_xmit(), causing
kernel stack overflow.

The existing XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT (8) in the no-qdisc path is not
sufficient because tunnel recursion involves route lookups and full IP
output, consuming much more stack per level. Use a lower limit of 4
(IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT) to prevent overflow.

Add recursion detection using dev_xmit_recursion helpers directly in
iptunnel_xmit() and ip6tunnel_xmit() to cover all IPv4/IPv6 tunnel
paths including UDP encapsulated tunnels (VXLAN, Geneve, etc.).

Move dev_xmit_recursion helpers from net/core/dev.h to public header
include/linux/netdevice.h so they can be used by tunnel code.

 BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in blake2s.constprop.0+0xe7/0x160
 Write of size 32 at addr ffff88810033fed0 by task kworker/0:1/11
 Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  __build_flow_key.constprop.0 (net/ipv4/route.c:515)
  ip_rt_update_pmtu (net/ipv4/route.c:1073)
  iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:84)
  ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
  gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
  bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
  bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
  bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
  ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
  ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
  iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
  gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
  bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
  bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
  bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
  ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
  ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
  iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
  ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
  gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
  bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
  bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
  bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
  mld_sendpack
  mld_ifc_work
  process_one_work
  worker_thread
  &lt;/TASK&gt;

Fixes: 745e20f1b626 ("net: add a recursion limit in xmit path")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306160133.3852900-2-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Provide a PREEMPT_RT specific check for netdev_queue::_xmit_lock</title>
<updated>2026-03-05T11:14:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sebastian Andrzej Siewior</name>
<email>bigeasy@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-02T16:26:31+00:00</published>
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After acquiring netdev_queue::_xmit_lock the number of the CPU owning
the lock is recorded in netdev_queue::xmit_lock_owner. This works as
long as the BH context is not preemptible.

On PREEMPT_RT the softirq context is preemptible and without the
softirq-lock it is possible to have multiple user in __dev_queue_xmit()
submitting a skb on the same CPU. This is fine in general but this means
also that the current CPU is recorded as netdev_queue::xmit_lock_owner.
This in turn leads to the recursion alert and the skb is dropped.

Instead checking the for CPU number, that owns the lock, PREEMPT_RT can
check if the lockowner matches the current task.

Add netif_tx_owned() which returns true if the current context owns the
lock by comparing the provided CPU number with the recorded number. This
resembles the current check by negating the condition (the current check
returns true if the lock is not owned).
On PREEMPT_RT use rt_mutex_owner() to return the lock owner and compare
the current task against it.
Use the new helper in __dev_queue_xmit() and netif_local_xmit_active()
which provides a similar check.
Update comments regarding pairing READ_ONCE().

Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki &lt;spasswolf@web.de&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260216134333.412332-1-spasswolf@web.de
Fixes: 3253cb49cbad4 ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki &lt;spasswolf@web.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302162631.uGUyIqDT@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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After acquiring netdev_queue::_xmit_lock the number of the CPU owning
the lock is recorded in netdev_queue::xmit_lock_owner. This works as
long as the BH context is not preemptible.

On PREEMPT_RT the softirq context is preemptible and without the
softirq-lock it is possible to have multiple user in __dev_queue_xmit()
submitting a skb on the same CPU. This is fine in general but this means
also that the current CPU is recorded as netdev_queue::xmit_lock_owner.
This in turn leads to the recursion alert and the skb is dropped.

Instead checking the for CPU number, that owns the lock, PREEMPT_RT can
check if the lockowner matches the current task.

Add netif_tx_owned() which returns true if the current context owns the
lock by comparing the provided CPU number with the recorded number. This
resembles the current check by negating the condition (the current check
returns true if the lock is not owned).
On PREEMPT_RT use rt_mutex_owner() to return the lock owner and compare
the current task against it.
Use the new helper in __dev_queue_xmit() and netif_local_xmit_active()
which provides a similar check.
Update comments regarding pairing READ_ONCE().

Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki &lt;spasswolf@web.de&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260216134333.412332-1-spasswolf@web.de
Fixes: 3253cb49cbad4 ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki &lt;spasswolf@web.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302162631.uGUyIqDT@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: expand NETDEV_RSS_KEY_LEN to 256 bytes</title>
<updated>2026-01-25T21:20:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-22T19:03:49+00:00</published>
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NETDEV_RSS_KEY_LEN has been set to 52 bytes in 2014, until now.

Jakub suggested we bump the size to 128 bytes or more.

Some drivers (like idpf) were already working around the core limit.

Since this change might cause some issues in admin scripts,
bump it directly to 256 in one go.

tjbp26:~# cat /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key | wc -c
768

tjbp26:~# ethtool -x eth1
RX flow hash indirection table for eth1 with 32 RX ring(s):
...
RSS hash key:
fe:16:5b:2f:93:85:c2:c9:c1:ef:bd:60:c6:e0:2b:99:4d:bf:b7:14:c8:1e:8d:cb:31:17:51:da:55:eb:91:d9:9e:f9:89:9b:44:a1:dc:08:72:3a:b3:d6:31:86:9a:fe:02:3a:0d:eb:a1:7c:f5:a3:51:3b:08:56:c9:3f:71:69:01:ba:70:38
RSS hash function:
    toeplitz: on
    xor: off
    crc32: off

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260122075206.504ec591@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn &lt;willemb@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260122190349.2771064-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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NETDEV_RSS_KEY_LEN has been set to 52 bytes in 2014, until now.

Jakub suggested we bump the size to 128 bytes or more.

Some drivers (like idpf) were already working around the core limit.

Since this change might cause some issues in admin scripts,
bump it directly to 256 in one go.

tjbp26:~# cat /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_rss_key | wc -c
768

tjbp26:~# ethtool -x eth1
RX flow hash indirection table for eth1 with 32 RX ring(s):
...
RSS hash key:
fe:16:5b:2f:93:85:c2:c9:c1:ef:bd:60:c6:e0:2b:99:4d:bf:b7:14:c8:1e:8d:cb:31:17:51:da:55:eb:91:d9:9e:f9:89:9b:44:a1:dc:08:72:3a:b3:d6:31:86:9a:fe:02:3a:0d:eb:a1:7c:f5:a3:51:3b:08:56:c9:3f:71:69:01:ba:70:38
RSS hash function:
    toeplitz: on
    xor: off
    crc32: off

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260122075206.504ec591@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn &lt;willemb@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260122190349.2771064-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: introduce mangleid_features</title>
<updated>2026-01-23T19:31:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Abeni</name>
<email>pabeni@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-21T16:11:27+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=31c5a71d982b57df75858974634c2f0a338f2fc6'/>
<id>31c5a71d982b57df75858974634c2f0a338f2fc6</id>
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Some/most devices implementing gso_partial need to disable the GSO partial
features when the IP ID can't be mangled; to that extend each of them
implements something alike the following[1]:

	if (skb-&gt;encapsulation &amp;&amp; !(features &amp; NETIF_F_TSO_MANGLEID))
		features &amp;= ~NETIF_F_TSO;

in the ndo_features_check() op, which leads to a bit of duplicate code.

Later patch in the series will implement GSO partial support for virtual
devices, and the current status quo will require more duplicate code and
a new indirect call in the TX path for them.

Introduce the mangleid_features mask, allowing the core to disable NIC
features based on/requiring MANGLEID, without any further intervention
from the driver.

The same functionality could be alternatively implemented adding a single
boolean flag to the struct net_device, but would require an additional
checks in ndo_features_check().

Also note that [1] is incorrect if the NIC additionally implements
NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4, mangleid_features transparently handle even such a
case.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/5a7cdaeea40b0a29b88e525b6c942d73ed3b8ce7.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Some/most devices implementing gso_partial need to disable the GSO partial
features when the IP ID can't be mangled; to that extend each of them
implements something alike the following[1]:

	if (skb-&gt;encapsulation &amp;&amp; !(features &amp; NETIF_F_TSO_MANGLEID))
		features &amp;= ~NETIF_F_TSO;

in the ndo_features_check() op, which leads to a bit of duplicate code.

Later patch in the series will implement GSO partial support for virtual
devices, and the current status quo will require more duplicate code and
a new indirect call in the TX path for them.

Introduce the mangleid_features mask, allowing the core to disable NIC
features based on/requiring MANGLEID, without any further intervention
from the driver.

The same functionality could be alternatively implemented adding a single
boolean flag to the struct net_device, but would require an additional
checks in ndo_features_check().

Also note that [1] is incorrect if the NIC additionally implements
NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4, mangleid_features transparently handle even such a
case.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/5a7cdaeea40b0a29b88e525b6c942d73ed3b8ce7.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Revert "Merge branch 'netkit-support-for-io_uring-zero-copy-and-af_xdp'"</title>
<updated>2026-01-21T02:06:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-21T02:04:55+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=8766d61a1d33cb5f15bfdd6ce9832bbe1fc649c2'/>
<id>8766d61a1d33cb5f15bfdd6ce9832bbe1fc649c2</id>
<content type='text'>
This reverts commit 77b9c4a438fc66e2ab004c411056b3fb71a54f2c, reversing
changes made to 4515ec4ad58a37e70a9e1256c0b993958c9b7497:

 931420a2fc36 ("selftests/net: Add netkit container tests")
 ab771c938d9a ("selftests/net: Make NetDrvContEnv support queue leasing")
 6be87fbb2776 ("selftests/net: Add env for container based tests")
 61d99ce3dfc2 ("selftests/net: Add bpf skb forwarding program")
 920da3634194 ("netkit: Add xsk support for af_xdp applications")
 eef51113f8af ("netkit: Add netkit notifier to check for unregistering devices")
 b5ef109d22d4 ("netkit: Implement rtnl_link_ops-&gt;alloc and ndo_queue_create")
 b5c3fa4a0b16 ("netkit: Add single device mode for netkit")
 0073d2fd679d ("xsk: Proxy pool management for leased queues")
 1ecea95dd3b5 ("xsk: Extend xsk_rcv_check validation")
 804bf334d08a ("net: Proxy netdev_queue_get_dma_dev for leased queues")
 0caa9a8ddec3 ("net: Proxy net_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues")
 ff8889ff9107 ("net, ethtool: Disallow leased real rxqs to be resized")
 9e2103f36110 ("net: Add lease info to queue-get response")
 31127deddef4 ("net: Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit")
 a5546e18f77c ("net: Add queue-create operation")

The series will conflict with io_uring work, and the code needs more
polish.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
This reverts commit 77b9c4a438fc66e2ab004c411056b3fb71a54f2c, reversing
changes made to 4515ec4ad58a37e70a9e1256c0b993958c9b7497:

 931420a2fc36 ("selftests/net: Add netkit container tests")
 ab771c938d9a ("selftests/net: Make NetDrvContEnv support queue leasing")
 6be87fbb2776 ("selftests/net: Add env for container based tests")
 61d99ce3dfc2 ("selftests/net: Add bpf skb forwarding program")
 920da3634194 ("netkit: Add xsk support for af_xdp applications")
 eef51113f8af ("netkit: Add netkit notifier to check for unregistering devices")
 b5ef109d22d4 ("netkit: Implement rtnl_link_ops-&gt;alloc and ndo_queue_create")
 b5c3fa4a0b16 ("netkit: Add single device mode for netkit")
 0073d2fd679d ("xsk: Proxy pool management for leased queues")
 1ecea95dd3b5 ("xsk: Extend xsk_rcv_check validation")
 804bf334d08a ("net: Proxy netdev_queue_get_dma_dev for leased queues")
 0caa9a8ddec3 ("net: Proxy net_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues")
 ff8889ff9107 ("net, ethtool: Disallow leased real rxqs to be resized")
 9e2103f36110 ("net: Add lease info to queue-get response")
 31127deddef4 ("net: Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit")
 a5546e18f77c ("net: Add queue-create operation")

The series will conflict with io_uring work, and the code needs more
polish.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netkit: Add netkit notifier to check for unregistering devices</title>
<updated>2026-01-20T10:58:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Borkmann</name>
<email>daniel@iogearbox.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-15T08:25:58+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=eef51113f8afd35c69cbf3702e0ecd55263f2416'/>
<id>eef51113f8afd35c69cbf3702e0ecd55263f2416</id>
<content type='text'>
Add a netdevice notifier in netkit to watch for NETDEV_UNREGISTER events.
If the target device is indeed NETREG_UNREGISTERING and previously leased
a queue to a netkit device, then collect the related netkit devices and
batch-unregister_netdevice_many() them.

If this would not be done, then the netkit device would hold a reference
on the physical device preventing it from going away. However, in case of
both io_uring zero-copy as well as AF_XDP this situation is handled
gracefully and the allocated resources are torn down.

In the case where mentioned infra is used through netkit, the applications
have a reference on netkit, and netkit in turn holds a reference on the
physical device. In order to have netkit release the reference on the
physical device, we need such watcher to then unregister the netkit ones.

This is generally quite similar to the dependency handling in case of
tunnels (e.g. vxlan bound to a underlying netdev) where the tunnel device
gets removed along with the physical device.

  # ip a
  [...]
  4: enp10s0f0np0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/ether e8:eb:d3:a3:43:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      inet 10.0.0.2/24 scope global enp10s0f0np0
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
  [...]
  8: nk@NONE: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOARP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
  [...]

  # rmmod mlx5_ib
  # rmmod mlx5_core

  [  309.261822] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0 mlx5_0: Port: 1 Link DOWN
  [  344.235236] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: Unload vfs: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  344.246948] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  344.463754] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  344.770155] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: cleanup
  [  345.345709] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: Unload vfs: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  345.357524] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  350.995989] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  351.574396] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: cleanup

  # ip a
  [...]
  [ both enp10s0f0np0 and nk gone ]
  [...]

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Co-developed-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115082603.219152-12-daniel@iogearbox.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

</content>
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<pre>
Add a netdevice notifier in netkit to watch for NETDEV_UNREGISTER events.
If the target device is indeed NETREG_UNREGISTERING and previously leased
a queue to a netkit device, then collect the related netkit devices and
batch-unregister_netdevice_many() them.

If this would not be done, then the netkit device would hold a reference
on the physical device preventing it from going away. However, in case of
both io_uring zero-copy as well as AF_XDP this situation is handled
gracefully and the allocated resources are torn down.

In the case where mentioned infra is used through netkit, the applications
have a reference on netkit, and netkit in turn holds a reference on the
physical device. In order to have netkit release the reference on the
physical device, we need such watcher to then unregister the netkit ones.

This is generally quite similar to the dependency handling in case of
tunnels (e.g. vxlan bound to a underlying netdev) where the tunnel device
gets removed along with the physical device.

  # ip a
  [...]
  4: enp10s0f0np0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/ether e8:eb:d3:a3:43:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      inet 10.0.0.2/24 scope global enp10s0f0np0
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
  [...]
  8: nk@NONE: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOARP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
  [...]

  # rmmod mlx5_ib
  # rmmod mlx5_core

  [  309.261822] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0 mlx5_0: Port: 1 Link DOWN
  [  344.235236] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: Unload vfs: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  344.246948] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  344.463754] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  344.770155] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.1: E-Switch: cleanup
  [  345.345709] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: Unload vfs: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  345.357524] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  350.995989] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)
  [  351.574396] mlx5_core 0000:0a:00.0: E-Switch: cleanup

  # ip a
  [...]
  [ both enp10s0f0np0 and nk gone ]
  [...]

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Co-developed-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115082603.219152-12-daniel@iogearbox.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netdev: preserve NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL across TSO updates</title>
<updated>2026-01-04T18:26:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Di Zhu</name>
<email>zhud@hygon.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-24T01:22:24+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=02d1e1a3f9239cdb3ecf2c6d365fb959d1bf39df'/>
<id>02d1e1a3f9239cdb3ecf2c6d365fb959d1bf39df</id>
<content type='text'>
Directly increment the TSO features incurs a side effect: it will also
directly clear the flags in NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL on the master device,
which can cause issues such as the inability to enable the nocache copy
feature on the bonding driver.

The fix is to include NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL in the update mask, thereby
preventing it from being cleared.

Fixes: b0ce3508b25e ("bonding: allow TSO being set on bonding master")
Signed-off-by: Di Zhu &lt;zhud@hygon.cn&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251224012224.56185-1-zhud@hygon.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Directly increment the TSO features incurs a side effect: it will also
directly clear the flags in NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL on the master device,
which can cause issues such as the inability to enable the nocache copy
feature on the bonding driver.

The fix is to include NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL in the update mask, thereby
preventing it from being cleared.

Fixes: b0ce3508b25e ("bonding: allow TSO being set on bonding master")
Signed-off-by: Di Zhu &lt;zhud@hygon.cn&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251224012224.56185-1-zhud@hygon.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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