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<title>linux.git/include/net/ping.h, branch v7.1-rc4</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>net: remove addr_len argument of recvmsg() handlers</title>
<updated>2026-03-03T02:17:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T15:11:20+00:00</published>
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Use msg-&gt;msg_namelen as a place holder instead of a
temporary variable, notably in inet[6]_recvmsg().

This removes stack canaries and allows tail-calls.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/19 up/down: 26/-532 (-506)
Function                                     old     new   delta
rawv6_recvmsg                                744     767     +23
vsock_dgram_recvmsg                           55      58      +3
vsock_connectible_recvmsg                     50      47      -3
unix_stream_recvmsg                          161     158      -3
unix_seqpacket_recvmsg                        62      59      -3
unix_dgram_recvmsg                            42      39      -3
tcp_recvmsg                                  546     543      -3
mptcp_recvmsg                               1568    1565      -3
ping_recvmsg                                 806     800      -6
tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser                       983     974      -9
ip_recv_error                                588     576     -12
ipv6_recv_rxpmtu                             442     428     -14
udp_recvmsg                                 1243    1224     -19
ipv6_recv_error                             1046    1024     -22
udpv6_recvmsg                               1487    1461     -26
raw_recvmsg                                  465     437     -28
udp_bpf_recvmsg                             1027     984     -43
sock_common_recvmsg                          103      27     -76
inet_recvmsg                                 257     175     -82
inet6_recvmsg                                257     175     -82
tcp_bpf_recvmsg                              663     568     -95
Total: Before=25143834, After=25143328, chg -0.00%

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/20260227151120.1346573-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Use msg-&gt;msg_namelen as a place holder instead of a
temporary variable, notably in inet[6]_recvmsg().

This removes stack canaries and allows tail-calls.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/19 up/down: 26/-532 (-506)
Function                                     old     new   delta
rawv6_recvmsg                                744     767     +23
vsock_dgram_recvmsg                           55      58      +3
vsock_connectible_recvmsg                     50      47      -3
unix_stream_recvmsg                          161     158      -3
unix_seqpacket_recvmsg                        62      59      -3
unix_dgram_recvmsg                            42      39      -3
tcp_recvmsg                                  546     543      -3
mptcp_recvmsg                               1568    1565      -3
ping_recvmsg                                 806     800      -6
tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser                       983     974      -9
ip_recv_error                                588     576     -12
ipv6_recv_rxpmtu                             442     428     -14
udp_recvmsg                                 1243    1224     -19
ipv6_recv_error                             1046    1024     -22
udpv6_recvmsg                               1487    1461     -26
raw_recvmsg                                  465     437     -28
udp_bpf_recvmsg                             1027     984     -43
sock_common_recvmsg                          103      27     -76
inet_recvmsg                                 257     175     -82
inet6_recvmsg                                257     175     -82
tcp_bpf_recvmsg                              663     568     -95
Total: Before=25143834, After=25143328, chg -0.00%

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/20260227151120.1346573-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Convert proto callbacks from sockaddr to sockaddr_unsized</title>
<updated>2025-11-05T03:10:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-04T00:26:13+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
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 &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-5-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
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 &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104002617.2752303-5-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>inet: ping: remove ping_hash()</title>
<updated>2025-09-01T20:15:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-29T15:30:52+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
There is no point in keeping ping_hash().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Yue Haibing &lt;yuehaibing@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250829153054.474201-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
There is no point in keeping ping_hash().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Yue Haibing &lt;yuehaibing@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250829153054.474201-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net/ipv4: ping_group_range: allow GID from 2147483648 to 4294967294</title>
<updated>2023-06-02T08:55:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Akihiro Suda</name>
<email>suda.gitsendemail@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-01T03:13:05+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
With this commit, all the GIDs ("0 4294967294") can be written to the
"net.ipv4.ping_group_range" sysctl.

Note that 4294967295 (0xffffffff) is an invalid GID (see gid_valid() in
include/linux/uidgid.h), and an attempt to register this number will cause
-EINVAL.

Prior to this commit, only up to GID 2147483647 could be covered.
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst had "0 4294967295" as an example
value, but this example was wrong and causing -EINVAL.

Fixes: c319b4d76b9e ("net: ipv4: add IPPROTO_ICMP socket kind")
Co-developed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Akihiro Suda &lt;akihiro.suda.cz@hco.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<pre>
With this commit, all the GIDs ("0 4294967294") can be written to the
"net.ipv4.ping_group_range" sysctl.

Note that 4294967295 (0xffffffff) is an invalid GID (see gid_valid() in
include/linux/uidgid.h), and an attempt to register this number will cause
-EINVAL.

Prior to this commit, only up to GID 2147483647 could be covered.
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst had "0 4294967295" as an example
value, but this example was wrong and causing -EINVAL.

Fixes: c319b4d76b9e ("net: ipv4: add IPPROTO_ICMP socket kind")
Co-developed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Akihiro Suda &lt;akihiro.suda.cz@hco.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>inet: ping: use hlist_nulls rcu iterator during lookup</title>
<updated>2022-12-01T11:42:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Florian Westphal</name>
<email>fw@strlen.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-29T14:06:44+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=c25b7a7a565e5eeb2459b37583eea67942057511'/>
<id>c25b7a7a565e5eeb2459b37583eea67942057511</id>
<content type='text'>
ping_lookup() does not acquire the table spinlock, so iteration should
use hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu().

Spotted during code review.

Fixes: dbca1596bbb0 ("ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock")
Cc: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221129140644.28525-1-fw@strlen.de
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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<pre>
ping_lookup() does not acquire the table spinlock, so iteration should
use hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu().

Spotted during code review.

Fixes: dbca1596bbb0 ("ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock")
Cc: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221129140644.28525-1-fw@strlen.de
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: remove noblock parameter from recvmsg() entities</title>
<updated>2022-04-12T13:00:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oliver Hartkopp</name>
<email>socketcan@hartkopp.net</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-11T12:49:55+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
The internal recvmsg() functions have two parameters 'flags' and 'noblock'
that were merged inside skb_recv_datagram(). As a follow up patch to commit
f4b41f062c42 ("net: remove noblock parameter from skb_recv_datagram()")
this patch removes the separate 'noblock' parameter for recvmsg().

Analogue to the referenced patch for skb_recv_datagram() the 'flags' and
'noblock' parameters are unnecessarily split up with e.g.

err = sk-&gt;sk_prot-&gt;recvmsg(sk, msg, size, flags &amp; MSG_DONTWAIT,
                           flags &amp; ~MSG_DONTWAIT, &amp;addr_len);

or in

err = INDIRECT_CALL_2(sk-&gt;sk_prot-&gt;recvmsg, tcp_recvmsg, udp_recvmsg,
                      sk, msg, size, flags &amp; MSG_DONTWAIT,
                      flags &amp; ~MSG_DONTWAIT, &amp;addr_len);

instead of simply using only flags all the time and check for MSG_DONTWAIT
where needed (to preserve for the formerly separated no(n)block condition).

Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp &lt;socketcan@hartkopp.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220411124955.154876-1-socketcan@hartkopp.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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<pre>
The internal recvmsg() functions have two parameters 'flags' and 'noblock'
that were merged inside skb_recv_datagram(). As a follow up patch to commit
f4b41f062c42 ("net: remove noblock parameter from skb_recv_datagram()")
this patch removes the separate 'noblock' parameter for recvmsg().

Analogue to the referenced patch for skb_recv_datagram() the 'flags' and
'noblock' parameters are unnecessarily split up with e.g.

err = sk-&gt;sk_prot-&gt;recvmsg(sk, msg, size, flags &amp; MSG_DONTWAIT,
                           flags &amp; ~MSG_DONTWAIT, &amp;addr_len);

or in

err = INDIRECT_CALL_2(sk-&gt;sk_prot-&gt;recvmsg, tcp_recvmsg, udp_recvmsg,
                      sk, msg, size, flags &amp; MSG_DONTWAIT,
                      flags &amp; ~MSG_DONTWAIT, &amp;addr_len);

instead of simply using only flags all the time and check for MSG_DONTWAIT
where needed (to preserve for the formerly separated no(n)block condition).

Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp &lt;socketcan@hartkopp.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220411124955.154876-1-socketcan@hartkopp.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: icmp: add skb drop reasons to icmp protocol</title>
<updated>2022-04-11T09:38:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Menglong Dong</name>
<email>imagedong@tencent.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-07T06:20:52+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=b384c95a861eebf47e88695cf6a29f34e0b10b0f'/>
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<content type='text'>
Replace kfree_skb() used in icmp_rcv() and icmpv6_rcv() with
kfree_skb_reason().

In order to get the reasons of the skb drops after icmp message handle,
we change the return type of 'handler()' in 'struct icmp_control' from
'bool' to 'enum skb_drop_reason'. This may change its original
intention, as 'false' means failure, but 'SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET' means
success now. Therefore, all 'handler' and the call of them need to be
handled. Following 'handler' functions are involved:

icmp_unreach()
icmp_redirect()
icmp_echo()
icmp_timestamp()
icmp_discard()

And following new drop reasons are added:

SKB_DROP_REASON_ICMP_CSUM
SKB_DROP_REASON_INVALID_PROTO

The reason 'INVALID_PROTO' is introduced for the case that the packet
doesn't follow rfc 1122 and is dropped. This is not a common case, and
I believe we can locate the problem from the data in the packet. For now,
this 'INVALID_PROTO' is used for the icmp broadcasts with wrong types.

Maybe there should be a document file for these reasons. For example,
list all the case that causes the 'UNHANDLED_PROTO' and 'INVALID_PROTO'
drop reason. Therefore, users can locate their problems according to the
document.

Reviewed-by: Hao Peng &lt;flyingpeng@tencent.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiang Biao &lt;benbjiang@tencent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong &lt;imagedong@tencent.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<pre>
Replace kfree_skb() used in icmp_rcv() and icmpv6_rcv() with
kfree_skb_reason().

In order to get the reasons of the skb drops after icmp message handle,
we change the return type of 'handler()' in 'struct icmp_control' from
'bool' to 'enum skb_drop_reason'. This may change its original
intention, as 'false' means failure, but 'SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET' means
success now. Therefore, all 'handler' and the call of them need to be
handled. Following 'handler' functions are involved:

icmp_unreach()
icmp_redirect()
icmp_echo()
icmp_timestamp()
icmp_discard()

And following new drop reasons are added:

SKB_DROP_REASON_ICMP_CSUM
SKB_DROP_REASON_INVALID_PROTO

The reason 'INVALID_PROTO' is introduced for the case that the packet
doesn't follow rfc 1122 and is dropped. This is not a common case, and
I believe we can locate the problem from the data in the packet. For now,
this 'INVALID_PROTO' is used for the icmp broadcasts with wrong types.

Maybe there should be a document file for these reasons. For example,
list all the case that causes the 'UNHANDLED_PROTO' and 'INVALID_PROTO'
drop reason. Therefore, users can locate their problems according to the
document.

Reviewed-by: Hao Peng &lt;flyingpeng@tencent.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiang Biao &lt;benbjiang@tencent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong &lt;imagedong@tencent.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152</title>
<updated>2019-05-30T18:26:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-27T06:55:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=2874c5fd284268364ece81a7bd936f3c8168e567'/>
<id>2874c5fd284268364ece81a7bd936f3c8168e567</id>
<content type='text'>
Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by
  the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at
  your option any later version

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3029 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal &lt;allison@lohutok.net&gt;
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070032.746973796@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by
  the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at
  your option any later version

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3029 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal &lt;allison@lohutok.net&gt;
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070032.746973796@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipv{4,6}/ping: simplify proc file creation</title>
<updated>2018-05-16T05:23:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-10T18:04:20+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=f455022166b57c8693897334508dfa75d3b62b38'/>
<id>f455022166b57c8693897334508dfa75d3b62b38</id>
<content type='text'>
Remove the pointless ping_seq_afinfo indirection and make the code look
like most other protocols.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
</content>
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Remove the pointless ping_seq_afinfo indirection and make the code look
like most other protocols.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: ping: make ping_v6_sendmsg static</title>
<updated>2016-03-24T02:09:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Haishuang Yan</name>
<email>yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-23T09:59:51+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=6579a023a881e0592ce9a98fdfcbcc0a2a096aa7'/>
<id>6579a023a881e0592ce9a98fdfcbcc0a2a096aa7</id>
<content type='text'>
As ping_v6_sendmsg is used only in this file,
making it static

The body of "pingv6_prot" and "pingv6_protosw" were
moved at the middle of the file, to avoid having to
declare some static prototypes.

Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan &lt;yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
As ping_v6_sendmsg is used only in this file,
making it static

The body of "pingv6_prot" and "pingv6_protosw" were
moved at the middle of the file, to avoid having to
declare some static prototypes.

Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan &lt;yanhaishuang@cmss.chinamobile.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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