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<title>linux.git/net/devlink, branch master</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T01:06:51+00:00</published>
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</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>
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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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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>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>devlink: Refactor devlink_rate_nodes_check</title>
<updated>2026-02-03T04:05:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cosmin Ratiu</name>
<email>cratiu@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-28T11:25:35+00:00</published>
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devlink_rate_nodes_check() was used to verify there are no devlink rate
nodes created when switching the esw mode.

Rate management code is about to become more complex, so refactor this
function:
- remove unused param 'mode'.
- add a new 'rate_filter' param.
- rename to devlink_rates_check().
- expose devlink_rate_is_node() to be used as a rate filter.

This makes it more usable from multiple places, so use it from those
places as well.

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran &lt;cjubran@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan &lt;tariqt@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128112544.1661250-6-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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devlink_rate_nodes_check() was used to verify there are no devlink rate
nodes created when switching the esw mode.

Rate management code is about to become more complex, so refactor this
function:
- remove unused param 'mode'.
- add a new 'rate_filter' param.
- rename to devlink_rates_check().
- expose devlink_rate_is_node() to be used as a rate filter.

This makes it more usable from multiple places, so use it from those
places as well.

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran &lt;cjubran@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan &lt;tariqt@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128112544.1661250-6-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>devlink: Reverse locking order for nested instances</title>
<updated>2026-02-03T04:05:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cosmin Ratiu</name>
<email>cratiu@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-28T11:25:33+00:00</published>
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Commit [1] defined the locking expectations for nested devlink
instances: the nested-in devlink instance lock needs to be acquired
before the nested devlink instance lock. The code handling devlink rels
was architected with that assumption in mind.

There are no actual users of double locking yet but that is about to
change in the upcoming patches in the series.

Code operating on nested devlink instances will require also obtaining
the nested-in instance lock, but such code may already be called from a
variety of places with the nested devlink instance lock. Then, there's
no way to acquire the nested-in lock other than making sure that all
callers acquire it first.

Reversing the nested lock order allows incrementally acquiring the
nested-in instance lock when needed (perhaps even a chain of locks up to
the root) without affecting any caller.

The only affected use of nesting is devlink_nl_nested_fill(), which
iterates over nested devlink instances with the RCU lock, without
locking them, so there's no possibility of deadlock.

So this commit just updates a comment regarding the nested locks.

[1] commit c137743bce02b ("devlink: introduce object and nested devlink
relationship infra")

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan &lt;tariqt@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128112544.1661250-4-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit [1] defined the locking expectations for nested devlink
instances: the nested-in devlink instance lock needs to be acquired
before the nested devlink instance lock. The code handling devlink rels
was architected with that assumption in mind.

There are no actual users of double locking yet but that is about to
change in the upcoming patches in the series.

Code operating on nested devlink instances will require also obtaining
the nested-in instance lock, but such code may already be called from a
variety of places with the nested devlink instance lock. Then, there's
no way to acquire the nested-in lock other than making sure that all
callers acquire it first.

Reversing the nested lock order allows incrementally acquiring the
nested-in instance lock when needed (perhaps even a chain of locks up to
the root) without affecting any caller.

The only affected use of nesting is devlink_nl_nested_fill(), which
iterates over nested devlink instances with the RCU lock, without
locking them, so there's no possibility of deadlock.

So this commit just updates a comment regarding the nested locks.

[1] commit c137743bce02b ("devlink: introduce object and nested devlink
relationship infra")

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan &lt;tariqt@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128112544.1661250-4-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tools: ynl-gen: add regeneration comment</title>
<updated>2025-11-26T03:20:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen</name>
<email>ast@fiberby.net</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-20T17:44:27+00:00</published>
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Add a comment on regeneration to the generated files.

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

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

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aR5m174O7pklKrMR@zx2c4.com/
Suggested-by: Jason A. Donenfeld &lt;Jason@zx2c4.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen &lt;ast@fiberby.net&gt;
Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) &lt;matttbe@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251120174429.390574-3-ast@fiberby.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Add a comment on regeneration to the generated files.

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

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

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aR5m174O7pklKrMR@zx2c4.com/
Suggested-by: Jason A. Donenfeld &lt;Jason@zx2c4.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen &lt;ast@fiberby.net&gt;
Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) &lt;matttbe@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251120174429.390574-3-ast@fiberby.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>devlink: support default values for param-get and param-set</title>
<updated>2025-11-21T03:01:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Zahka</name>
<email>daniel.zahka@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-19T02:50:33+00:00</published>
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Support querying and resetting to default param values.

Introduce two new devlink netlink attrs:
DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DEFAULT and
DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_RESET_DEFAULT. The former is used to contain an
optional parameter value inside of the param_value nested
attribute. The latter is used in param-set requests from userspace to
indicate that the driver should reset the param to its default value.

To implement this, two new functions are added to the devlink driver
api: devlink_param::get_default() and
devlink_param::reset_default(). These callbacks allow drivers to
implement default param actions for runtime and permanent cmodes. For
driverinit params, the core latches the last value set by a driver via
devl_param_driverinit_value_set(), and uses that as the default value
for a param.

Because default parameter values are optional, it would be impossible
to discern whether or not a param of type bool has default value of
false or not provided if the default value is encoded using a netlink
flag type. For this reason, when a DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_BOOL has an
associated default value, the default value is encoded using a u8
type.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka &lt;daniel.zahka@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119025038.651131-4-daniel.zahka@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Support querying and resetting to default param values.

Introduce two new devlink netlink attrs:
DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DEFAULT and
DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_RESET_DEFAULT. The former is used to contain an
optional parameter value inside of the param_value nested
attribute. The latter is used in param-set requests from userspace to
indicate that the driver should reset the param to its default value.

To implement this, two new functions are added to the devlink driver
api: devlink_param::get_default() and
devlink_param::reset_default(). These callbacks allow drivers to
implement default param actions for runtime and permanent cmodes. For
driverinit params, the core latches the last value set by a driver via
devl_param_driverinit_value_set(), and uses that as the default value
for a param.

Because default parameter values are optional, it would be impossible
to discern whether or not a param of type bool has default value of
false or not provided if the default value is encoded using a netlink
flag type. For this reason, when a DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_BOOL has an
associated default value, the default value is encoded using a u8
type.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka &lt;daniel.zahka@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119025038.651131-4-daniel.zahka@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>devlink: refactor devlink_nl_param_value_fill_one()</title>
<updated>2025-11-21T03:01:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Zahka</name>
<email>daniel.zahka@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-19T02:50:32+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Lift the param type demux and value attr placement into a separate
function. This new function, devlink_nl_param_put(), can be used to
place additional types values in the value array, e.g., default,
current, next values. This commit has no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka &lt;daniel.zahka@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119025038.651131-3-daniel.zahka@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Lift the param type demux and value attr placement into a separate
function. This new function, devlink_nl_param_put(), can be used to
place additional types values in the value array, e.g., default,
current, next values. This commit has no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka &lt;daniel.zahka@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119025038.651131-3-daniel.zahka@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>devlink: pass extack through to devlink_param::get()</title>
<updated>2025-11-21T03:01:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Zahka</name>
<email>daniel.zahka@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-19T02:50:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=011d133bb988f80d597a9cbdab659414ba7ff72b'/>
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<content type='text'>
Allow devlink_param::get() handlers to report error messages via
extack. This function is called in a few different contexts, but not
all of them will have an valid extack to use.

When devlink_param::get() is called from param_get_doit or
param_get_dumpit contexts, pass the extack through so that drivers can
report errors when retrieving param values. devlink_param::get() is
called from the context of devlink_param_notify(), pass NULL in for
the extack.

Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed &lt;saeedm@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov &lt;aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka &lt;daniel.zahka@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119025038.651131-2-daniel.zahka@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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Allow devlink_param::get() handlers to report error messages via
extack. This function is called in a few different contexts, but not
all of them will have an valid extack to use.

When devlink_param::get() is called from param_get_doit or
param_get_dumpit contexts, pass the extack through so that drivers can
report errors when retrieving param values. devlink_param::get() is
called from the context of devlink_param_notify(), pass NULL in for
the extack.

Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed &lt;saeedm@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov &lt;aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka &lt;daniel.zahka@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251119025038.651131-2-daniel.zahka@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2025-11-20T17:13:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-20T17:12:41+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=9e203721ec6117b2f4436a26662413764fd669f0'/>
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<content type='text'>
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.18-rc7).

No conflicts, adjacent changes:

tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
  e1bb28bf13f4 ("selftest: af_unix: Add test for SO_PEEK_OFF.")
  45a1cd8346ca ("selftests: af_unix: Add tests for ECONNRESET and EOF semantics")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.18-rc7).

No conflicts, adjacent changes:

tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
  e1bb28bf13f4 ("selftest: af_unix: Add test for SO_PEEK_OFF.")
  45a1cd8346ca ("selftests: af_unix: Add tests for ECONNRESET and EOF semantics")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
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