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<title>ipvs: ensure inner headers in ICMP errors are in headroom</title>
<updated>2026-07-08T13:33:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Julian Anastasov</name>
<email>ja@ssi.bg</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-07T18:25:46+00:00</published>
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Sashiko points out that after stripping the outer headers
with pskb_pull() we should ensure the inner IP headers
in ICMP errors from tunnels are present in the skb headroom
for functions like ipv4_update_pmtu(), icmp_send() and
IP_VS_DBG().

Also, add more checks for the length of the inner headers.

Fixes: f2edb9f7706d ("ipvs: implement passive PMTUD for IPIP packets")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260702073430.67680-1-zhaoyz24%40mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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Sashiko points out that after stripping the outer headers
with pskb_pull() we should ensure the inner IP headers
in ICMP errors from tunnels are present in the skb headroom
for functions like ipv4_update_pmtu(), icmp_send() and
IP_VS_DBG().

Also, add more checks for the length of the inner headers.

Fixes: f2edb9f7706d ("ipvs: implement passive PMTUD for IPIP packets")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260702073430.67680-1-zhaoyz24%40mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ipvs: use parsed transport offset in SCTP state lookup</title>
<updated>2026-07-08T13:33:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yizhou Zhao</name>
<email>zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-06T10:16:24+00:00</published>
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set_sctp_state() reads the SCTP chunk header again in order to drive the
IPVS SCTP state table. For IPv6 it computes the offset with
sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), while the surrounding IPVS code uses iph.len from
ip_vs_fill_iph_skb(), where ipv6_find_hdr() has already skipped
extension headers and found the real transport header.

This makes the state machine read from the wrong offset for IPv6 SCTP
packets that carry extension headers. For example, an INIT packet with an
8-byte destination options header can be scheduled correctly by
sctp_conn_schedule(), but set_sctp_state() reads the first byte of the
SCTP verification tag as a DATA chunk type. The connection then moves
from NONE to ESTABLISHED instead of INIT1, gets the longer established
timeout, and updates the active/inactive destination counters
incorrectly. This happens even though the SCTP handshake has not
completed.

Use the parsed transport offset passed down from ip_vs_set_state() for
the SCTP chunk-header lookup. For IPv4 and IPv6 packets without
extension headers this preserves the existing offset.

Fixes: 2906f66a5682 ("ipvs: SCTP Trasport Loadbalancing Support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260705123040.35755-1-zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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set_sctp_state() reads the SCTP chunk header again in order to drive the
IPVS SCTP state table. For IPv6 it computes the offset with
sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), while the surrounding IPVS code uses iph.len from
ip_vs_fill_iph_skb(), where ipv6_find_hdr() has already skipped
extension headers and found the real transport header.

This makes the state machine read from the wrong offset for IPv6 SCTP
packets that carry extension headers. For example, an INIT packet with an
8-byte destination options header can be scheduled correctly by
sctp_conn_schedule(), but set_sctp_state() reads the first byte of the
SCTP verification tag as a DATA chunk type. The connection then moves
from NONE to ESTABLISHED instead of INIT1, gets the longer established
timeout, and updates the active/inactive destination counters
incorrectly. This happens even though the SCTP handshake has not
completed.

Use the parsed transport offset passed down from ip_vs_set_state() for
the SCTP chunk-header lookup. For IPv4 and IPv6 packets without
extension headers this preserves the existing offset.

Fixes: 2906f66a5682 ("ipvs: SCTP Trasport Loadbalancing Support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260705123040.35755-1-zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipvs: use parsed transport offset in TCP state lookup</title>
<updated>2026-07-08T13:33:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yizhou Zhao</name>
<email>zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-06T10:16:23+00:00</published>
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TCP state handling reparses the skb to find the TCP header. For IPv6 it
uses sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), while the surrounding IPVS code already
parsed the packet with ip_vs_fill_iph_skb() and has the real
transport-header offset in iph.len.

This makes TCP state handling look at the wrong bytes when an IPv6
packet carries extension headers. Use the parsed transport offset passed
down from ip_vs_set_state() when reading the TCP header.

For IPv4 and for IPv6 packets without extension headers, the passed
offset matches the previous value.

Fixes: 0bbdd42b7efa6 ("IPVS: Extend protocol DNAT/SNAT and state handlers")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260705125659.37744-1-zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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TCP state handling reparses the skb to find the TCP header. For IPv6 it
uses sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), while the surrounding IPVS code already
parsed the packet with ip_vs_fill_iph_skb() and has the real
transport-header offset in iph.len.

This makes TCP state handling look at the wrong bytes when an IPv6
packet carries extension headers. Use the parsed transport offset passed
down from ip_vs_set_state() when reading the TCP header.

For IPv4 and for IPv6 packets without extension headers, the passed
offset matches the previous value.

Fixes: 0bbdd42b7efa6 ("IPVS: Extend protocol DNAT/SNAT and state handlers")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260705125659.37744-1-zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipvs: pass parsed transport offset to state handlers</title>
<updated>2026-07-08T13:33:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yizhou Zhao</name>
<email>zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-06T10:16:22+00:00</published>
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IPVS callers already parse the packet into struct ip_vs_iphdr before
updating connection state. For IPv6 this records the real
transport-header offset after extension headers in iph.len.

Pass this parsed transport offset through ip_vs_set_state() and the
protocol state_transition() callback so protocol handlers can use the
same packet context as scheduling and NAT handling. This patch only
changes the common callback plumbing and adapts the protocol callback
signatures; TCP and SCTP start using the value in follow-up patches.

Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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IPVS callers already parse the packet into struct ip_vs_iphdr before
updating connection state. For IPv6 this records the real
transport-header offset after extension headers in iph.len.

Pass this parsed transport offset through ip_vs_set_state() and the
protocol state_transition() callback so protocol handlers can use the
same packet context as scheduling and NAT handling. This patch only
changes the common callback plumbing and adapts the protocol callback
signatures; TCP and SCTP start using the value in follow-up patches.

Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipvs: reset full ip_vs_seq structs in ip_vs_conn_new</title>
<updated>2026-07-03T12:45:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yizhou Zhao</name>
<email>zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T11:28:36+00:00</published>
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Commit 9a05475cebdd ("ipvs: avoid kmem_cache_zalloc in
ip_vs_conn_new") changed ip_vs_conn_new() to allocate an ip_vs_conn
object with kmem_cache_alloc().  The function then initializes many
fields explicitly, but only resets in_seq.delta and out_seq.delta in the
two struct ip_vs_seq members.

That leaves init_seq and previous_delta uninitialized.  This is normally
harmless while the corresponding IP_VS_CONN_F_IN_SEQ or
IP_VS_CONN_F_OUT_SEQ flag is clear.  For connections learned from a sync
message, however, ip_vs_proc_conn() preserves those flags from
IP_VS_CONN_F_BACKUP_MASK and passes opt=NULL when the message omits
IPVS_OPT_SEQ_DATA.  In that case the new connection can be hashed with
SEQ flags set but with the rest of in_seq/out_seq still containing stale
slab data.

When a packet for such a connection is later handled by an IPVS
application helper, vs_fix_seq() and vs_fix_ack_seq() use
previous_delta and init_seq to rewrite TCP sequence numbers.  A malformed
sync message can therefore make forwarded packets carry stale slab bytes
in their TCP seq/ack numbers, and can also corrupt the forwarded TCP
flow.

Reset both struct ip_vs_seq members completely before publishing the
connection.  This matches the existing "reset struct ip_vs_seq" comment
and keeps the sequence-adjustment gates inactive unless valid sequence
data is installed later.

Fixes: 9a05475cebdd ("ipvs: avoid kmem_cache_zalloc in ip_vs_conn_new")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude-Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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Commit 9a05475cebdd ("ipvs: avoid kmem_cache_zalloc in
ip_vs_conn_new") changed ip_vs_conn_new() to allocate an ip_vs_conn
object with kmem_cache_alloc().  The function then initializes many
fields explicitly, but only resets in_seq.delta and out_seq.delta in the
two struct ip_vs_seq members.

That leaves init_seq and previous_delta uninitialized.  This is normally
harmless while the corresponding IP_VS_CONN_F_IN_SEQ or
IP_VS_CONN_F_OUT_SEQ flag is clear.  For connections learned from a sync
message, however, ip_vs_proc_conn() preserves those flags from
IP_VS_CONN_F_BACKUP_MASK and passes opt=NULL when the message omits
IPVS_OPT_SEQ_DATA.  In that case the new connection can be hashed with
SEQ flags set but with the rest of in_seq/out_seq still containing stale
slab data.

When a packet for such a connection is later handled by an IPVS
application helper, vs_fix_seq() and vs_fix_ack_seq() use
previous_delta and init_seq to rewrite TCP sequence numbers.  A malformed
sync message can therefore make forwarded packets carry stale slab bytes
in their TCP seq/ack numbers, and can also corrupt the forwarded TCP
flow.

Reset both struct ip_vs_seq members completely before publishing the
connection.  This matches the existing "reset struct ip_vs_seq" comment
and keeps the sequence-adjustment gates inactive unless valid sequence
data is installed later.

Fixes: 9a05475cebdd ("ipvs: avoid kmem_cache_zalloc in ip_vs_conn_new")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude-Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ipvs: fix PMTU for GUE/GRE tunnel ICMP errors</title>
<updated>2026-07-03T12:45:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yizhou Zhao</name>
<email>zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T07:34:28+00:00</published>
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When an ICMP Fragmentation Needed error is received for a tunneled IPVS
connection, ip_vs_in_icmp() recomputes the MTU that the original packet
can use by subtracting the tunnel overhead from the reported next-hop
MTU.

The current code always subtracts sizeof(struct iphdr), which is only
the IPIP overhead. For GUE and GRE tunnels, ipvs_udp_decap() and
ipvs_gre_decap() already compute the additional tunnel header length,
but that value is scoped to the decapsulation block and is lost before
the ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED handling. As a result, the ICMP error sent back to
the client advertises an MTU that is too large, so PMTUD can fail to
converge for GUE/GRE-tunneled real servers.

With a reported next-hop MTU of 1400, a GUE tunnel currently returns
1380 to the client. The correct value is 1368:

  1400 - sizeof(struct iphdr) - sizeof(struct udphdr) -
  sizeof(struct guehdr)

Hoist the tunnel header length into the main ip_vs_in_icmp() scope and
subtract sizeof(struct iphdr) + ulen in the Fragmentation Needed path.
The IPIP path keeps ulen as 0, so its existing 1400 - 20 = 1380 result
is unchanged.

Fixes: 508f744c0de3 ("ipvs: strip udp tunnel headers from icmp errors")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude-Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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When an ICMP Fragmentation Needed error is received for a tunneled IPVS
connection, ip_vs_in_icmp() recomputes the MTU that the original packet
can use by subtracting the tunnel overhead from the reported next-hop
MTU.

The current code always subtracts sizeof(struct iphdr), which is only
the IPIP overhead. For GUE and GRE tunnels, ipvs_udp_decap() and
ipvs_gre_decap() already compute the additional tunnel header length,
but that value is scoped to the decapsulation block and is lost before
the ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED handling. As a result, the ICMP error sent back to
the client advertises an MTU that is too large, so PMTUD can fail to
converge for GUE/GRE-tunneled real servers.

With a reported next-hop MTU of 1400, a GUE tunnel currently returns
1380 to the client. The correct value is 1368:

  1400 - sizeof(struct iphdr) - sizeof(struct udphdr) -
  sizeof(struct guehdr)

Hoist the tunnel header length into the main ip_vs_in_icmp() scope and
subtract sizeof(struct iphdr) + ulen in the Fragmentation Needed path.
The IPIP path keeps ulen as 0, so its existing 1400 - 20 = 1380 result
is unchanged.

Fixes: 508f744c0de3 ("ipvs: strip udp tunnel headers from icmp errors")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Yuxiang Yang &lt;yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ao Wang &lt;wangao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Xuewei Feng &lt;fengxw06@126.com&gt;
Reported-by: Qi Li &lt;qli01@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Reported-by: Ke Xu &lt;xuke@tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude-Code:GLM-5.2
Signed-off-by: Yizhou Zhao &lt;zhaoyz24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipvs: Replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_long_wq</title>
<updated>2026-06-14T10:49:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Crivellari</name>
<email>marco.crivellari@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-27T08:18:34+00:00</published>
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This patch continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which has
begun with the changes introducing new workqueues and a new
alloc_workqueue flag:

   commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq")
   commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag")

The point of the refactoring is to eventually alter the default behavior
of workqueues to become unbound by default so that their workload
placement is optimized by the scheduler.

Before that to happen, workqueue users must be converted to the better
named new workqueues with no intended behaviour changes:

   system_wq -&gt; system_percpu_wq
   system_unbound_wq -&gt; system_dfl_wq

This way the old obsolete workqueues (system_wq, system_unbound_wq) can
be removed in the future.

This specific work is considered long, so enqueue it using
system_dfl_long_wq instead of system_dfl_wq.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari &lt;marco.crivellari@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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This patch continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which has
begun with the changes introducing new workqueues and a new
alloc_workqueue flag:

   commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq")
   commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag")

The point of the refactoring is to eventually alter the default behavior
of workqueues to become unbound by default so that their workload
placement is optimized by the scheduler.

Before that to happen, workqueue users must be converted to the better
named new workqueues with no intended behaviour changes:

   system_wq -&gt; system_percpu_wq
   system_unbound_wq -&gt; system_dfl_wq

This way the old obsolete workqueues (system_wq, system_unbound_wq) can
be removed in the future.

This specific work is considered long, so enqueue it using
system_dfl_long_wq instead of system_dfl_wq.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari &lt;marco.crivellari@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<title>ipvs: add conn_max sysctl to limit connections</title>
<updated>2026-06-05T11:11:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Julian Anastasov</name>
<email>ja@ssi.bg</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-25T03:54:39+00:00</published>
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Currently, we are using atomic_t to track the number of
connections. On 64-bit setups with large memory there is
a risk this counter to overflow. Also, setups with many
containers may need to tune the limit for connections.

Add sysctl control to limit the number of connections to
1,073,741,824 (64-bit) and 16,777,216 (32-bit).
Depending on the admin's privilege, the value is
used to change a soft or hard limit allowing
unprivileged admins to change the soft limit in
range determined by privileged admins.

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260523172715.94795-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260430074420.26697-7-ja%40ssi.bg
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260522105546.13732-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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Currently, we are using atomic_t to track the number of
connections. On 64-bit setups with large memory there is
a risk this counter to overflow. Also, setups with many
containers may need to tune the limit for connections.

Add sysctl control to limit the number of connections to
1,073,741,824 (64-bit) and 16,777,216 (32-bit).
Depending on the admin's privilege, the value is
used to change a soft or hard limit allowing
unprivileged admins to change the soft limit in
range determined by privileged admins.

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260523172715.94795-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260430074420.26697-7-ja%40ssi.bg
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260522105546.13732-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2026-06-04T22:29:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-04T22:26:27+00:00</published>
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Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.1-rc7).

Silent conflicts:

net/wireless/nl80211.c
  cb9959ab5f99 ("wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency")
  a384ae969902 ("wifi: cfg80211: move AP HT/VHT/... operation to beacon info")
https://lore.kernel.org/aiGJDaHV4UlCexIQ@sirena.org.uk

Conflicts:

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/ap.c
  a342c99cb70d ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: honor BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED")
  9bf1b409afc7 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: send tx power constraints before link activation")
https://lore.kernel.org/ah2bfedhV45ZxMO8@sirena.org.uk

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c
  093305d801fa ("wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: simplify the resume flow if fast resume is not used")
  e2323929a68a ("wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: add debug print for resume flow if powered off")
https://lore.kernel.org/ah2bfedhV45ZxMO8@sirena.org.uk

Adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
  b38cae85d1c4 ("net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown")
  ec6c391bcca7 ("net: airoha: Introduce airoha_gdm_dev struct")

drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
  8173d22b211f ("net: lan743x: permit VLAN-tagged packets up to configured MTU")
  e3c6508a46f5 ("net: lan743x: avoid netdev-based logging before netdev registration")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.1-rc7).

Silent conflicts:

net/wireless/nl80211.c
  cb9959ab5f99 ("wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency")
  a384ae969902 ("wifi: cfg80211: move AP HT/VHT/... operation to beacon info")
https://lore.kernel.org/aiGJDaHV4UlCexIQ@sirena.org.uk

Conflicts:

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/ap.c
  a342c99cb70d ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: honor BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED")
  9bf1b409afc7 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: send tx power constraints before link activation")
https://lore.kernel.org/ah2bfedhV45ZxMO8@sirena.org.uk

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c
  093305d801fa ("wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: simplify the resume flow if fast resume is not used")
  e2323929a68a ("wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: add debug print for resume flow if powered off")
https://lore.kernel.org/ah2bfedhV45ZxMO8@sirena.org.uk

Adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
  b38cae85d1c4 ("net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown")
  ec6c391bcca7 ("net: airoha: Introduce airoha_gdm_dev struct")

drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c
  8173d22b211f ("net: lan743x: permit VLAN-tagged packets up to configured MTU")
  e3c6508a46f5 ("net: lan743x: avoid netdev-based logging before netdev registration")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipvs: clear the svc scheduler ptr early on edit</title>
<updated>2026-06-01T11:43:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Julian Anastasov</name>
<email>ja@ssi.bg</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-25T04:07:44+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=193989cc6d80dd8e0460fb3992e69fa03bf0ff9b'/>
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ip_vs_edit_service() while unbinding the old scheduler clears
the svc-&gt;scheduler ptr after the scheduler module initiates
RCU callbacks. This can cause packets to use the old
scheduler at the time when svc-&gt;sched_data is already freed
after RCU grace period.

Fix it by clearing the ptr early in ip_vs_unbind_scheduler(),
before the done_service method schedules any RCU callbacks.

Also, if the new scheduler fails to initialize when replacing
the old scheduler, try to restore the old scheduler while still
returning the error code.

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260519015506.634185-1-rosenp%40gmail.com
Fixes: 05f00505a89a ("ipvs: fix crash if scheduler is changed")
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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ip_vs_edit_service() while unbinding the old scheduler clears
the svc-&gt;scheduler ptr after the scheduler module initiates
RCU callbacks. This can cause packets to use the old
scheduler at the time when svc-&gt;sched_data is already freed
after RCU grace period.

Fix it by clearing the ptr early in ip_vs_unbind_scheduler(),
before the done_service method schedules any RCU callbacks.

Also, if the new scheduler fails to initialize when replacing
the old scheduler, try to restore the old scheduler while still
returning the error code.

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260519015506.634185-1-rosenp%40gmail.com
Fixes: 05f00505a89a ("ipvs: fix crash if scheduler is changed")
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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