Paolo Abeni [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:11:27 +0000 (17:11 +0100)]
net: introduce mangleid_features
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->encapsulation && !(features & NETIF_F_TSO_MANGLEID))
features &= ~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.
====================
net: convert drivers to .get_rx_ring_count (last part)
Commit 84eaf4359c36 ("net: ethtool: add get_rx_ring_count callback to
optimize RX ring queries") added specific support for GRXRINGS callback,
simplifying .get_rxnfc.
Remove the handling of GRXRINGS in .get_rxnfc() by moving it to the new
.get_rx_ring_count().
This simplifies the RX ring count retrieval and aligns the following
drivers with the new ethtool API for querying RX ring parameters.
* sfc
* ionic
* sfc/siena
* sfc/ef100
* fbnic
* mana
* nfp
* atlantic
* benet (this is v2 in fact, where v1 had some discussions that
required a v2). See link [0]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260119094514.5b12a097@kernel.org/
This is covering the last drivers, and as soon as this lands, I will
change the ethtool framework to avoid calling .get_rx_ring_count for
ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS, simplifying the ethtool core framework.
====================
Breno Leitao [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:40:13 +0000 (10:40 -0800)]
net: benet: convert to use .get_rx_ring_count
Use the newly introduced .get_rx_ring_count ethtool ops callback instead
of handling ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS directly in .get_rxnfc().
Since ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS was the only command handled by be_get_rxnfc(),
remove the function entirely.
Since the be_multi_rxq() check in be_get_rxnfc() previously blocked RSS
configuration on single-queue setups (via ethtool core validation), add
an equivalent check to be_set_rxfh() to preserve this behavior, as
suggested by Jakub.
Lukas Bulwahn [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:46:09 +0000 (08:46 +0100)]
MAINTAINERS: remove obsolete file entry in NETWORKING DRIVERS
Commit d8f87aa5fa0a ("net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI
driver") removes the hippidevice header file, but misses that there is
still a file entry in MAINTAINERS referring to it.
Remove the obsolete file entry in NETWORKING DRIVERS.
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/hw.c 31707572108d ("wifi: ath12k: Fix wrong P2P device link id issue") c26f294fef2a ("wifi: ath12k: Move ieee80211_ops callback to the arch specific module")
https://lore.kernel.org/20260114123751.6a208818@canb.auug.org.au
Adjacent changes:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c 8b8d6ee53dfd ("wifi: ath12k: Fix scan state stuck in ABORTING after cancel_remain_on_channel") 914c890d3b90 ("wifi: ath12k: Add framework for hardware specific ieee80211_ops registration")
Danielle Ratson [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:46:44 +0000 (13:46 +0200)]
selftests: net: Add kernel selftest for RFC 4884
RFC 4884 extended certain ICMP messages with a length attribute that
encodes the length of the "original datagram" field. This is needed so
that new information could be appended to these messages without
applications thinking that it is part of the "original datagram" field.
In version 5.9, the kernel was extended with two new socket options
(SOL_IP/IP_RECVERR_4884 and SOL_IPV6/IPV6_RECVERR_RFC4884) that allow
user space to retrieve this length which is basically the offset to the
ICMP Extension Structure at the end of the ICMP message. This is
required by user space applications that need to parse the information
contained in the ICMP Extension Structure. For example, the RFC 5837
extension for tracepath.
Add a selftest that verifies correct handling of the RFC 4884 length
field for both IPv4 and IPv6, with and without extension structures,
and validates that malformed extensions are correctly reported as invalid.
For each address family, the test creates:
- a raw socket used to send locally crafted ICMP error packets to the
loopback address, and
- a datagram socket used to receive the encapsulated original datagram
and associated error metadata from the kernel error queue.
ICMP packets are constructed entirely in user space rather than relying
on kernel-generated errors. This allows the test to exercise invalid
scenarios (such as corrupted checksums and incorrect length fields) and
verify that the SO_EE_RFC4884_FLAG_INVALID flag is set as expected.
Output Example:
$ ./icmp_rfc4884
Starting 18 tests from 18 test cases.
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_ext_small_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
ok 1 rfc4884.ipv4_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_ext.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_ext.rfc4884
ok 2 rfc4884.ipv4_ext.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_ext_large_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
ok 3 rfc4884.ipv4_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_small_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
ok 4 rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_min_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_min_payload.rfc4884
ok 5 rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_min_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_large_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
ok 6 rfc4884.ipv4_no_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_checksum.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_checksum.rfc4884
ok 7 rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_checksum.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_length_small.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_length_small.rfc4884
ok 8 rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_length_small.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_length_large.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_length_large.rfc4884
ok 9 rfc4884.ipv4_invalid_ext_length_large.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_ext_small_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
ok 10 rfc4884.ipv6_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_ext.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_ext.rfc4884
ok 11 rfc4884.ipv6_ext.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_ext_large_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
ok 12 rfc4884.ipv6_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_small_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
ok 13 rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_small_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_min_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_min_payload.rfc4884
ok 14 rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_min_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_large_payload.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
ok 15 rfc4884.ipv6_no_ext_large_payload.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_checksum.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_checksum.rfc4884
ok 16 rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_checksum.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_length_small.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_length_small.rfc4884
ok 17 rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_length_small.rfc4884
RUN rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_length_large.rfc4884 ...
OK rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_length_large.rfc4884
ok 18 rfc4884.ipv6_invalid_ext_length_large.rfc4884
PASSED: 18 / 18 tests passed.
Totals: pass:18 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
====================
net: stmmac: dwmac: enforce preamble before SFD for i.MX8MP
This series adds a new phy_device flag PHY_F_KEEP_PREAMBLE_BEFORE_SFD
that allows a MAC driver to request to keep the preamble bytes before
the start frame delimiter (SFD) when receiving frames from the PHY.
This flag is set in the stmmac driver for the i.MX8MP SoC due to errata
(ERR050694), which causes it to drop frames without a preamble.
The Micrel KSZ9131 PHY supports keeping the preamble before SFD by
setting an undocumented flag, that was confirmed by NXP and Micrel. This
new feature has been added to the Micrel PHY driver for the KSZ9131 PHY.
====================
net: stmmac: dwmac-imx: keep preamble before sfd on i.MX8MP
The stmmac implementation used by NXP for the i.MX8MP SoC is subject to
errata ERR050694. According to this errata, when no preamble byte is
transferred before the SFD from the PHY to the MAC, the MAC will discard
the frame.
Setting the PHY_F_KEEP_PREAMBLE_BEFORE_SFD flag instructs PHYs that
support it to keep the preamble byte before the SFD. This ensures that
the MAC successfully receives frames.
As this is an issue in the MAC implementation, only enable the flag for
the i.MX8MP SoC where the errata applies but not for other SoCs using a
working stmmac implementation.
The exact wording of the errata ERR050694 from NXP:
The IEEE 802.3 standard states that, in MII/GMII modes, the byte
preceding the SFD (0xD5), SMD-S (0xE6,0x4C, 0x7F, or 0xB3), or SMD-C
(0x61, 0x52, 0x9E, or 0x2A) byte can be a non-PREAMBLE byte or there can
be no preceding preamble byte. The MAC receiver must successfully
receive a packet without any preamble(0x55) byte preceding the SFD,
SMD-S, or SMD-C byte.
However due to the defect, in configurations where frame preemption is
enabled, when preamble byte does not precede the SFD, SMD-S, or SMD-C
byte, the received packet is discarded by the MAC receiver. This is
because, the start-of-packet detection logic of the MAC receiver
incorrectly checks for a preamble byte.
NXP refers to IEEE 802.3 where in clause 35.2.3.2.2 Receive case (GMII)
they show two tables one where the preamble is preceding the SFD and one
where it is not. The text says:
The operation of 1000 Mb/s PHYs can result in shrinkage of the preamble
between transmission at the source GMII and reception at the destination
GMII. Table 35-3 depicts the case where no preamble bytes are conveyed
across the GMII. This case may not be possible with a specific PHY, but
illustrates the minimum preamble with which MAC shall be able to
operate. Table 35-4 depicts the case where the entire preamble is
conveyed across the GMII.
This workaround was tested on a Verdin iMX8MP by enforcing 10 MBit/s:
ethtool -s end0 speed 10
Without keeping the preamble, no packet were received. With keeping the
preamble, everything worked as expected.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Eichenberger <stefan.eichenberger@toradex.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Tested-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260120203905.23805-4-eichest@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: phy: micrel: add option to keep the preamble before sfd for KSZ9131
If the PHY_F_KEEP_PREAMBLE_BEFORE_SFD flag is set in the
phy_device::dev_flags field, the preamble will be kept before the start
frame delimiter (SFD) on the KSZ9131 PHY. This flag is not officially
documented by Micrel. However, information provided by NXP and Micrel
indicates that this flag ensures the PHY sends the full preamble instead
of removing it. The full discussion can be found on the NXP forum:
https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/iMX8MP-eqos-not-working-for-10base-t/m-p/2151032
Signed-off-by: Stefan Eichenberger <stefan.eichenberger@toradex.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Tested-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260120203905.23805-3-eichest@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: phy: add a new phy_device flag to keep preamble before sfd
Add a new flag, PHY_F_KEEP_PREAMBLE_BEFORE_SFD, to indicate that the PHY
shall not remove the preamble before the SFD if it supports it. MACs
that do not support receiving frames without a preamble can set this
flag.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Eichenberger <stefan.eichenberger@toradex.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Tested-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260120203905.23805-2-eichest@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Jakub Kicinski [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:40:38 +0000 (14:40 -0800)]
Merge tag 'nf-next-26-01-22' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next
Florian Westphal says:
====================
netfilter: updates for net-next
There is an issue with interval matching in nftables rbtree set type:
When userspace sends us set updates, there is a brief window where
false negative lookups may occur from the data plane. Quoting Pablos
original cover letter:
This series addresses this issue by translating the rbtree, which keeps
the intervals in order, to binary search. The array is published to
packet path through RCU. The idea is to keep using the rbtree
datastructure for control plane, which needs to deal with updates, then
generate an array using this rbtree for binary search lookups.
Patch #1 allows to call .remove in case .abort is defined, which is
needed by this new approach. Only pipapo needs to skip .remove to speed.
Patch #2 add the binary search array approach for interval matching.
Patch #3 updates .get to use the binary search array to find for
(closest or exact) interval matching.
Patch #4 removes seqcount_rwlock_t as it is not needed anymore (new in
this series).
* tag 'nf-next-26-01-22' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next:
netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: remove seqcount_rwlock_t
netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: use binary search array in get command
netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: translate rbtree to array for binary search
netfilter: nf_tables: add .abort_skip_removal flag for set types
====================
Linus Torvalds [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:32:11 +0000 (09:32 -0800)]
Merge tag 'net-6.19-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski:
"Including fixes from CAN and wireless.
Pretty big, but hard to make up any cohesive story that would explain
it, a random collection of fixes. The two reverts of bad patches from
this release here feel like stuff that'd normally show up by rc5 or
rc6. Perhaps obvious thing to say, given the holiday timing.
That said, no active investigations / regressions. Let's see what the
next week brings.
Current release - fix to a fix:
- can: alloc_candev_mqs(): add missing default CAN capabilities
Current release - regressions:
- usbnet: fix crash due to missing BQL accounting after resume
netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: use binary search array in get command
Rework .get interface to use the binary search array, this needs a specific
lookup function to match on end intervals (<=). Packet path lookup is slight
different because match is on lesser value, not equal (ie. <).
After this patch, seqcount can be removed in a follow up patch.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: translate rbtree to array for binary search
The rbtree can temporarily store overlapping inactive elements during
the transaction processing, leading to false negative lookups.
To address this issue, this patch adds a .commit function that walks the
the rbtree to build a array of intervals of ordered elements. This
conversion compacts the two singleton elements that represent the start
and the end of the interval into a single interval object for space
efficient.
Binary search is O(log n), similar to rbtree lookup time, therefore,
performance number should be similar, and there is an implementation
available under lib/bsearch.c and include/linux/bsearch.h that is used
for this purpose.
This slightly increases memory consumption for this new array that
stores pointers to the start and the end of the interval.
With this patch:
# time nft -f 100k-intervals-set.nft
real 0m4.218s
user 0m3.544s
sys 0m0.400s
Without this patch:
# time nft -f 100k-intervals-set.nft
real 0m3.920s
user 0m3.547s
sys 0m0.276s
With this patch, with IPv4 intervals:
baseline rbtree (match on first field only): 15254954pps
Without this patch:
baseline rbtree (match on first field only): 10256119pps
This provides a ~50% improvement in matching intervals from packet path.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
netfilter: nf_tables: add .abort_skip_removal flag for set types
The pipapo set backend is the only user of the .abort interface so far.
To speed up pipapo abort path, removals are skipped.
The follow up patch updates the rbtree to use to build an array of
ordered elements, then use binary search. This needs a new .abort
interface but, unlike pipapo, it also need to undo/remove elements.
Add a flag and use it from the pipapo set backend.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Hariprasad Kelam [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:48:19 +0000 (15:18 +0530)]
Octeontx2-af: Add proper checks for fwdata
firmware populates MAC address, link modes (supported, advertised)
and EEPROM data in shared firmware structure which kernel access
via MAC block(CGX/RPM).
Accessing fwdata, on boards booted with out MAC block leading to
kernel panics.
Fixes: 997814491cee ("Octeontx2-af: Fetch MAC channel info from firmware") Fixes: 5f21226b79fd ("Octeontx2-pf: ethtool: support multi advertise mode") Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@marvell.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121094819.2566786-1-hkelam@marvell.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Ivan Vecera [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:00:11 +0000 (14:00 +0100)]
dpll: Prevent duplicate registrations
Modify the internal registration helpers dpll_xa_ref_{dpll,pin}_add()
to reject duplicate registration attempts.
Previously, if a caller attempted to register the same pin multiple
times (with the same ops, priv, and cookie) on the same device, the core
silently increments the reference count and return success. This behavior
is incorrect because if the caller makes these duplicate registrations
then for the first one dpll_pin_registration is allocated and for others
the associated dpll_pin_ref.refcount is incremented. During the first
unregistration the associated dpll_pin_registration is freed and for
others WARN is fired.
Fix this by updating the logic to return `-EEXIST` if a matching
registration is found to enforce a strict "register once" policy.
Fixes: 9431063ad323 ("dpll: core: Add DPLL framework base functions") Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121130012.112606-1-ivecera@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Incorrectly transmitted interrupt number instead of queue number
when using netif_queue_set_napi. Besides, move this to appropriate
code location to set napi.
Remove redundant netif_stop_subqueue beacuase it is not part of the
hinic3_send_one_skb process.
Jakub Kicinski [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:54:30 +0000 (07:54 -0800)]
Merge tag 'wireless-2026-11-22' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless
Johannes Berg says:
====================
Another set of updates:
- various small fixes for ath10k/ath12k/mwifiex/rsi
- cfg80211 fix for HE bitrate overflow
- mac80211 fixes
- S1G beacon handling in scan
- skb tailroom handling for HW encryption
- CSA fix for multi-link
- handling of disabled links during association
* tag 'wireless-2026-11-22' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless:
wifi: cfg80211: ignore link disabled flag from userspace
wifi: mac80211: apply advertised TTLM from association response
wifi: mac80211: parse all TTLM entries
wifi: mac80211: don't increment crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt twice
wifi: mac80211: don't perform DA check on S1G beacon
wifi: ath12k: Fix wrong P2P device link id issue
wifi: ath12k: fix dead lock while flushing management frames
wifi: ath12k: Fix scan state stuck in ABORTING after cancel_remain_on_channel
wifi: ath12k: cancel scan only on active scan vdev
wifi: mwifiex: Fix a loop in mwifiex_update_ampdu_rxwinsize()
wifi: mac80211: correctly check if CSA is active
wifi: cfg80211: Fix bitrate calculation overflow for HE rates
wifi: rsi: Fix memory corruption due to not set vif driver data size
wifi: ath12k: don't force radio frequency check in freq_to_idx()
wifi: ath12k: fix dma_free_coherent() pointer
wifi: ath10k: fix dma_free_coherent() pointer
====================
The original series was posted by Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@gmail.com> till v4.
Since it's a real issue and the original author seems busy, I'm sending
the new version fixing my comments but keeping the authorship (and restoring
mine on patch 2 as reported on v4).
This series fixes TX credit handling in virtio-vsock:
Patch 1: Fix potential underflow in get_credit() using s64 arithmetic
Patch 2: Fix vsock_test seqpacket bounds test
Patch 3: Cap TX credit to local buffer size (security hardening)
Patch 4: Add stream TX credit bounds regression test
The core issue is that a malicious guest can advertise a huge buffer
size via SO_VM_SOCKETS_BUFFER_SIZE, causing the host to allocate
excessive sk_buff memory when sending data to that guest.
On an unpatched Ubuntu 22.04 host (~64 GiB RAM), running a PoC with
32 guest vsock connections advertising 2 GiB each and reading slowly
drove Slab/SUnreclaim from ~0.5 GiB to ~57 GiB; the system only
recovered after killing the QEMU process.
With this series applied, the same PoC shows only ~35 MiB increase in
Slab/SUnreclaim, no host OOM, and the guest remains responsive.
====================
Melbin K Mathew [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:36:28 +0000 (10:36 +0100)]
vsock/test: add stream TX credit bounds test
Add a regression test for the TX credit bounds fix. The test verifies
that a sender with a small local buffer size cannot queue excessive
data even when the peer advertises a large receive buffer.
The client:
- Sets a small buffer size (64 KiB)
- Connects to server (which advertises 2 MiB buffer)
- Sends in non-blocking mode until EAGAIN
- Verifies total queued data is bounded
This guards against the original vulnerability where a remote peer
could cause unbounded kernel memory allocation by advertising a large
buffer and reading slowly.
Suggested-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@gmail.com>
[Stefano: use sock_buf_size to check the bytes sent + small fixes] Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121093628.9941-5-sgarzare@redhat.com Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Melbin K Mathew [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:36:27 +0000 (10:36 +0100)]
vsock/virtio: cap TX credit to local buffer size
The virtio transports derives its TX credit directly from peer_buf_alloc,
which is set from the remote endpoint's SO_VM_SOCKETS_BUFFER_SIZE value.
On the host side this means that the amount of data we are willing to
queue for a connection is scaled by a guest-chosen buffer size, rather
than the host's own vsock configuration. A malicious guest can advertise
a large buffer and read slowly, causing the host to allocate a
correspondingly large amount of sk_buff memory.
The same thing would happen in the guest with a malicious host, since
virtio transports share the same code base.
Introduce a small helper, virtio_transport_tx_buf_size(), that
returns min(peer_buf_alloc, buf_alloc), and use it wherever we consume
peer_buf_alloc.
This ensures the effective TX window is bounded by both the peer's
advertised buffer and our own buf_alloc (already clamped to
buffer_max_size via SO_VM_SOCKETS_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE), so a remote peer
cannot force the other to queue more data than allowed by its own
vsock settings.
On an unpatched Ubuntu 22.04 host (~64 GiB RAM), running a PoC with
32 guest vsock connections advertising 2 GiB each and reading slowly
drove Slab/SUnreclaim from ~0.5 GiB to ~57 GiB; the system only
recovered after killing the QEMU process. That said, if QEMU memory is
limited with cgroups, the maximum memory used will be limited.
Only ~35 MiB increase in Slab/SUnreclaim, no host OOM, and the guest
remains responsive.
Compatibility with non-virtio transports:
- VMCI uses the AF_VSOCK buffer knobs to size its queue pairs per
socket based on the local vsk->buffer_* values; the remote side
cannot enlarge those queues beyond what the local endpoint
configured.
- Hyper-V's vsock transport uses fixed-size VMBus ring buffers and
an MTU bound; there is no peer-controlled credit field comparable
to peer_buf_alloc, and the remote endpoint cannot drive in-flight
kernel memory above those ring sizes.
- The loopback path reuses virtio_transport_common.c, so it
naturally follows the same semantics as the virtio transport.
This change is limited to virtio_transport_common.c and thus affects
virtio-vsock, vhost-vsock, and loopback, bringing them in line with the
"remote window intersected with local policy" behaviour that VMCI and
Hyper-V already effectively have.
Fixes: 06a8fc78367d ("VSOCK: Introduce virtio_vsock_common.ko") Suggested-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@gmail.com>
[Stefano: small adjustments after changing the previous patch]
[Stefano: tweak the commit message] Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Luigi Leonardi <leonardi@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121093628.9941-4-sgarzare@redhat.com Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
The test requires the sender (client) to send all messages before waking
up the receiver (server).
Since virtio-vsock had a bug and did not respect the size of the TX
buffer, this test worked, but now that we are going to fix the bug, the
test hangs because the sender would fill the TX buffer before waking up
the receiver.
Set the buffer size in the sender (client) as well, as we already do for
the receiver (server).
Fixes: 5c338112e48a ("test/vsock: rework message bounds test") Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121093628.9941-3-sgarzare@redhat.com Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Melbin K Mathew [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:36:25 +0000 (10:36 +0100)]
vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit()
The credit calculation in virtio_transport_get_credit() uses unsigned
arithmetic:
ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt);
If the peer shrinks its advertised buffer (peer_buf_alloc) while bytes
are in flight, the subtraction can underflow and produce a large
positive value, potentially allowing more data to be queued than the
peer can handle.
Reuse virtio_transport_has_space() which already handles this case and
add a comment to make it clear why we are doing that.
Fixes: 06a8fc78367d ("VSOCK: Introduce virtio_vsock_common.ko") Suggested-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@gmail.com>
[Stefano: use virtio_transport_has_space() instead of duplicating the code]
[Stefano: tweak the commit message] Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Luigi Leonardi <leonardi@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121093628.9941-2-sgarzare@redhat.com Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
net: atp: drop ancient parallel-port Ethernet driver
This driver is old and almost certainly entirely unused. The two other
parallel port Ethernet drivers (de600/de620) were removed by Paul
Gortmaker in commit 168e06ae26dd ("drivers/net: delete old parallel
port de600/de620 drivers"), but this driver remained. Drop it - Paul's
reasoning applies here as well. To quote him:
"The parallel port is largely replaced by USB [...] Let us not pretend
that anyone cares about these drivers anymore, or worse - pretend that
anyone is using them on a modern kernel."
Clemens Gruber [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:37:51 +0000 (09:37 +0100)]
net: fec: account for VLAN header in frame length calculations
The MAX_FL (maximum frame length) and related calculations used ETH_HLEN,
which does not account for the 4-byte VLAN tag in tagged frames. This
caused the hardware to reject valid VLAN frames as oversized, resulting
in RX errors and dropped packets.
Use VLAN_ETH_HLEN instead of ETH_HLEN in the MAX_FL register setup,
cut-through mode threshold, buffer allocation, and max_mtu calculation.
Cc: stable@kernel.org # v6.18+ Fixes: 62b5bb7be7bc ("net: fec: update MAX_FL based on the current MTU") Fixes: d466c16026e9 ("net: fec: enable the Jumbo frame support for i.MX8QM") Fixes: 59e9bf037d75 ("net: fec: add change_mtu to support dynamic buffer allocation") Fixes: ec2a1681ed4f ("net: fec: use a member variable for maximum buffer size") Signed-off-by: Clemens Gruber <mail@clemensgruber.at> Reviewed-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121083751.66997-1-mail@clemensgruber.at Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
David Yang [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:29:26 +0000 (15:29 +0800)]
net: openvswitch: fix data race in ovs_vport_get_upcall_stats
In ovs_vport_get_upcall_stats(), some statistics protected by
u64_stats_sync, are read and accumulated in ignorance of possible
u64_stats_fetch_retry() events. These statistics are already accumulated
by u64_stats_inc(). Fix this by reading them into temporary variables
first.
Fixes: 1933ea365aa7 ("net: openvswitch: Add support to count upcall packets") Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121072932.2360971-1-mmyangfl@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Will Rosenberg [Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:57:38 +0000 (08:57 -0700)]
cipso: harden use of skb_cow() in cipso_v4_skbuff_setattr()
If skb_cow() is passed a headroom <= -NET_SKB_PAD, it will trigger a
BUG. As a result, use cases should avoid calling with a headroom that
is negative to prevent triggering this issue.
This is the same code pattern fixed in Commit 58fc7342b529 ("ipv6:
BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()").
In cipso_v4_skbuff_setattr(), len_delta can become negative, leading to
a negative headroom passed to skb_cow(). However, the BUG is not
triggerable because the condition headroom <= -NET_SKB_PAD cannot be
satisfied due to limits on the IPv4 options header size.
Avoid potential problems in the future by only using skb_cow() to grow
the skb headroom.
Paolo Abeni [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:20:34 +0000 (11:20 +0100)]
t Merge branch 'a-series-of-minor-optimizations-of-the-bonding-module'
Tonghao Zhang says:
====================
A series of minor optimizations of the bonding module
These patches mainly target the peer notify mechanism of the bonding module.
Including updates of peer notify, lock races, etc. For more information, please
refer to the patch.
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Cc: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Cc: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
====================
Tonghao Zhang [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:21:14 +0000 (12:21 +0800)]
net: bonding: add the READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE for outside lock accessing
Although operations on the variable send_peer_notif are already within
a lock-protected critical section, there are cases where it is accessed
outside the lock. Therefore, READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() should be
added to it.
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Cc: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Cc: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@bamaicloud.com> Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/c1dcc53442f4d0f67beb9e0a3e7a7a6a2c94c47f.1768709239.git.tonghao@bamaicloud.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Tonghao Zhang [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:21:13 +0000 (12:21 +0800)]
net: bonding: skip the 2nd trylock when first one fail
After the first trylock fail, retrying immediately is
not advised as there is a high probability of failing
to acquire the lock again. This optimization makes sense.
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Cc: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Cc: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@bamaicloud.com> Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/9aba44f02163e8fe8dbaba63ff2df921bc2b114e.1768709239.git.tonghao@bamaicloud.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Tonghao Zhang [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:21:12 +0000 (12:21 +0800)]
net: bonding: move bond_should_notify_peers, e.g. into rtnl lock block
This patch tries to avoid the possible peer notify event loss.
In bond_mii_monitor()/bond_activebackup_arp_mon(), when we hold the rtnl lock:
- check send_peer_notif again to avoid unconditionally reducing this value.
- send_peer_notif may have been reset. Therefore, it is necessary to check
whether to send peer notify via bond_should_notify_peers() to avoid the
loss of notification events.
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Cc: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Cc: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@bamaicloud.com> Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/78cef328822b94638c97638b89011c507b8bf19e.1768709239.git.tonghao@bamaicloud.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Tonghao Zhang [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:21:11 +0000 (12:21 +0800)]
net: bonding: use workqueue to make sure peer notify updated in lacp mode
The rtnl lock might be locked, preventing ad_cond_set_peer_notif() from
acquiring the lock and updating send_peer_notif. This patch addresses
the issue by using a workqueue. Since updating send_peer_notif does
not require high real-time performance, such delayed updates are entirely
acceptable.
In fact, checking this value and using it in multiple places, all operations
are protected at the same time by rtnl lock, such as
- read send_peer_notif
- send_peer_notif--
- bond_should_notify_peers
By the way, rtnl lock is still required, when accessing bond.params.* for
updating send_peer_notif. In lacp mode, resetting send_peer_notif in
workqueue is safe, simple and effective way.
Additionally, this patch introduces bond_peer_notify_may_events(), which
is used to check whether an event should be sent. This function will be
used in both patch 1 and 2.
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Cc: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Cc: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@bamaicloud.com> Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/f95accb5db0b10ce3ed2f834fc70f716c9abbb9c.1768709239.git.tonghao@bamaicloud.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Linus Torvalds [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:53:26 +0000 (21:53 -0800)]
Merge tag 'hyperv-fixes-signed-20260121' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hyperv/linux
Pull hyperv fixes from Wei Liu:
- Fix ARM64 port of the MSHV driver (Anirudh Rayabharam)
- Fix huge page handling in the MSHV driver (Stanislav Kinsburskii)
- Minor fixes to driver code (Julia Lawall, Michael Kelley)
* tag 'hyperv-fixes-signed-20260121' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hyperv/linux:
mshv: handle gpa intercepts for arm64
mshv: add definitions for arm64 gpa intercepts
mshv: Add __user attribute to argument passed to access_ok()
mshv: Store the result of vfs_poll in a variable of type __poll_t
mshv: Align huge page stride with guest mapping
Drivers: hv: Always do Hyper-V panic notification in hv_kmsg_dump()
Drivers: hv: vmbus: fix typo in function name reference
Jakub Kicinski [Thu, 22 Jan 2026 04:23:11 +0000 (20:23 -0800)]
Merge tag 'nf-next-26-01-20' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next
Florian Westphal says:
====================
Subject: netfilter: updates for net-next
1) Speed up nftables transactions after earlier transaction failed.
Due to a (harmeless) bug we remained in slow paranoia mode until
a successful transaction completes.
2) Allow generic tracker to resolve clashes, this avoids very rare
packet drops. From Yuto Hamaguchi.
3) Increase the cleanup budget to 64 entries in nf_conncount to reap
more entries in one go, from Fernando Fernandez Mancera.
4) Allow icmp trackers to resolve clashes, this avoids very rare
initial packet drop with test cases that have high-frequency pings.
After this all trackers except tcp and sctp allow clash resolution.
5) Disentangle netfilter headers, don't include nftables/xtables headers
in subsystems that are unrelated.
6) Don't rely on implicit includes coming from nf_conntrack_proto_gre.h.
7) Allow nfnetlink_queue nfq instance struct to get accounted via memcg,
from Scott Mitchell.
8) Reject bogus xt target/match data upfront via netlink policiy in
nft_compat interface rather than relying on x_tables API to do it.
9) Fix nf_conncount breakage when trying to limit loopback flows via
prerouting rule, from Fernando Fernandez Mancera.
This is a recent breakage but not seen as urgent enough to rush this
via net tree at this late stage in development cycle.
10) Fix a possible off-by-one when parsing tcp option in xtables tcpmss
match. Also handled via -next due to late stage in development
cycle.
* tag 'nf-next-26-01-20' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next:
netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen
netfilter: nf_conncount: fix tracking of connections from localhost
netfilter: nft_compat: add more restrictions on netlink attributes
netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: nfqnl_instance GFP_ATOMIC -> GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT allocation
netfilter: nf_conntrack: don't rely on implicit includes
netfilter: don't include xt and nftables.h in unrelated subsystems
netfilter: nf_conntrack: enable icmp clash support
netfilter: nf_conncount: increase the connection clean up limit to 64
netfilter: nf_conntrack: Add allow_clash to generic protocol handler
netfilter: nf_tables: reset table validation state on abort
====================
Ratheesh Kannoth [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:39:34 +0000 (09:09 +0530)]
octeontx2-af: Fix error handling
This commit adds error handling and rollback logic to
rvu_mbox_handler_attach_resources() to properly clean up partially
attached resources when rvu_attach_block() fails.
Daniel Golle [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:23:17 +0000 (02:23 +0000)]
net: pcs: pcs-mtk-lynxi: report in-band capability for 2500Base-X
It turns out that 2500Base-X actually works fine with in-band status on
MediaTek's LynxI PCS -- I wrongly concluded it didn't because it is
broken in all the copper SFP modules and GPON sticks I used for testing.
Hence report LINK_INBAND_ENABLE also for 2500Base-X mode.
This reverts most of commit a003c38d9bbb ("net: pcs: pcs-mtk-lynxi:
correctly report in-band status capabilities").
The removal of the QSGMII interface mode was correct and is left
untouched.
The lockless accesses to these to values aren't actually a problem as the
read only needs an approximate time of last transmission for the purposes
of deciding whether or not the transmission of a keepalive packet is
warranted yet.
Also, as ->last_tx_at is a 64-bit value, tearing can occur on a 32-bit
arch.
Fix both of these by switching to an unsigned int for ->last_tx_at and only
storing the LSW of the time64_t. It can then be reconstructed at need
provided no more than 68 years has elapsed since the last transmission.
Fixes: ace45bec6d77 ("rxrpc: Fix firewall route keepalive") Reported-by: syzbot+6182afad5045e6703b3d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/695e7cfb.050a0220.1c677c.036b.GAE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: stable@kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1107124.1768903985@warthog.procyon.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Vladimir Oltean [Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:10:39 +0000 (23:10 +0200)]
net: dsa: fix off-by-one in maximum bridge ID determination
Prior to the blamed commit, the bridge_num range was from
0 to ds->max_num_bridges - 1. After the commit, it is from
1 to ds->max_num_bridges.
So this check:
if (bridge_num >= max)
return 0;
must be updated to:
if (bridge_num > max)
return 0;
in order to allow the last bridge_num value (==max) to be used.
This is easiest visible when a driver sets ds->max_num_bridges=1.
The observed behaviour is that even the first created bridge triggers
the netlink extack "Range of offloadable bridges exceeded" warning, and
is handled in software rather than being offloaded.
====================
Phylink link callback replay helpers for SJA1105 and XPCS
The sja1105 is reducing its direct interaction with the XPCS.
The changes presented here are an older simplification idea, broken out
of a previous patch set to allow for more thorough review.
====================
in order to pick up the second sja1105_set_port_config() and reuse it
for the sja1105_static_config_reload() procedure which involves saving
and restoring MAC and PCS settings.
Now that these settings are restored by phylink itself, the driver no
longer needs to call its own sja1105_set_port_config(), and the
splitting is unnatural. Merge the functions back, which is to say that
the only supported internal code path is to submit the MAC Configuration
Table entry to hardware after phylink has dictated what we should set it
to.
Vladimir Oltean [Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:19:53 +0000 (14:19 +0200)]
net: dsa: sja1105: let phylink help with the replay of link callbacks
sja1105_static_config_reload() changes major settings in the switch and
it requires a reset. A use case is to change things like Qdiscs (but see
sja1105_reset_reasons[] for full list) while PTP synchronization is
running, and the servo loop must not exit the locked state (s2).
Therefore, stopping and restarting the phylink instances of all ports is
not desirable, because that also stops the phylib state machine, and
retriggers a seconds-long auto-negotiation process that breaks PTP.
Thus, saving and restoring the link management settings is handled
privately by the driver.
The method got progressively more complex as SGMII support got added,
because this is handled through the xpcs phylink_pcs component, to which
we don't have unfettered access. Nonetheless, the switch reset line is
hardwired to also reset the XPCS, creating a situation where it loses
state and needs to be reprogrammed at a moment in time outside phylink's
control.
Although commits 907476c66d73 ("net: dsa: sja1105: call PCS
config/link_up via pcs_ops structure") and 41bf58314b17 ("net: dsa:
sja1105: use phylink_pcs internally") made the sja1105 <-> xpcs
interaction slightly prettier, we still depend heavily on the PCS being
"XPCS-like", because to back up its settings, we read the MII_BMCR
register, through a mdiobus_c45_read() operation, breaking all layering
separation.
With the existence of phylink link callback replay helpers, we can do
away with all this custom code and become even more PCS-agnostic, even
though the reset domain is tightly coupled.
This creates the unique opportunity to simplify away even more code than
just the xpcs handling from sja1105_static_config_reload().
The sja1105_set_port_config() method is also invoked from
sja1105_mac_link_up(). And since that is now called directly by
phylink - we can just remove it from sja1105_static_config_reload().
This makes it possible to re-merge sja1105_set_port_speed() and
sja1105_set_port_config() in a later change.
Note that my only setups with sja1105 where the xpcs is used is with the
xpcs on the CPU-facing port (fixed-link). Thus, I cannot test xpcs + PHY.
But the replay procedure walks through all ports, and I did test a
regular RGMII user port + a PHY.
Vladimir Oltean [Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:19:52 +0000 (14:19 +0200)]
net: phylink: introduce helpers for replaying link callbacks
Some drivers of MAC + tightly integrated PCS (example: SJA1105 + XPCS
covered by same reset domain) need to perform resets at runtime.
The reset is triggered by the MAC driver, and it needs to restore its
and the PCS' registers, all invisible to phylink.
However, there is a desire to simplify the API through which the MAC and
the PCS interact, so this becomes challenging.
Phylink holds all the necessary state to help with this operation, and
can offer two helpers which walk the MAC and PCS drivers again through
the callbacks required during a destructive reset operation. The
procedure is as follows:
Before reset, MAC driver calls phylink_replay_link_begin():
- Triggers phylink mac_link_down() and pcs_link_down() methods
After reset, MAC driver calls phylink_replay_link_end():
- Triggers phylink mac_config() -> pcs_config() -> mac_link_up() ->
pcs_link_up() methods.
MAC and PCS registers are restored with no other custom driver code.
====================
PHY polarity inversion via generic device tree properties
Using the "rx-polarity" and "tx-polarity" device tree properties
introduced in linux-phy and merged into net-next in
commit 96a2d53f2478 ("Merge tag 'phy_common_properties' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/phy/linux-phy")
we convert here two existing networking use cases - the EN8811H Ethernet
PHY and the Mediatek LynxI PCS.
Original cover letter:
Polarity inversion (described in patch 4/10) is a feature with at least
4 potential new users waiting for a generic description:
- Horatiu Vultur with the lan966x SerDes
- Daniel Golle with the MaxLinear GSW1xx switches
- Bjørn Mork with the AN8811HB Ethernet PHY
- Me with a custom SJA1105 board, switch which uses the DesignWare XPCS
I became interested in exploring the problem space because I was averse
to the idea of adding vendor-specific device tree properties to describe
a common need.
This set contains an implementation of a generic feature that should
cater to all known needs that were identified during my documentation
phase.
Apart from what is converted here, we also have the following, which I
did not touch:
- "st,px_rx_pol_inv" - its binding is a .txt file and I don't have time
for such a large detour to convert it to dtschema.
- "st,pcie-tx-pol-inv" and "st,sata-tx-pol-inv" - these are defined in a
.txt schema but are not implemented in any driver. My verdict would be
"delete the properties" but again, I would prefer not introducing such
dependency to this series.
====================
Prefer the new "rx-polarity" and "tx-polarity" properties, which in this
case have the advantage that polarity inversion can be specified per
direction (and per protocol, although this isn't useful here).
We use the vendor specific ones as fallback if the standard description
doesn't exist.
Daniel, referring to the Mediatek SDK, clarifies that the combined
SGMII_PN_SWAP_TX_RX register field should be split like this: bit 0 is
TX and bit 1 is RX:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-phy/aSW--slbJWpXK0nv@makrotopia.org/
Vladimir Oltean [Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:12:19 +0000 (11:12 +0200)]
net: pcs: pcs-mtk-lynxi: pass SGMIISYS OF node to PCS
The Mediatek LynxI PCS is used from the MT7530 DSA driver (where it does
not have an OF presence) and from mtk_eth_soc, where it does
(Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/pcs/mediatek,sgmiisys.yaml
informs of a combined clock provider + SGMII PCS "SGMIISYS" syscon
block).
Currently, mtk_eth_soc parses the SGMIISYS OF node for the
"mediatek,pnswap" property and sets a bit in the "flags" argument of
mtk_pcs_lynxi_create() if set.
I'd like to deprecate "mediatek,pnswap" in favour of a property which
takes the current phy-mode into consideration. But this is only known at
mtk_pcs_lynxi_config() time, and not known at mtk_pcs_lynxi_create(),
when the SGMIISYS OF node is parsed.
To achieve that, we must pass the OF node of the PCS, if it exists, to
mtk_pcs_lynxi_create(), and let the PCS take a reference on it and
handle property parsing whenever it wants.
Use the fwnode API which is more general than OF (in case we ever need
to describe the PCS using some other format). This API should be NULL
tolerant, so add no particular tests for the mt7530 case.
Reference the common PHY properties, and update the example to use them.
Note that a PCS subnode exists, and it seems a better container of the
polarity description than the SGMIISYS node that hosts "mediatek,pnswap".
So use that.
Eric Dumazet [Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:17:44 +0000 (16:17 +0000)]
bonding: provide a net pointer to __skb_flow_dissect()
After 3cbf4ffba5ee ("net: plumb network namespace into __skb_flow_dissect")
we have to provide a net pointer to __skb_flow_dissect(),
either via skb->dev, skb->sk, or a user provided pointer.
In the following case, syzbot was able to cook a bare skb.
Taehee Yoo [Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:30 +0000 (13:39 +0000)]
selftests: net: amt: wait longer for connection before sending packets
Both send_mcast4() and send_mcast6() use sleep 2 to wait for the tunnel
connection between the gateway and the relay, and for the listener
socket to be created in the LISTENER namespace.
However, tests sometimes fail because packets are sent before the
connection is fully established.
Increase the waiting time to make the tests more reliable, and use
wait_local_port_listen() to explicitly wait for the listener socket.
Andrey Vatoropin [Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:37:47 +0000 (11:37 +0000)]
be2net: Fix NULL pointer dereference in be_cmd_get_mac_from_list
When the parameter pmac_id_valid argument of be_cmd_get_mac_from_list() is
set to false, the driver may request the PMAC_ID from the firmware of the
network card, and this function will store that PMAC_ID at the provided
address pmac_id. This is the contract of this function.
However, there is a location within the driver where both
pmac_id_valid == false and pmac_id == NULL are being passed. This could
result in dereferencing a NULL pointer.
To resolve this issue, it is necessary to pass the address of a stub
variable to the function.
====================
airoha: Add the capability to read firmware binary names from dts for Airoha NPU driver
This patch is needed because NPU firmware binaries are board specific since
they depend on the MediaTek WiFi chip used on the board (e.g. MT7996 or
MT7992). This is a preliminary patch to enable MT76 NPU offloading if
the Airoha SoC is equipped with MT7996 (Eagle) WiFi chipset.
====================
Lorenzo Bianconi [Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:17:18 +0000 (11:17 +0100)]
net: airoha: npu: Add the capability to read firmware names from dts
Introduce the capability to read the firmware binary names from device-tree
using the firmware-name property if available.
This patch is needed because NPU firmware binaries are board specific since
they depend on the MediaTek WiFi chip used on the board (e.g. MT7996 or
MT7992) and the WiFi chip version info is not available in the NPU driver.
This is a preliminary patch to enable MT76 NPU offloading if the Airoha SoC
is equipped with MT7996 (Eagle) WiFi chipset.
Add firmware-name property in order to introduce the capability to
specify the firmware names used for 'RiscV core' and 'Data section'
binaries. This patch is needed because NPU firmware binaries are board
specific since they depend on the MediaTek WiFi chip used on the board
(e.g. MT7996 or MT7992) and the WiFi chip version info is not available
in the NPU driver. This is a preliminary patch to enable MT76 NPU
offloading if the Airoha SoC is equipped with MT7996 (Eagle) WiFi chipset.
====================
netconsole: support automatic target recovery
This patchset introduces target resume capability to netconsole allowing
it to recover targets when underlying low-level interface comes back
online.
The patchset starts by refactoring netconsole state representation in
order to allow representing deactivated targets (targets that are
disabled due to interfaces unregister).
It then modifies netconsole to handle NETDEV_REGISTER events for such
targets, setups netpoll and forces the device UP. Targets are matched with
incoming interfaces depending on how they were bound in netconsole
(by mac or interface name). For these reasons, we also attempt resuming
on NETDEV_CHANGENAME.
The patchset includes a selftest that validates netconsole target state
transitions and that target is functional after resumed.
====================
Andre Carvalho [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:27 +0000 (11:00 +0000)]
selftests: netconsole: validate target resume
Introduce a new netconsole selftest to validate that netconsole is able
to resume a deactivated target when the low level interface comes back.
The test setups the network using netdevsim, creates a netconsole target
and then remove/add netdevsim in order to bring the same interfaces
back. Afterwards, the test validates that the target works as expected.
Targets are created via cmdline parameters to the module to ensure that
we are able to resume targets that were bound by mac and interface name.
Andre Carvalho [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:26 +0000 (11:00 +0000)]
netconsole: resume previously deactivated target
Attempt to resume a previously deactivated target when the associated
interface comes back (NETDEV_REGISTER) or when it changes name
(NETDEV_CHANGENAME) by calling netpoll_setup on the device.
Depending on how the target was setup (by mac or interface name), the
corresponding field is compared with the device being brought up. Targets
that match the incoming device, are scheduled for resume on a workqueue.
Resuming happens on a workqueue as we can't execute netpoll_setup in the
context of the netdev event. A standalone workqueue (as opposed to the
global one) is used to allow for proper cleanup process during
netconsole module cleanup as we need to be able to flush all pending
work before traversing the target list given that targets are temporarily
removed from the list during resume_target.
Target transitions to STATE_DISABLED in case of failures resuming it to
avoid retrying the same target indefinitely.
Andre Carvalho [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:25 +0000 (11:00 +0000)]
netconsole: introduce helpers for dynamic_netconsole_mutex lock/unlock
This commit introduces two helper functions to perform lock/unlock on
dynamic_netconsole_mutex providing no-op stub versions when compiled
without CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC and refactors existing call sites to
use the new helpers.
This is done following kernel coding style guidelines, in preparation
for an upcoming change. It avoids the need for preprocessor conditionals
in the call site and keeps the logic easier to follow.
Andre Carvalho [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:24 +0000 (11:00 +0000)]
netconsole: clear dev_name for devices bound by mac
This patch makes sure netconsole clears dev_name for devices bound by mac
in order to allow calling setup_netpoll on targets that have previously
been cleaned up (in order to support resuming deactivated targets).
This is required as netpoll_setup populates dev_name even when devices are
matched via mac address. The cleanup is done inside netconsole as bound
by mac is a netconsole concept.
Breno Leitao [Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:23 +0000 (11:00 +0000)]
netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
When the low level interface brings a netconsole target down, record this
using a new STATE_DEACTIVATED state. This allows netconsole to distinguish
between targets explicitly disabled by users and those deactivated due to
interface state changes.
It also enables automatic recovery and re-enabling of targets if the
underlying low-level interfaces come back online.
From a code perspective, anything that is not STATE_ENABLED is disabled.
Devices (de)enslaving are marked STATE_DISABLED to prevent automatically
resuming as enslaved interfaces cannot have netconsole enabled.
This change lead to MHI WWAN device can't connect to internet.
I found a netwrok issue with kernel 6.19-rc4, but network works
well with kernel 6.18-rc1. After checking, this commit is the
root cause.
Before appliing this serial changes on MHI WWAN network, we shall
revert this change in case of v6.19 being impacted.
====================
Add devm_clk_bulk_get_optional_enable() helper and use in AXI Ethernet driver
This patch series introduces a new managed clock framework helper function
and demonstrates its usage in AXI ethernet driver.
Device drivers frequently need to get optional bulk clocks, prepare them,
and enable them during probe, while ensuring automatic cleanup on device
unbind. Currently, this requires three separate operations with manual
cleanup handling.
The new devm_clk_bulk_get_optional_enable() helper combines these
operations into a single managed call, eliminating boilerplate code and
following the established pattern of devm_clk_bulk_get_all_enabled().
====================
Sean Anderson [Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:27:24 +0000 (00:57 +0530)]
net: xilinx: axienet: Use devres for resource management in probe path
Transition axienet_probe() to managed resource allocation using devm_*
APIs for network device and clock handling, while improving error paths
with dev_err_probe(). This eliminates the need for manual resource
cleanup during probe failures and streamlines the remove() function.
Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@linux.dev> Co-developed-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260116192725.972966-3-suraj.gupta2@amd.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Add a new managed clock framework helper function that combines getting
optional bulk clocks and enabling them in a single operation.
The devm_clk_bulk_get_optional_enable() function simplifies the common
pattern where drivers need to get optional bulk clocks, prepare and enable
them, and have them automatically disabled/unprepared and freed when the
device is unbound.
This new API follows the established pattern of
devm_clk_bulk_get_all_enabled() and reduces boilerplate code in drivers
that manage multiple optional clocks.
Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com> Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260116192725.972966-2-suraj.gupta2@amd.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Linus Torvalds [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:34:45 +0000 (09:34 -0800)]
Merge tag 'soc-fixes-6.19-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc
Pull SoC fixes from Arnd Bergmann:
"The main changes are devicetree updates for qualcomm and rockchips
arm64 platforms, fixing minor mistakes in SoC and board specific
settings:
- GPIO settings for Pinephone Pro buttons
- Register ranges for rk3576 GPU
- Power domains on sc8280xp
- Clocks on qcom talos
- dtc warnings for extraneous properties, nonstandard node names and
undocument identifiers
The Tegra210 platform gets a single revert for a devicetree change
that caused a 6.19 regression.
On 32-bit Arm, we have trivial fixes for Microchip SAMA7 devicetree
files and NPCM Kconfig, as well as Andrew Jeffery being officially
listed as MAINTAINER for NPCM.
A single driver fix is for Qualcomm RPMHD power domains, bringing the
driver up to date with a devicetree change that added additional power
domains to be enabled"
* tag 'soc-fixes-6.19-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (27 commits)
MAINTAINERS: Add Andrew as M: to ARM/NUVOTON NPCM ARCHITECTURE
MAINTAINERS: update email address for Yixun Lan
Revert "arm64: tegra: Add interconnect properties for Tegra210"
arm64: dts: rockchip: Drop unsupported properties
arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix gpio pinctrl node names
arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix pinctrl property typo on rk3326-odroid-go3
arm64: dts: rockchip: Drop "sitronix,st7789v" fallback compatible from rk3568-wolfvision
ARM: dts: microchip: sama7d65: fix size-cells property for i2c3
ARM: dts: microchip: sama7d65: fix the ranges property for flx9
arm: npcm: drop unused Kconfig ERRATA symbol
arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix wrong register range of rk3576 gpu
arm64: dts: rockchip: Configure MCLK for analog sound on NanoPi M5
arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix headphones widget name on NanoPi M5
ARM: dts: microchip: lan966x: Fix the access to the PHYs for pcb8290
arm64: dts: rockchip: remove redundant max-link-speed from nanopi-r4s
arm64: dts: rockchip: remove dangerous max-link-speed from helios64
arm64: dts: rockchip: fix unit-address for RK3588 NPU's core1 and core2's IOMMU
arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix wifi interrupts flag on Sakura Pi RK3308B
arm64: dts: qcom: sm8650: Fix compile warnings in USB controller node
arm64: dts: qcom: sm8550: Fix compile warnings in USB controller node
...
Linus Torvalds [Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:42:34 +0000 (08:42 -0800)]
Merge tag 'for-6.19-rc6-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux
Pull btrfs fixes from David Sterba:
- protect reading super block vs setting block size externally (found
by syzbot)
- make sure no transaction is started in read-only mode even with some
rescue mount option combinations
- fix checksum calculation of backup super blocks when block-group-tree
is enabled
- more extensive mount-time checks of device items that could be left
after device replace and attempting degraded mount
- fix build warning with -Wmaybe-uninitialized on loongarch64-gcc 12
* tag 'for-6.19-rc6-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux:
btrfs: add extra device item checks at mount
btrfs: fix missing fields in superblock backup with BLOCK_GROUP_TREE
btrfs: reject new transactions if the fs is fully read-only
btrfs: sync read disk super and set block size
btrfs: fix Wmaybe-uninitialized warning in replay_one_buffer()
Swaraj Gaikwad [Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:06:39 +0000 (20:36 +0530)]
slab: fix kmalloc_nolock() context check for PREEMPT_RT
On PREEMPT_RT kernels, local_lock becomes a sleeping lock. The current
check in kmalloc_nolock() only verifies we're not in NMI or hard IRQ
context, but misses the case where preemption is disabled.
When a BPF program runs from a tracepoint with preemption disabled
(preempt_count > 0), kmalloc_nolock() proceeds to call
local_lock_irqsave() which attempts to acquire a sleeping lock,
triggering:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 6128
preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
Fix this by checking !preemptible() on PREEMPT_RT, which directly
expresses the constraint that we cannot take a sleeping lock when
preemption is disabled. This encompasses the previous checks for NMI
and hard IRQ contexts while also catching cases where preemption is
disabled.
Fixes: af92793e52c3 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_nolock() and kfree_nolock().") Reported-by: syzbot+b1546ad4a95331b2101e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b1546ad4a95331b2101e Signed-off-by: Swaraj Gaikwad <swarajgaikwad1925@gmail.com> Acked-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260113150639.48407-1-swarajgaikwad1925@gmail.co Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
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