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<subtitle>Clone of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: fix leak of SRCU struct in rtnl_link_register</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T11:23:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-23T15:19:43+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 09474055f2619be9445ba4245e4013741ed01a5e ]

Commit 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") swapped
the EEXIST check with the init_srcu_struct, but didn't add cleanup of
the SRCU struct we just allocated in case of error.

Fixes: 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e77fe499f9a58c547b33b5212b3596dad417cec6.1774025341.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 09474055f2619be9445ba4245e4013741ed01a5e ]

Commit 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") swapped
the EEXIST check with the init_srcu_struct, but didn't add cleanup of
the SRCU struct we just allocated in case of error.

Fixes: 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e77fe499f9a58c547b33b5212b3596dad417cec6.1774025341.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: count IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND in if_nlmsg_size</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T11:23:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T23:02:53+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ee00a12593ffb69db4dd1a1c00ecb0253376874a ]

rtnl_link_get_slave_info_data_size counts IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA, but
rtnl_link_slave_info_fill adds both IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA and
IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND.

Fixes: ba7d49b1f0f8 ("rtnetlink: provide api for getting and setting slave info")
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/049843b532e23cde7ddba263c0bbe35ba6f0d26d.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ee00a12593ffb69db4dd1a1c00ecb0253376874a ]

rtnl_link_get_slave_info_data_size counts IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA, but
rtnl_link_slave_info_fill adds both IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA and
IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND.

Fixes: ba7d49b1f0f8 ("rtnetlink: provide api for getting and setting slave info")
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/049843b532e23cde7ddba263c0bbe35ba6f0d26d.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: count IFLA_PARENT_DEV_{NAME,BUS_NAME} in if_nlmsg_size</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T11:23:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T23:02:52+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=6fa3f2764f49ff11135411a432926f69993b2dbd'/>
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[ Upstream commit 52501989c76206462d9b11a8485beef40ef41821 ]

Commit 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
added those attributes to rtnl_fill_ifinfo, but forgot to extend
if_nlmsg_size.

Fixes: 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0b849da95562af45487080528d60f578636aba5c.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 52501989c76206462d9b11a8485beef40ef41821 ]

Commit 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
added those attributes to rtnl_fill_ifinfo, but forgot to extend
if_nlmsg_size.

Fixes: 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0b849da95562af45487080528d60f578636aba5c.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>neighbour: restore protocol != 0 check in pneigh update</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T15:08:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-10T21:59:16+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit cbada1048847a348797aec63a1d8056621cbe653 ]

Prior to commit dc2a27e524ac ("neighbour: Update pneigh_entry in
pneigh_create()."), a pneigh's protocol was updated only when the
value of the NDA_PROTOCOL attribute was non-0. While moving the code,
that check was removed. This is a small change of user-visible
behavior, and inconsistent with the (non-proxy) neighbour behavior.

Fixes: dc2a27e524ac ("neighbour: Update pneigh_entry in pneigh_create().")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/38c61de1bb032871a886aff9b9b52fe1cdd4cada.1772894876.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit cbada1048847a348797aec63a1d8056621cbe653 ]

Prior to commit dc2a27e524ac ("neighbour: Update pneigh_entry in
pneigh_create()."), a pneigh's protocol was updated only when the
value of the NDA_PROTOCOL attribute was non-0. While moving the code,
that check was removed. This is a small change of user-visible
behavior, and inconsistent with the (non-proxy) neighbour behavior.

Fixes: dc2a27e524ac ("neighbour: Update pneigh_entry in pneigh_create().")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Ahern &lt;dsahern@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/38c61de1bb032871a886aff9b9b52fe1cdd4cada.1772894876.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>page_pool: store detach_time as ktime_t to avoid false-negatives</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T15:08:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-10T00:39:07+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 28b225282d44e2ef40e7f46cfdbd5d1b20b8874f ]

While testing other changes in vng I noticed that
nl_netdev.page_pool_check flakes. This never happens in real CI.

Turns out vng may boot and get to that test in less than a second.
page_pool_detached() records the detach time in seconds, so if
vng is fast enough detach time is set to 0. Other code treats
0 as "not detached". detach_time is only used to report the state
to the user, so it's not a huge deal in practice but let's fix it.
Store the raw ktime_t (nanoseconds) instead. A nanosecond value
of 0 is practically impossible.

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer &lt;hawk@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 69cb4952b6f6 ("net: page_pool: report when page pool was destroyed")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310003907.3540019-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 28b225282d44e2ef40e7f46cfdbd5d1b20b8874f ]

While testing other changes in vng I noticed that
nl_netdev.page_pool_check flakes. This never happens in real CI.

Turns out vng may boot and get to that test in less than a second.
page_pool_detached() records the detach time in seconds, so if
vng is fast enough detach time is set to 0. Other code treats
0 as "not detached". detach_time is only used to report the state
to the user, so it's not a huge deal in practice but let's fix it.
Store the raw ktime_t (nanoseconds) instead. A nanosecond value
of 0 is practically impossible.

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer &lt;hawk@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 69cb4952b6f6 ("net: page_pool: report when page pool was destroyed")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310003907.3540019-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T15:08:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Weiming Shi</name>
<email>bestswngs@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-06T16:01:34+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 6f1a9140ecda3baba3d945b9a6155af4268aafc4 ]

Tunnel xmit functions (iptunnel_xmit, ip6tunnel_xmit) lack their own
recursion limit. When a bond device in broadcast mode has GRE tap
interfaces as slaves, and those GRE tunnels route back through the
bond, multicast/broadcast traffic triggers infinite recursion between
bond_xmit_broadcast() and ip_tunnel_xmit()/ip6_tnl_xmit(), causing
kernel stack overflow.

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

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

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

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

Fixes: 745e20f1b626 ("net: add a recursion limit in xmit path")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306160133.3852900-2-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 6f1a9140ecda3baba3d945b9a6155af4268aafc4 ]

Tunnel xmit functions (iptunnel_xmit, ip6tunnel_xmit) lack their own
recursion limit. When a bond device in broadcast mode has GRE tap
interfaces as slaves, and those GRE tunnels route back through the
bond, multicast/broadcast traffic triggers infinite recursion between
bond_xmit_broadcast() and ip_tunnel_xmit()/ip6_tnl_xmit(), causing
kernel stack overflow.

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

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

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

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

Fixes: 745e20f1b626 ("net: add a recursion limit in xmit path")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306160133.3852900-2-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>xdp: produce a warning when calculated tailroom is negative</title>
<updated>2026-03-12T11:10:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Larysa Zaremba</name>
<email>larysa.zaremba@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-05T11:12:50+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=98cd8b4d0b836d3edf70161f40efd9cbb8c8f252'/>
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[ Upstream commit 8821e857759be9db3cde337ad328b71fe5c8a55f ]

Many ethernet drivers report xdp Rx queue frag size as being the same as
DMA write size. However, the only user of this field, namely
bpf_xdp_frags_increase_tail(), clearly expects a truesize.

Such difference leads to unspecific memory corruption issues under certain
circumstances, e.g. in ixgbevf maximum DMA write size is 3 KB, so when
running xskxceiver's XDP_ADJUST_TAIL_GROW_MULTI_BUFF, 6K packet fully uses
all DMA-writable space in 2 buffers. This would be fine, if only
rxq-&gt;frag_size was properly set to 4K, but value of 3K results in a
negative tailroom, because there is a non-zero page offset.

We are supposed to return -EINVAL and be done with it in such case, but due
to tailroom being stored as an unsigned int, it is reported to be somewhere
near UINT_MAX, resulting in a tail being grown, even if the requested
offset is too much (it is around 2K in the abovementioned test). This later
leads to all kinds of unspecific calltraces.

[ 7340.337579] xskxceiver[1440]: segfault at 1da718 ip 00007f4161aeac9d sp 00007f41615a6a00 error 6
[ 7340.338040] xskxceiver[1441]: segfault at 7f410000000b ip 00000000004042b5 sp 00007f415bffecf0 error 4
[ 7340.338179]  in libc.so.6[61c9d,7f4161aaf000+160000]
[ 7340.339230]  in xskxceiver[42b5,400000+69000]
[ 7340.340300]  likely on CPU 6 (core 0, socket 6)
[ 7340.340302] Code: ff ff 01 e9 f4 fe ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 39 f0 74 73 31 c0 ba 01 00 00 00 f0 0f b1 17 0f 85 ba 00 00 00 49 8b 87 88 00 00 00 &lt;4c&gt; 89 70 08 eb cc 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8d bd f0 fe ff ff 89 85 ec fe
[ 7340.340888]  likely on CPU 3 (core 0, socket 3)
[ 7340.345088] Code: 00 00 00 ba 00 00 00 00 be 00 00 00 00 89 c7 e8 31 ca ff ff 89 45 ec 8b 45 ec 85 c0 78 07 b8 00 00 00 00 eb 46 e8 0b c8 ff ff &lt;8b&gt; 00 83 f8 69 74 24 e8 ff c7 ff ff 8b 00 83 f8 0b 74 18 e8 f3 c7
[ 7340.404334] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6d255010bdffc: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 7340.405972] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 1439 Comm: xskxceiver Not tainted 6.19.0-rc1+ #21 PREEMPT(lazy)
[ 7340.408006] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.17.0-5.fc42 04/01/2014
[ 7340.409716] RIP: 0010:lookup_swap_cgroup_id+0x44/0x80
[ 7340.410455] Code: 83 f8 1c 73 39 48 ba ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 03 48 8b 04 c5 20 55 fa bd 48 21 d1 48 89 ca 83 e1 01 48 d1 ea c1 e1 04 48 8d 04 90 &lt;8b&gt; 00 48 83 c4 10 d3 e8 c3 cc cc cc cc 31 c0 e9 98 b7 dd 00 48 89
[ 7340.412787] RSP: 0018:ffffcc5c04f7f6d0 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 7340.413494] RAX: 0006d255010bdffc RBX: ffff891f477895a8 RCX: 0000000000000010
[ 7340.414431] RDX: 0001c17e3fffffff RSI: 00fa070000000000 RDI: 000382fc7fffffff
[ 7340.415354] RBP: 00fa070000000000 R08: ffffcc5c04f7f8f8 R09: ffffcc5c04f7f7d0
[ 7340.416283] R10: ffff891f4c1a7000 R11: ffffcc5c04f7f9c8 R12: ffffcc5c04f7f7d0
[ 7340.417218] R13: 03ffffffffffffff R14: 00fa06fffffffe00 R15: ffff891f47789500
[ 7340.418229] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff891ffdfaa000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 7340.419489] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 7340.420286] CR2: 00007f415bfffd58 CR3: 0000000103f03002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0
[ 7340.421237] PKRU: 55555554
[ 7340.421623] Call Trace:
[ 7340.421987]  &lt;TASK&gt;
[ 7340.422309]  ? softleaf_from_pte+0x77/0xa0
[ 7340.422855]  swap_pte_batch+0xa7/0x290
[ 7340.423363]  zap_nonpresent_ptes.constprop.0.isra.0+0xd1/0x270
[ 7340.424102]  zap_pte_range+0x281/0x580
[ 7340.424607]  zap_pmd_range.isra.0+0xc9/0x240
[ 7340.425177]  unmap_page_range+0x24d/0x420
[ 7340.425714]  unmap_vmas+0xa1/0x180
[ 7340.426185]  exit_mmap+0xe1/0x3b0
[ 7340.426644]  __mmput+0x41/0x150
[ 7340.427098]  exit_mm+0xb1/0x110
[ 7340.427539]  do_exit+0x1b2/0x460
[ 7340.427992]  do_group_exit+0x2d/0xc0
[ 7340.428477]  get_signal+0x79d/0x7e0
[ 7340.428957]  arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x34/0x100
[ 7340.429571]  exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x8e/0x4c0
[ 7340.430159]  do_syscall_64+0x188/0x6b0
[ 7340.430672]  ? __do_sys_clone3+0xd9/0x120
[ 7340.431212]  ? switch_fpu_return+0x4e/0xd0
[ 7340.431761]  ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare.isra.0+0xa1/0xc0
[ 7340.432498]  ? do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x6b0
[ 7340.433015]  ? __handle_mm_fault+0x445/0x690
[ 7340.433582]  ? count_memcg_events+0xd6/0x210
[ 7340.434151]  ? handle_mm_fault+0x212/0x340
[ 7340.434697]  ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2b4/0x7b0
[ 7340.435271]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.435788]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.436299]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.436812]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.437323]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 7340.437973] RIP: 0033:0x7f4161b14169
[ 7340.438468] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f4161b1413f.
[ 7340.439242] RSP: 002b:00007ffc6ebfa770 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
[ 7340.440173] RAX: fffffffffffffe00 RBX: 00000000000005a1 RCX: 00007f4161b14169
[ 7340.441061] RDX: 00000000000005a1 RSI: 0000000000000109 RDI: 00007f415bfff990
[ 7340.441943] RBP: 00007ffc6ebfa7a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffffff
[ 7340.442824] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 7340.443707] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f415bfff990 R15: 00007f415bfff6c0
[ 7340.444586]  &lt;/TASK&gt;
[ 7340.444922] Modules linked in: rfkill intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common skx_edac_common nfit libnvdimm kvm_intel vfat fat kvm snd_pcm irqbypass rapl iTCO_wdt snd_timer intel_pmc_bxt iTCO_vendor_support snd ixgbevf virtio_net soundcore i2c_i801 pcspkr libeth_xdp net_failover i2c_smbus lpc_ich failover libeth virtio_balloon joydev 9p fuse loop zram lz4hc_compress lz4_compress 9pnet_virtio 9pnet netfs ghash_clmulni_intel serio_raw qemu_fw_cfg
[ 7340.449650] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The issue can be fixed in all in-tree drivers, but we cannot just trust OOT
drivers to not do this. Therefore, make tailroom a signed int and produce a
warning when it is negative to prevent such mistakes in the future.

Fixes: bf25146a5595 ("bpf: add frags support to the bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() API")
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov &lt;aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;martin.lau@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba &lt;larysa.zaremba@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260305111253.2317394-10-larysa.zaremba@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 8821e857759be9db3cde337ad328b71fe5c8a55f ]

Many ethernet drivers report xdp Rx queue frag size as being the same as
DMA write size. However, the only user of this field, namely
bpf_xdp_frags_increase_tail(), clearly expects a truesize.

Such difference leads to unspecific memory corruption issues under certain
circumstances, e.g. in ixgbevf maximum DMA write size is 3 KB, so when
running xskxceiver's XDP_ADJUST_TAIL_GROW_MULTI_BUFF, 6K packet fully uses
all DMA-writable space in 2 buffers. This would be fine, if only
rxq-&gt;frag_size was properly set to 4K, but value of 3K results in a
negative tailroom, because there is a non-zero page offset.

We are supposed to return -EINVAL and be done with it in such case, but due
to tailroom being stored as an unsigned int, it is reported to be somewhere
near UINT_MAX, resulting in a tail being grown, even if the requested
offset is too much (it is around 2K in the abovementioned test). This later
leads to all kinds of unspecific calltraces.

[ 7340.337579] xskxceiver[1440]: segfault at 1da718 ip 00007f4161aeac9d sp 00007f41615a6a00 error 6
[ 7340.338040] xskxceiver[1441]: segfault at 7f410000000b ip 00000000004042b5 sp 00007f415bffecf0 error 4
[ 7340.338179]  in libc.so.6[61c9d,7f4161aaf000+160000]
[ 7340.339230]  in xskxceiver[42b5,400000+69000]
[ 7340.340300]  likely on CPU 6 (core 0, socket 6)
[ 7340.340302] Code: ff ff 01 e9 f4 fe ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 39 f0 74 73 31 c0 ba 01 00 00 00 f0 0f b1 17 0f 85 ba 00 00 00 49 8b 87 88 00 00 00 &lt;4c&gt; 89 70 08 eb cc 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8d bd f0 fe ff ff 89 85 ec fe
[ 7340.340888]  likely on CPU 3 (core 0, socket 3)
[ 7340.345088] Code: 00 00 00 ba 00 00 00 00 be 00 00 00 00 89 c7 e8 31 ca ff ff 89 45 ec 8b 45 ec 85 c0 78 07 b8 00 00 00 00 eb 46 e8 0b c8 ff ff &lt;8b&gt; 00 83 f8 69 74 24 e8 ff c7 ff ff 8b 00 83 f8 0b 74 18 e8 f3 c7
[ 7340.404334] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6d255010bdffc: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 7340.405972] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 1439 Comm: xskxceiver Not tainted 6.19.0-rc1+ #21 PREEMPT(lazy)
[ 7340.408006] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.17.0-5.fc42 04/01/2014
[ 7340.409716] RIP: 0010:lookup_swap_cgroup_id+0x44/0x80
[ 7340.410455] Code: 83 f8 1c 73 39 48 ba ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 03 48 8b 04 c5 20 55 fa bd 48 21 d1 48 89 ca 83 e1 01 48 d1 ea c1 e1 04 48 8d 04 90 &lt;8b&gt; 00 48 83 c4 10 d3 e8 c3 cc cc cc cc 31 c0 e9 98 b7 dd 00 48 89
[ 7340.412787] RSP: 0018:ffffcc5c04f7f6d0 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 7340.413494] RAX: 0006d255010bdffc RBX: ffff891f477895a8 RCX: 0000000000000010
[ 7340.414431] RDX: 0001c17e3fffffff RSI: 00fa070000000000 RDI: 000382fc7fffffff
[ 7340.415354] RBP: 00fa070000000000 R08: ffffcc5c04f7f8f8 R09: ffffcc5c04f7f7d0
[ 7340.416283] R10: ffff891f4c1a7000 R11: ffffcc5c04f7f9c8 R12: ffffcc5c04f7f7d0
[ 7340.417218] R13: 03ffffffffffffff R14: 00fa06fffffffe00 R15: ffff891f47789500
[ 7340.418229] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff891ffdfaa000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 7340.419489] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 7340.420286] CR2: 00007f415bfffd58 CR3: 0000000103f03002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0
[ 7340.421237] PKRU: 55555554
[ 7340.421623] Call Trace:
[ 7340.421987]  &lt;TASK&gt;
[ 7340.422309]  ? softleaf_from_pte+0x77/0xa0
[ 7340.422855]  swap_pte_batch+0xa7/0x290
[ 7340.423363]  zap_nonpresent_ptes.constprop.0.isra.0+0xd1/0x270
[ 7340.424102]  zap_pte_range+0x281/0x580
[ 7340.424607]  zap_pmd_range.isra.0+0xc9/0x240
[ 7340.425177]  unmap_page_range+0x24d/0x420
[ 7340.425714]  unmap_vmas+0xa1/0x180
[ 7340.426185]  exit_mmap+0xe1/0x3b0
[ 7340.426644]  __mmput+0x41/0x150
[ 7340.427098]  exit_mm+0xb1/0x110
[ 7340.427539]  do_exit+0x1b2/0x460
[ 7340.427992]  do_group_exit+0x2d/0xc0
[ 7340.428477]  get_signal+0x79d/0x7e0
[ 7340.428957]  arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x34/0x100
[ 7340.429571]  exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x8e/0x4c0
[ 7340.430159]  do_syscall_64+0x188/0x6b0
[ 7340.430672]  ? __do_sys_clone3+0xd9/0x120
[ 7340.431212]  ? switch_fpu_return+0x4e/0xd0
[ 7340.431761]  ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare.isra.0+0xa1/0xc0
[ 7340.432498]  ? do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x6b0
[ 7340.433015]  ? __handle_mm_fault+0x445/0x690
[ 7340.433582]  ? count_memcg_events+0xd6/0x210
[ 7340.434151]  ? handle_mm_fault+0x212/0x340
[ 7340.434697]  ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2b4/0x7b0
[ 7340.435271]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.435788]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.436299]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.436812]  ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80
[ 7340.437323]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 7340.437973] RIP: 0033:0x7f4161b14169
[ 7340.438468] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f4161b1413f.
[ 7340.439242] RSP: 002b:00007ffc6ebfa770 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
[ 7340.440173] RAX: fffffffffffffe00 RBX: 00000000000005a1 RCX: 00007f4161b14169
[ 7340.441061] RDX: 00000000000005a1 RSI: 0000000000000109 RDI: 00007f415bfff990
[ 7340.441943] RBP: 00007ffc6ebfa7a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffffff
[ 7340.442824] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 7340.443707] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f415bfff990 R15: 00007f415bfff6c0
[ 7340.444586]  &lt;/TASK&gt;
[ 7340.444922] Modules linked in: rfkill intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common skx_edac_common nfit libnvdimm kvm_intel vfat fat kvm snd_pcm irqbypass rapl iTCO_wdt snd_timer intel_pmc_bxt iTCO_vendor_support snd ixgbevf virtio_net soundcore i2c_i801 pcspkr libeth_xdp net_failover i2c_smbus lpc_ich failover libeth virtio_balloon joydev 9p fuse loop zram lz4hc_compress lz4_compress 9pnet_virtio 9pnet netfs ghash_clmulni_intel serio_raw qemu_fw_cfg
[ 7340.449650] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The issue can be fixed in all in-tree drivers, but we cannot just trust OOT
drivers to not do this. Therefore, make tailroom a signed int and produce a
warning when it is negative to prevent such mistakes in the future.

Fixes: bf25146a5595 ("bpf: add frags support to the bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() API")
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov &lt;aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;martin.lau@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba &lt;larysa.zaremba@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260305111253.2317394-10-larysa.zaremba@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>xdp: use modulo operation to calculate XDP frag tailroom</title>
<updated>2026-03-12T11:10:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Larysa Zaremba</name>
<email>larysa.zaremba@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-05T11:12:42+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 88b6b7f7b216108a09887b074395fa7b751880b1 ]

The current formula for calculating XDP tailroom in mbuf packets works only
if each frag has its own page (if rxq-&gt;frag_size is PAGE_SIZE), this
defeats the purpose of the parameter overall and without any indication
leads to negative calculated tailroom on at least half of frags, if shared
pages are used.

There are not many drivers that set rxq-&gt;frag_size. Among them:
* i40e and enetc always split page uniformly between frags, use shared
  pages
* ice uses page_pool frags via libeth, those are power-of-2 and uniformly
  distributed across page
* idpf has variable frag_size with XDP on, so current API is not applicable
* mlx5, mtk and mvneta use PAGE_SIZE or 0 as frag_size for page_pool

As for AF_XDP ZC, only ice, i40e and idpf declare frag_size for it. Modulo
operation yields good results for aligned chunks, they are all power-of-2,
between 2K and PAGE_SIZE. Formula without modulo fails when chunk_size is
2K. Buffers in unaligned mode are not distributed uniformly, so modulo
operation would not work.

To accommodate unaligned buffers, we could define frag_size as
data + tailroom, and hence do not subtract offset when calculating
tailroom, but this would necessitate more changes in the drivers.

Define rxq-&gt;frag_size as an even portion of a page that fully belongs to a
single frag. When calculating tailroom, locate the data start within such
portion by performing a modulo operation on page offset.

Fixes: bf25146a5595 ("bpf: add frags support to the bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() API")
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov &lt;aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba &lt;larysa.zaremba@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260305111253.2317394-2-larysa.zaremba@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 88b6b7f7b216108a09887b074395fa7b751880b1 ]

The current formula for calculating XDP tailroom in mbuf packets works only
if each frag has its own page (if rxq-&gt;frag_size is PAGE_SIZE), this
defeats the purpose of the parameter overall and without any indication
leads to negative calculated tailroom on at least half of frags, if shared
pages are used.

There are not many drivers that set rxq-&gt;frag_size. Among them:
* i40e and enetc always split page uniformly between frags, use shared
  pages
* ice uses page_pool frags via libeth, those are power-of-2 and uniformly
  distributed across page
* idpf has variable frag_size with XDP on, so current API is not applicable
* mlx5, mtk and mvneta use PAGE_SIZE or 0 as frag_size for page_pool

As for AF_XDP ZC, only ice, i40e and idpf declare frag_size for it. Modulo
operation yields good results for aligned chunks, they are all power-of-2,
between 2K and PAGE_SIZE. Formula without modulo fails when chunk_size is
2K. Buffers in unaligned mode are not distributed uniformly, so modulo
operation would not work.

To accommodate unaligned buffers, we could define frag_size as
data + tailroom, and hence do not subtract offset when calculating
tailroom, but this would necessitate more changes in the drivers.

Define rxq-&gt;frag_size as an even portion of a page that fully belongs to a
single frag. When calculating tailroom, locate the data start within such
portion by performing a modulo operation on page offset.

Fixes: bf25146a5595 ("bpf: add frags support to the bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() API")
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov &lt;aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba &lt;larysa.zaremba@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260305111253.2317394-2-larysa.zaremba@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: Provide a PREEMPT_RT specific check for netdev_queue::_xmit_lock</title>
<updated>2026-03-12T11:09:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sebastian Andrzej Siewior</name>
<email>bigeasy@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-02T16:26:31+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit b824c3e16c1904bf80df489e293d1e3cbf98896d ]

After acquiring netdev_queue::_xmit_lock the number of the CPU owning
the lock is recorded in netdev_queue::xmit_lock_owner. This works as
long as the BH context is not preemptible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki &lt;spasswolf@web.de&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260216134333.412332-1-spasswolf@web.de
Fixes: 3253cb49cbad4 ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki &lt;spasswolf@web.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302162631.uGUyIqDT@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>net: devmem: use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE on binding-&gt;dev</title>
<updated>2026-03-12T11:09:58+00:00</updated>
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<name>Bobby Eshleman</name>
<email>bobbyeshleman@meta.com</email>
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<published>2026-03-03T00:32:56+00:00</published>
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binding-&gt;dev is protected on the write-side in
mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall() against concurrent writes, but due to the
concurrent bare reads in net_devmem_get_binding() and
validate_xmit_unreadable_skb() it should be wrapped in a
READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE pair to make sure no compiler optimizations play
with the underlying register in unforeseen ways.

Doesn't present a critical bug because the known compiler optimizations
don't result in bad behavior. There is no tearing on u64, and load
omissions/invented loads would only break if additional binding-&gt;dev
references were inlined together (they aren't right now).

This just more strictly follows the linux memory model (i.e.,
"Lock-Protected Writes With Lockless Reads" in
tools/memory-model/Documentation/access-marking.txt).

Fixes: bd61848900bf ("net: devmem: Implement TX path")
Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman &lt;bobbyeshleman@meta.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302-devmem-membar-fix-v2-1-5b33c9cbc28b@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 40bf00ec2ee271df5ba67593991760adf8b5d0ed ]

binding-&gt;dev is protected on the write-side in
mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall() against concurrent writes, but due to the
concurrent bare reads in net_devmem_get_binding() and
validate_xmit_unreadable_skb() it should be wrapped in a
READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE pair to make sure no compiler optimizations play
with the underlying register in unforeseen ways.

Doesn't present a critical bug because the known compiler optimizations
don't result in bad behavior. There is no tearing on u64, and load
omissions/invented loads would only break if additional binding-&gt;dev
references were inlined together (they aren't right now).

This just more strictly follows the linux memory model (i.e.,
"Lock-Protected Writes With Lockless Reads" in
tools/memory-model/Documentation/access-marking.txt).

Fixes: bd61848900bf ("net: devmem: Implement TX path")
Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman &lt;bobbyeshleman@meta.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302-devmem-membar-fix-v2-1-5b33c9cbc28b@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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