kernel/linux.git/fs/afs, branch v7.0.11

afs: Fix the locking used by afs_get_link()

2026-06-01T15:54:40+00:00

[ Upstream commit c0410adf3da6db46f3513411fcf95e63c2f1d1ad ] The afs filesystem in the kernel doesn't do locking correctly for symbolic links. There are a number of problems: (1) It doesn't do any locking around afs_read_single() to prevent races between multiple ->get_link() calls, thereby allowing the possibility of leaks. (2) It doesn't use RCU barriering when accessing the buffer pointers during RCU pathwalk. (3) It can race with another thread updating the contents of the symlink if a third party updated it on the server. Fix this by the following means: (0) Move symlink handling into its own file as this makes it more complicated. (1) Take the validate_lock around afs_read_single() to prevent races between multiple ->get_link() calls. (2) Keep a separate copy of the symlink contents with an rcu_head. This is always going to be a lot smaller than a page, so it can be kmalloc'd and save quite a bit of memory. It also needs a refcount for non-RCU pathwalk. (3) Split the symlink read and write-to-cache routines in afs from those for directories. (4) Discard the I/O buffer as soon as the write-to-cache completes as this is a full page (plus a folio_queue). (5) If there's no cache, discard the I/O buffer immediately after reading and copying if there is no cache. Fixes: eae9e78951bb ("afs: Use netfslib for symlinks, allowing them to be cached") Fixes: 6698c02d64b2 ("afs: Locally initialise the contents of a new symlink on creation") Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260326104544.509518-1-dhowells%40redhat.com Signed-off-by: David Howells Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260512123404.719402-25-dhowells@redhat.com cc: Marc Dionne cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages

2026-06-01T15:54:40+00:00

[ Upstream commit 9871938f99cc6cb266a77265491660e2375271f5 ] Fix netfs_write_single() and afs_single_writepages() to better handle a write that would be skipped due to lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE by returning 1 from netfs_write_single() if it skipped and making afs_single_writepages() skip also. If a skip occurs, the inode must be re-marked as the VFS may have cleared the mark. This is really only theoretical for directories in netfs_write_single() as the only path to that is through afs_single_writepages() that takes the ->validate_lock around it, thereby serialising it. Fixes: 6dd80936618c ("afs: Use netfslib for directories") Signed-off-by: David Howells Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260512123404.719402-24-dhowells@redhat.com cc: Marc Dionne cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

netfs: Fix potential for tearing in ->remote_i_size and ->zero_point

2026-06-01T15:54:38+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2c8f4742bb76117d735f92a3932d85239b16c494 ] Fix potential tearing in using ->remote_i_size and ->zero_point by copying i_size_read() and i_size_write() and using the same seqcount as for i_size. We need to make sure that netfslib and the filesystems that use it always hold i_lock whilst updating any of the sizes to prevent i_size_seqcount from getting corrupted. Fixes: 4058f742105e ("netfs: Keep track of the actual remote file size") Fixes: 100ccd18bb41 ("netfs: Optimise away reads above the point at which there can be no data") Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260414082004.3756080-1-dhowells%40redhat.com Signed-off-by: David Howells Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260512123404.719402-6-dhowells@redhat.com cc: Paulo Alcantara cc: Matthew Wilcox cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

fs: afs: revert mmap_prepare() change

2026-05-07T04:13:43+00:00

commit fbfc6578eaca12daa0c09df1e9ba7f2c657b49da upstream. Partially reverts commit 9d5403b1036c ("fs: convert most other generic_file_*mmap() users to .mmap_prepare()"). This is because the .mmap invocation establishes a refcount, but .mmap_prepare is called at a point where a merge or an allocation failure might happen after the call, which would leak the refcount increment. Functionality is being added to permit the use of .mmap_prepare in this case, but in the interim, we need to fix this. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/08804c94e39d9102a3a8fbd12385e8aa079ba1d3.1774045440.git.ljs@kernel.org Fixes: 9d5403b1036c ("fs: convert most other generic_file_*mmap() users to .mmap_prepare()") Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Torgue Cc: Al Viro Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Bodo Stroesser Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Clemens Ladisch Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: David Howells Cc: Dexuan Cui Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Haiyang Zhang Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan Cc: Liam Howlett Cc: Long Li Cc: Marc Dionne Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" Cc: Maxime Coquelin Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Miquel Raynal Cc: Pedro Falcato Cc: Richard Weinberger Cc: Ryan Roberts Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra Cc: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) Cc: Wei Liu Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

rxrpc, afs: Fix missing error pointer check after rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer()

2026-03-07T01:49:52+00:00

rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() can also return error pointers in addition to NULL, so just checking for NULL is not sufficient. Fix this by: (1) Changing rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() to return -ENOMEM rather than NULL on allocation failure. (2) Making the callers in afs use IS_ERR() and PTR_ERR() to pass on the error code returned. Fixes: 72904d7b9bfb ("rxrpc, afs: Allow afs to pin rxrpc_peer objects") Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin Co-developed-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: David Howells cc: Marc Dionne cc: Simon Horman cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/368272.1772713861@warthog.procyon.org.uk Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses

2026-02-22T16:26:33+00:00

Conversion performed via this Coccinelle script: // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only // Options: --include-headers-for-types --all-includes --include-headers --keep-comments virtual patch @gfp depends on patch && !(file in "tools") && !(file in "samples")@ identifier ALLOC = {kmalloc_obj,kmalloc_objs,kmalloc_flex, kzalloc_obj,kzalloc_objs,kzalloc_flex, kvmalloc_obj,kvmalloc_objs,kvmalloc_flex, kvzalloc_obj,kvzalloc_objs,kvzalloc_flex}; @@ ALLOC(... - , GFP_KERNEL ) $ make coccicheck MODE=patch COCCI=gfp.cocci Build and boot tested x86_64 with Fedora 42's GCC and Clang: Linux version 6.19.0+ (user@host) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20260123 (Red Hat 15.2.1-7), GNU ld version 2.44-12.fc42) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 1970-01-01 Linux version 6.19.0+ (user@host) (clang version 20.1.8 (Fedora 20.1.8-4.fc42), LLD 20.1.8) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 1970-01-01 Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex() interface. As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather than 'objs*'. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

Merge tag 'net-next-6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next

2025-12-04T01:24:33+00:00

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski: "Core & protocols: - Replace busylock at the Tx queuing layer with a lockless list. Resulting in a 300% (4x) improvement on heavy TX workloads, sending twice the number of packets per second, for half the cpu cycles. - Allow constantly busy flows to migrate to a more suitable CPU/NIC queue. Normally we perform queue re-selection when flow comes out of idle, but under extreme circumstances the flows may be constantly busy. Add sysctl to allow periodic rehashing even if it'd risk packet reordering. - Optimize the NAPI skb cache, make it larger, use it in more paths. - Attempt returning Tx skbs to the originating CPU (like we already did for Rx skbs). - Various data structure layout and prefetch optimizations from Eric. - Remove ktime_get() from the recvmsg() fast path, ktime_get() is sadly quite expensive on recent AMD machines. - Extend threaded NAPI polling to allow the kthread busy poll for packets. - Make MPTCP use Rx backlog processing. This lowers the lock pressure, improving the Rx performance. - Support memcg accounting of MPTCP socket memory. - Allow admin to opt sockets out of global protocol memory accounting (using a sysctl or BPF-based policy). The global limits are a poor fit for modern container workloads, where limits are imposed using cgroups. - Improve heuristics for when to kick off AF_UNIX garbage collection. - Allow users to control TCP SACK compression, and default to 33% of RTT. - Add tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl to let datacenter users avoid unnecessarily aggressive rcvbuf growth and overshot when the connection RTT is low. - Preserve skb metadata space across skb_push / skb_pull operations. - Support for IPIP encapsulation in the nftables flowtable offload. - Support appending IP interface information to ICMP messages (RFC 5837). - Support setting max record size in TLS (RFC 8449). - Remove taking rtnl_lock from RTM_GETNEIGHTBL and RTM_SETNEIGHTBL. - Use a dedicated lock (and RCU) in MPLS, instead of rtnl_lock. - Let users configure the number of write buffers in SMC. - Add new struct sockaddr_unsized for sockaddr of unknown length, from Kees. - Some conversions away from the crypto_ahash API, from Eric Biggers. - Some preparations for slimming down struct page. - YAML Netlink protocol spec for WireGuard. - Add a tool on top of YAML Netlink specs/lib for reporting commonly computed derived statistics and summarized system state. Driver API: - Add CAN XL support to the CAN Netlink interface. - Add uAPI for reporting PHY Mean Square Error (MSE) diagnostics, as defined by the OPEN Alliance's "Advanced diagnostic features for 100BASE-T1 automotive Ethernet PHYs" specification. - Add DPLL phase-adjust-gran pin attribute (and implement it in zl3073x). - Refactor xfrm_input lock to reduce contention when NIC offloads IPsec and performs RSS. - Add info to devlink params whether the current setting is the default or a user override. Allow resetting back to default. - Add standard device stats for PSP crypto offload. - Leverage DSA frame broadcast to implement simple HSR frame duplication for a lot of switches without dedicated HSR offload. - Add uAPI defines for 1.6Tbps link modes. Device drivers: - Add Motorcomm YT921x gigabit Ethernet switch support. - Add MUCSE driver for N500/N210 1GbE NIC series. - Convert drivers to support dedicated ops for timestamping control, and away from the direct IOCTL handling. While at it support GET operations for PHY timestamping. - Add (and convert most drivers to) a dedicated ethtool callback for reading the Rx ring count. - Significant refactoring efforts in the STMMAC driver, which supports Synopsys turn-key MAC IP integrated into a ton of SoCs. - Ethernet high-speed NICs: - Broadcom (bnxt): - support PPS in/out on all pins - Intel (100G, ice, idpf): - ice: implement standard ethtool and timestamping stats - i40e: support setting the max number of MAC addresses per VF - iavf: support RSS of GTP tunnels for 5G and LTE deployments - nVidia/Mellanox (mlx5): - reduce downtime on interface reconfiguration - disable being an XDP redirect target by default (same as other drivers) to avoid wasting resources if feature is unused - Meta (fbnic): - add support for Linux-managed PCS on 25G, 50G, and 100G links - Wangxun: - support Rx descriptor merge, and Tx head writeback - support Rx coalescing offload - support 25G SPF and 40G QSFP modules - Ethernet virtual: - Google (gve): - allow ethtool to configure rx_buf_len - implement XDP HW RX Timestamping support for DQ descriptor format - Microsoft vNIC (mana): - support HW link state events - handle hardware recovery events when probing the device - Ethernet NICs consumer, and embedded: - usbnet: add support for Byte Queue Limits (BQL) - AMD (amd-xgbe): - add device selftests - NXP (enetc): - add i.MX94 support - Broadcom integrated MACs (bcmgenet, bcmasp): - bcmasp: add support for PHY-based Wake-on-LAN - Broadcom switches (b53): - support port isolation - support BCM5389/97/98 and BCM63XX ARL formats - Lantiq/MaxLinear switches: - support bridge FDB entries on the CPU port - use regmap for register access - allow user to enable/disable learning - support Energy Efficient Ethernet - support configuring RMII clock delays - add tagging driver for MaxLinear GSW1xx switches - Synopsys (stmmac): - support using the HW clock in free running mode - add Eswin EIC7700 support - add Rockchip RK3506 support - add Altera Agilex5 support - Cadence (macb): - cleanup and consolidate descriptor and DMA address handling - add EyeQ5 support - TI: - icssg-prueth: support AF_XDP - Airoha access points: - add missing Ethernet stats and link state callback - add AN7583 support - support out-of-order Tx completion processing - Power over Ethernet: - pd692x0: preserve PSE configuration across reboots - add support for TPS23881B devices - Ethernet PHYs: - Open Alliance OATC14 10BASE-T1S PHY cable diagnostic support - Support 50G SerDes and 100G interfaces in Linux-managed PHYs - micrel: - support for non PTP SKUs of lan8814 - enable in-band auto-negotiation on lan8814 - realtek: - cable testing support on RTL8224 - interrupt support on RTL8221B - motorcomm: support for PHY LEDs on YT853 - microchip: support for LAN867X Rev.D0 PHYs w/ SQI and cable diag - mscc: support for PHY LED control - CAN drivers: - m_can: add support for optional reset and system wake up - remove can_change_mtu() obsoleted by core handling - mcp251xfd: support GPIO controller functionality - Bluetooth: - add initial support for PASTa - WiFi: - split ieee80211.h file, it's way too big - improvements in VHT radiotap reporting, S1G, Channel Switch Announcement handling, rate tracking in mesh networks - improve multi-radio monitor mode support, and add a cfg80211 debugfs interface for it - HT action frame handling on 6 GHz - initial chanctx work towards NAN - MU-MIMO sniffer improvements - WiFi drivers: - RealTek (rtw89): - support USB devices RTL8852AU and RTL8852CU - initial work for RTL8922DE - improved injection support - Intel: - iwlwifi: new sniffer API support - MediaTek (mt76): - WED support for >32-bit DMA - airoha NPU support - regdomain improvements - continued WiFi7/MLO work - Qualcomm/Atheros: - ath10k: factory test support - ath11k: TX power insertion support - ath12k: BSS color change support - ath12k: statistics improvements - brcmfmac: Acer A1 840 tablet quirk - rtl8xxxu: 40 MHz connection fixes/support" * tag 'net-next-6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1381 commits) net: page_pool: sanitise allocation order net: page pool: xa init with destroy on pp init net/mlx5e: Support XDP target xmit with dummy program net/mlx5e: Update XDP features in switch channels selftests/tc-testing: Test CAKE scheduler when enqueue drops packets net/sched: sch_cake: Fix incorrect qlen reduction in cake_drop wireguard: netlink: generate netlink code wireguard: uapi: generate header with ynl-gen wireguard: uapi: move flag enums wireguard: uapi: move enum wg_cmd wireguard: netlink: add YNL specification selftests: drv-net: Fix tolerance calculation in devlink_rate_tc_bw.py selftests: drv-net: Fix and clarify TC bandwidth split in devlink_rate_tc_bw.py selftests: drv-net: Set shell=True for sysfs writes in devlink_rate_tc_bw.py selftests: drv-net: Use Iperf3Runner in devlink_rate_tc_bw.py selftests: drv-net: introduce Iperf3Runner for measurement use cases selftests: drv-net: Add devlink_rate_tc_bw.py to TEST_PROGS net: ps3_gelic_net: Use napi_alloc_skb() and napi_gro_receive() Documentation: net: dsa: mention simple HSR offload helpers Documentation: net: dsa: mention availability of RedBox ...