kernel/linux.git/net/core/dev.c, branch v6.12.53

net: gso: Forbid IPv6 TSO with extensions on devices with only IPV6_CSUM

2025-08-28T14:31:14+00:00

[ Upstream commit 864e3396976ef41de6cc7bc366276bf4e084fff2 ] When performing Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO) on an IPv6 packet that contains extension headers, the kernel incorrectly requests checksum offload if the egress device only advertises NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM feature, which has a strict contract: it supports checksum offload only for plain TCP or UDP over IPv6 and explicitly does not support packets with extension headers. The current GSO logic violates this contract by failing to disable the feature for packets with extension headers, such as those used in GREoIPv6 tunnels. This violation results in the device being asked to perform an operation it cannot support, leading to a `skb_warn_bad_offload` warning and a collapse of network throughput. While device TSO/USO is correctly bypassed in favor of software GSO for these packets, the GSO stack must be explicitly told not to request checksum offload. Mask NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM, NETIF_F_TSO6 and NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4 in gso_features_check if the IPv6 header contains extension headers to compute checksum in software. The exception is a BIG TCP extension, which, as stated in commit 68e068cabd2c6c53 ("net: reenable NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM offload for BIG TCP packets"): "The feature is only enabled on devices that support BIG TCP TSO. The header is only present for PF_PACKET taps like tcpdump, and not transmitted by physical devices." kernel log output (truncated): WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5273 at net/core/dev.c:3535 skb_warn_bad_offload+0x81/0x140 ... Call Trace: skb_checksum_help+0x12a/0x1f0 validate_xmit_skb+0x1a3/0x2d0 validate_xmit_skb_list+0x4f/0x80 sch_direct_xmit+0x1a2/0x380 __dev_xmit_skb+0x242/0x670 __dev_queue_xmit+0x3fc/0x7f0 ip6_finish_output2+0x25e/0x5d0 ip6_finish_output+0x1fc/0x3f0 ip6_tnl_xmit+0x608/0xc00 [ip6_tunnel] ip6gre_tunnel_xmit+0x1c0/0x390 [ip6_gre] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x63/0x1c0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x6d0/0x7f0 ip6_finish_output2+0x214/0x5d0 ip6_finish_output+0x1fc/0x3f0 ip6_xmit+0x2ca/0x6f0 ip6_finish_output+0x1fc/0x3f0 ip6_xmit+0x2ca/0x6f0 inet6_csk_xmit+0xeb/0x150 __tcp_transmit_skb+0x555/0xa80 tcp_write_xmit+0x32a/0xe90 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x437/0x1110 tcp_sendmsg+0x2f/0x50 ... skb linear: 00000000: e4 3d 1a 7d ec 30 e4 3d 1a 7e 5d 90 86 dd 60 0e skb linear: 00000010: 00 0a 1b 34 3c 40 20 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 12 20 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 11 2f 00 04 01 04 01 01 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000040: 86 dd 60 0e 00 0a 1b 00 06 40 20 23 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 20 23 00 00 00 00 skb linear: 00000060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 bf 96 14 51 13 f9 skb linear: 00000070: ae 27 a0 a8 2b e3 80 18 00 40 5b 6f 00 00 01 01 skb linear: 00000080: 08 0a 42 d4 50 d5 4b 70 f8 1a Fixes: 04c20a9356f283da ("net: skip offload for NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM if ipv6 header contains extension") Reported-by: Tianhao Zhao Suggested-by: Michal Schmidt Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn Signed-off-by: Jakub Ramaseuski Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250814105119.1525687-1-jramaseu@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: flush_backlog() small changes

2025-05-29T09:03:01+00:00

[ Upstream commit cbe08724c18078564abefbf6591078a7c98e5e0f ] Add READ_ONCE() around reads of skb->dev->reg_state, because this field can be changed from other threads/cpus. Instead of calling dev_kfree_skb_irq() and kfree_skb() while interrupts are masked and locks held, use a temporary list and use __skb_queue_purge_reason() Use SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_READY drop reason to better describe why these skbs are dropped. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Jason Xing Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250204144825.316785-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

netmem: prevent TX of unreadable skbs

2025-03-22T19:54:25+00:00

commit f3600c867c99a2cc8038680ecf211089c50e7971 upstream. Currently on stable trees we have support for netmem/devmem RX but not TX. It is not safe to forward/redirect an RX unreadable netmem packet into the device's TX path, as the device may call dma-mapping APIs on dma addrs that should not be passed to it. Fix this by preventing the xmit of unreadable skbs. Tested by configuring tc redirect: sudo tc qdisc add dev eth1 ingress sudo tc filter add dev eth1 ingress protocol ip prio 1 flower ip_proto \ tcp src_ip 192.168.1.12 action mirred egress redirect dev eth1 Before, I see unreadable skbs in the driver's TX path passed to dma mapping APIs. After, I don't see unreadable skbs in the driver's TX path passed to dma mapping APIs. Fixes: 65249feb6b3d ("net: add support for skbs with unreadable frags") Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250306215520.1415465-1-almasrymina@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: Handle napi_schedule() calls from non-interrupt

2025-03-22T19:54:21+00:00

[ Upstream commit 77e45145e3039a0fb212556ab3f8c87f54771757 ] napi_schedule() is expected to be called either: * From an interrupt, where raised softirqs are handled on IRQ exit * From a softirq disabled section, where raised softirqs are handled on the next call to local_bh_enable(). * From a softirq handler, where raised softirqs are handled on the next round in do_softirq(), or further deferred to a dedicated kthread. Other bare tasks context may end up ignoring the raised NET_RX vector until the next random softirq handling opportunity, which may not happen before a while if the CPU goes idle afterwards with the tick stopped. Such "misuses" have been detected on several places thanks to messages of the kind: "NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #08!!!" For example: __raise_softirq_irqoff __napi_schedule rtl8152_runtime_resume.isra.0 rtl8152_resume usb_resume_interface.isra.0 usb_resume_both __rpm_callback rpm_callback rpm_resume __pm_runtime_resume usb_autoresume_device usb_remote_wakeup hub_event process_one_work worker_thread kthread ret_from_fork ret_from_fork_asm And also: * drivers/net/usb/r8152.c::rtl_work_func_t * drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c::nsim_start_xmit There is a long history of issues of this kind: 019edd01d174 ("ath10k: sdio: Add missing BH locking around napi_schdule()") 330068589389 ("idpf: disable local BH when scheduling napi for marker packets") e3d5d70cb483 ("net: lan78xx: fix "softirq work is pending" error") e55c27ed9ccf ("mt76: mt7615: add missing bh-disable around rx napi schedule") c0182aa98570 ("mt76: mt7915: add missing bh-disable around tx napi enable/schedule") 970be1dff26d ("mt76: disable BH around napi_schedule() calls") 019edd01d174 ("ath10k: sdio: Add missing BH locking around napi_schdule()") 30bfec4fec59 ("can: rx-offload: can_rx_offload_threaded_irq_finish(): add new function to be called from threaded interrupt") e63052a5dd3c ("mlx5e: add add missing BH locking around napi_schdule()") 83a0c6e58901 ("i40e: Invoke softirqs after napi_reschedule") bd4ce941c8d5 ("mlx4: Invoke softirqs after napi_reschedule") 8cf699ec849f ("mlx4: do not call napi_schedule() without care") ec13ee80145c ("virtio_net: invoke softirqs after __napi_schedule") This shows that relying on the caller to arrange a proper context for the softirqs to be handled while calling napi_schedule() is very fragile and error prone. Also fixing them can also prove challenging if the caller may be called from different kinds of contexts. Therefore fix this from napi_schedule() itself with waking up ksoftirqd when softirqs are raised from task contexts. Reported-by: Paul Menzel Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski Reported-by: Francois Romieu Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/354a2690-9bbf-4ccb-8769-fa94707a9340@molgen.mpg.de/ Cc: Breno Leitao Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250223221708.27130-1-frederic@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: Add non-RCU dev_getbyhwaddr() helper

2025-02-27T12:30:18+00:00

[ Upstream commit 4b5a28b38c4a0106c64416a1b2042405166b26ce ] Add dedicated helper for finding devices by hardware address when holding rtnl_lock, similar to existing dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(). This prevents PROVE_LOCKING warnings when rtnl_lock is held but RCU read lock is not. Extract common address comparison logic into dev_addr_cmp(). The context about this change could be found in the following discussion: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250206-scarlet-ermine-of-improvement-1fcac5@leitao/ Cc: kuniyu@amazon.com Cc: ushankar@purestorage.com Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250218-arm_fix_selftest-v5-1-d3d6892db9e1@debian.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: 4eae0ee0f1e6 ("arp: switch to dev_getbyhwaddr() in arp_req_set_public()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: xdp: Disallow attaching device-bound programs in generic mode

2025-02-08T08:58:08+00:00

[ Upstream commit 3595599fa8360bb3c7afa7ee50c810b4a64106ea ] Device-bound programs are used to support RX metadata kfuncs. These kfuncs are driver-specific and rely on the driver context to read the metadata. This means they can't work in generic XDP mode. However, there is no check to disallow such programs from being attached in generic mode, in which case the metadata kfuncs will be called in an invalid context, leading to crashes. Fix this by adding a check to disallow attaching device-bound programs in generic mode. Fixes: 2b3486bc2d23 ("bpf: Introduce device-bound XDP programs") Reported-by: Marcus Wichelmann Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/dae862ec-43b5-41a0-8edf-46c59071cdda@hetzner-cloud.de Tested-by: Marcus Wichelmann Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250127131344.238147-1-toke@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: sched: refine software bypass handling in tc_run

2025-02-08T08:57:25+00:00

[ Upstream commit a12c76a03386e32413ae8eaaefa337e491880632 ] This patch addresses issues with filter counting in block (tcf_block), particularly for software bypass scenarios, by introducing a more accurate mechanism using useswcnt. Previously, filtercnt and skipswcnt were introduced by: Commit 2081fd3445fe ("net: sched: cls_api: add filter counter") and Commit f631ef39d819 ("net: sched: cls_api: add skip_sw counter") filtercnt tracked all tp (tcf_proto) objects added to a block, and skipswcnt counted tp objects with the skipsw attribute set. The problem is: a single tp can contain multiple filters, some with skipsw and others without. The current implementation fails in the case: When the first filter in a tp has skipsw, both skipswcnt and filtercnt are incremented, then adding a second filter without skipsw to the same tp does not modify these counters because tp->counted is already set. This results in bypass software behavior based solely on skipswcnt equaling filtercnt, even when the block includes filters without skipsw. Consequently, filters without skipsw are inadvertently bypassed. To address this, the patch introduces useswcnt in block to explicitly count tp objects containing at least one filter without skipsw. Key changes include: Whenever a filter without skipsw is added, its tp is marked with usesw and counted in useswcnt. tc_run() now uses useswcnt to determine software bypass, eliminating reliance on filtercnt and skipswcnt. This refined approach prevents software bypass for blocks containing mixed filters, ensuring correct behavior in tc_run(). Additionally, as atomic operations on useswcnt ensure thread safety and tp->lock guards access to tp->usesw and tp->counted, the broader lock down_write(&block->cb_lock) is no longer required in tc_new_tfilter(), and this resolves a performance regression caused by the filter counting mechanism during parallel filter insertions. The improvement can be demonstrated using the following script: # cat insert_tc_rules.sh tc qdisc add dev ens1f0np0 ingress for i in $(seq 16); do taskset -c $i tc -b rules_$i.txt & done wait Each of rules_$i.txt files above includes 100000 tc filter rules to a mlx5 driver NIC ens1f0np0. Without this patch: # time sh insert_tc_rules.sh real 0m50.780s user 0m23.556s sys 4m13.032s With this patch: # time sh insert_tc_rules.sh real 0m17.718s user 0m7.807s sys 3m45.050s Fixes: 047f340b36fc ("net: sched: make skip_sw actually skip software") Reported-by: Shuang Li Signed-off-by: Xin Long Acked-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner Reviewed-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen Tested-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

dev: Acquire netdev_rename_lock before restoring dev->name in dev_change_name().

2025-02-08T08:57:23+00:00

[ Upstream commit e361560a7912958ba3059f51e7dd21612d119169 ] The cited commit forgot to add netdev_rename_lock in one of the error paths in dev_change_name(). Let's hold netdev_rename_lock before restoring the old dev->name. Fixes: 0840556e5a3a ("net: Protect dev->name by seqlock.") Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250115095545.52709-2-kuniyu@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

netdev: prevent accessing NAPI instances from another namespace

2025-01-17T12:41:00+00:00

commit d1cacd74776895f6435941f86a1130e58f6dd226 upstream. The NAPI IDs were not fully exposed to user space prior to the netlink API, so they were never namespaced. The netlink API must ensure that at the very least NAPI instance belongs to the same netns as the owner of the genl sock. napi_by_id() can become static now, but it needs to move because of dev_get_by_napi_id(). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 1287c1ae0fc2 ("netdev-genl: Support setting per-NAPI config values") Fixes: 27f91aaf49b3 ("netdev-genl: Add netlink framework functions for napi") Reviewed-by: Sridhar Samudrala Reviewed-by: Joe Damato Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250106180137.1861472-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: reenable NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM offload for BIG TCP packets

2025-01-09T12:33:41+00:00

[ Upstream commit 68e068cabd2c6c533ef934c2e5151609cf6ecc6d ] The blamed commit disabled hardware offoad of IPv6 packets with extension headers on devices that advertise NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM, based on the definition of that feature in skbuff.h: * * - %NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM * - Driver (device) is only able to checksum plain * TCP or UDP packets over IPv6. These are specifically * unencapsulated packets of the form IPv6|TCP or * IPv6|UDP where the Next Header field in the IPv6 * header is either TCP or UDP. IPv6 extension headers * are not supported with this feature. This feature * cannot be set in features for a device with * NETIF_F_HW_CSUM also set. This feature is being * DEPRECATED (see below). The change causes skb_warn_bad_offload to fire for BIG TCP packets. [ 496.310233] WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 23472 at net/core/dev.c:3129 skb_warn_bad_offload+0xc4/0xe0 [ 496.310297] ? skb_warn_bad_offload+0xc4/0xe0 [ 496.310300] skb_checksum_help+0x129/0x1f0 [ 496.310303] skb_csum_hwoffload_help+0x150/0x1b0 [ 496.310306] validate_xmit_skb+0x159/0x270 [ 496.310309] validate_xmit_skb_list+0x41/0x70 [ 496.310312] sch_direct_xmit+0x5c/0x250 [ 496.310317] __qdisc_run+0x388/0x620 BIG TCP introduced an IPV6_TLV_JUMBO IPv6 extension header to communicate packet length, as this is an IPv6 jumbogram. But, the feature is only enabled on devices that support BIG TCP TSO. The header is only present for PF_PACKET taps like tcpdump, and not transmitted by physical devices. For this specific case of extension headers that are not transmitted, return to the situation before the blamed commit and support hardware offload. ipv6_has_hopopt_jumbo() tests not only whether this header is present, but also that it is the only extension header before a terminal (L4) header. Fixes: 04c20a9356f2 ("net: skip offload for NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM if ipv6 header contains extension") Reported-by: syzbot Reported-by: Eric Dumazet Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iK1hdC3Nt8KPhOtTF8vCPc1AHDCtse_BTNki1pWxAByTQ@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250101164909.1331680-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin