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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/net/loopback.c, branch v6.12-rc4</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL to dev-&gt;netns_local</title>
<updated>2024-09-03T09:36:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexander Lobakin</name>
<email>aleksander.lobakin@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-29T12:33:38+00:00</published>
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"Interface can't change network namespaces" is rather an attribute,
not a feature, and it can't be changed via Ethtool.
Make it a "cold" private flag instead of a netdev_feature and free
one more bit.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin &lt;aleksander.lobakin@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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<pre>
"Interface can't change network namespaces" is rather an attribute,
not a feature, and it can't be changed via Ethtool.
Make it a "cold" private flag instead of a netdev_feature and free
one more bit.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin &lt;aleksander.lobakin@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_LLTX to dev-&gt;lltx</title>
<updated>2024-09-03T09:36:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexander Lobakin</name>
<email>aleksander.lobakin@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-29T12:33:37+00:00</published>
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NETIF_F_LLTX can't be changed via Ethtool and is not a feature,
rather an attribute, very similar to IFF_NO_QUEUE (and hot).
Free one netdev_features_t bit and make it a "hot" private flag.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin &lt;aleksander.lobakin@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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<pre>
NETIF_F_LLTX can't be changed via Ethtool and is not a feature,
rather an attribute, very similar to IFF_NO_QUEUE (and hot).
Free one netdev_features_t bit and make it a "hot" private flag.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin &lt;aleksander.lobakin@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: loopback: Do not allocate lstats explicitly</title>
<updated>2024-05-01T02:01:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-29T08:55:58+00:00</published>
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With commit 34d21de99cea9 ("net: Move {l,t,d}stats allocation to core and
convert veth &amp; vrf"), stats allocation could be done on net core
instead of in this driver.

With this new approach, the driver doesn't have to bother with error
handling (allocation failure checking, making sure free happens in the
right spot, etc). This is core responsibility now.

Remove the allocation in the loopback driver and leverage the network
core allocation instead.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240429085559.2841918-1-leitao@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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With commit 34d21de99cea9 ("net: Move {l,t,d}stats allocation to core and
convert veth &amp; vrf"), stats allocation could be done on net core
instead of in this driver.

With this new approach, the driver doesn't have to bother with error
handling (allocation failure checking, making sure free happens in the
right spot, etc). This is core responsibility now.

Remove the allocation in the loopback driver and leverage the network
core allocation instead.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240429085559.2841918-1-leitao@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() to virtual drivers</title>
<updated>2024-02-14T02:45:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-12T14:07:00+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Based on a syzbot report, it appears many virtual
drivers do not yet use netdev_lockdep_set_classes(),
triggerring lockdep false positives.

WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.8.0-rc4-next-20240212-syzkaller #0 Not tainted

syz-executor.0/19016 is trying to acquire lock:
 ffff8880162cb298 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
 ffff8880162cb298 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
 ffff8880162cb298 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340

but task is already holding lock:
 ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
 ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
 ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
  lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);
  lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

9 locks held by syz-executor.0/19016:
  #0: ffffffff8f385208 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:79 [inline]
  #0: ffffffff8f385208 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x82c/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6603
  #1: ffffc90000a08c00 ((&amp;in_dev-&gt;mr_ifc_timer)){+.-.}-{0:0}, at: call_timer_fn+0xc0/0x600 kernel/time/timer.c:1697
  #2: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:298 [inline]
  #2: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:750 [inline]
  #2: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: ip_finish_output2+0x45f/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
  #3: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
  #3: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:802 [inline]
  #3: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x2c4/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4284
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:361 [inline]
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: qdisc_run_begin include/net/sch_generic.h:195 [inline]
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3771 [inline]
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x1262/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325
  #5: ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
  #5: ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
  #5: ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340
  #6: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:298 [inline]
  #6: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:750 [inline]
  #6: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: ip_finish_output2+0x45f/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
  #7: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
  #7: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:802 [inline]
  #7: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x2c4/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4284
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:361 [inline]
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: qdisc_run_begin include/net/sch_generic.h:195 [inline]
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3771 [inline]
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x1262/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 19016 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4-next-20240212-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024
Call Trace:
 &lt;IRQ&gt;
  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
  dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114
  check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3062 [inline]
  validate_chain+0x15c1/0x58e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3856
  __lock_acquire+0x1346/0x1fd0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
  lock_acquire+0x1e4/0x530 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
  __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
  _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
  spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
  __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
  sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340
  __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3784 [inline]
  __dev_queue_xmit+0x1912/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325
  neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline]
  ip_finish_output2+0xe66/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235
  iptunnel_xmit+0x540/0x9b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82
  ip_tunnel_xmit+0x20ee/0x2960 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:831
  erspan_xmit+0x9de/0x1460 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:720
  __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4989 [inline]
  netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5003 [inline]
  xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3555 [inline]
  dev_hard_start_xmit+0x242/0x770 net/core/dev.c:3571
  sch_direct_xmit+0x2b6/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:342
  __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3784 [inline]
  __dev_queue_xmit+0x1912/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325
  neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline]
  ip_finish_output2+0xe66/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235
  igmpv3_send_cr net/ipv4/igmp.c:723 [inline]
  igmp_ifc_timer_expire+0xb71/0xd90 net/ipv4/igmp.c:813
  call_timer_fn+0x17e/0x600 kernel/time/timer.c:1700
  expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1751 [inline]
  __run_timers+0x621/0x830 kernel/time/timer.c:2038
  run_timer_softirq+0x67/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2051
  __do_softirq+0x2bc/0x943 kernel/softirq.c:554
  invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:428 [inline]
  __irq_exit_rcu+0xf2/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:633
  irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:645
  instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1076 [inline]
  sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1076
 &lt;/IRQ&gt;
 &lt;TASK&gt;
  asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702
 RIP: 0010:resched_offsets_ok kernel/sched/core.c:10127 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:__might_resched+0x16f/0x780 kernel/sched/core.c:10142
Code: 00 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 48 ba 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 44 24 38 0f b6 04 10 84 c0 0f 85 87 04 00 00 41 8b 45 00 c1 e0 08 &lt;01&gt; d8 44 39 e0 0f 85 d6 00 00 00 44 89 64 24 1c 48 8d bc 24 a0 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000ee069e0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff8880296a9e00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffff8880296a9e00 RDI: ffffffff8bfe8fa0
RBP: ffffc9000ee06b00 R08: ffffffff82326877 R09: 1ffff11002b5ad1b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1002b5ad1c R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff8880296aa23c R14: 000000000000062a R15: 1ffff92001dc0d44
  down_write+0x19/0x50 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1578
  kernfs_activate fs/kernfs/dir.c:1403 [inline]
  kernfs_add_one+0x4af/0x8b0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:819
  __kernfs_create_file+0x22e/0x2e0 fs/kernfs/file.c:1056
  sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0x24a/0x310 fs/sysfs/file.c:307
  create_files fs/sysfs/group.c:64 [inline]
  internal_create_group+0x4f4/0xf20 fs/sysfs/group.c:152
  internal_create_groups fs/sysfs/group.c:192 [inline]
  sysfs_create_groups+0x56/0x120 fs/sysfs/group.c:218
  create_dir lib/kobject.c:78 [inline]
  kobject_add_internal+0x472/0x8d0 lib/kobject.c:240
  kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
  kobject_init_and_add+0x124/0x190 lib/kobject.c:457
  netdev_queue_add_kobject net/core/net-sysfs.c:1706 [inline]
  netdev_queue_update_kobjects+0x1f3/0x480 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1758
  register_queue_kobjects net/core/net-sysfs.c:1819 [inline]
  netdev_register_kobject+0x265/0x310 net/core/net-sysfs.c:2059
  register_netdevice+0x1191/0x19c0 net/core/dev.c:10298
  bond_newlink+0x3b/0x90 drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c:576
  rtnl_newlink_create net/core/rtnetlink.c:3506 [inline]
  __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3726 [inline]
  rtnl_newlink+0x158f/0x20a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3739
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6606
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543
  netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline]
  netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367
  netlink_sendmsg+0xa3c/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908
  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
  __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745
  __sys_sendto+0x3a4/0x4f0 net/socket.c:2191
  __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline]
  __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline]
  __x64_sys_sendto+0xde/0x100 net/socket.c:2199
 do_syscall_64+0xfb/0x240
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75
RIP: 0033:0x7fc3fa87fa9c

Reported-by: syzbot &lt;syzkaller@googlegroups.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240212140700.2795436-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Based on a syzbot report, it appears many virtual
drivers do not yet use netdev_lockdep_set_classes(),
triggerring lockdep false positives.

WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.8.0-rc4-next-20240212-syzkaller #0 Not tainted

syz-executor.0/19016 is trying to acquire lock:
 ffff8880162cb298 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
 ffff8880162cb298 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
 ffff8880162cb298 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340

but task is already holding lock:
 ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
 ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
 ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
  lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);
  lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

9 locks held by syz-executor.0/19016:
  #0: ffffffff8f385208 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:79 [inline]
  #0: ffffffff8f385208 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x82c/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6603
  #1: ffffc90000a08c00 ((&amp;in_dev-&gt;mr_ifc_timer)){+.-.}-{0:0}, at: call_timer_fn+0xc0/0x600 kernel/time/timer.c:1697
  #2: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:298 [inline]
  #2: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:750 [inline]
  #2: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: ip_finish_output2+0x45f/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
  #3: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
  #3: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:802 [inline]
  #3: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x2c4/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4284
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:361 [inline]
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: qdisc_run_begin include/net/sch_generic.h:195 [inline]
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3771 [inline]
  #4: ffff8880416e3258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x1262/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325
  #5: ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
  #5: ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
  #5: ffff8880223db4d8 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340
  #6: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:298 [inline]
  #6: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:750 [inline]
  #6: ffffffff8e131520 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: ip_finish_output2+0x45f/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228
  #7: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
  #7: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:802 [inline]
  #7: ffffffff8e131580 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x2c4/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4284
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:361 [inline]
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: qdisc_run_begin include/net/sch_generic.h:195 [inline]
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3771 [inline]
  #8: ffff888014d9d258 (dev-&gt;qdisc_tx_busylock ?: &amp;qdisc_tx_busylock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0x1262/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 19016 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4-next-20240212-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024
Call Trace:
 &lt;IRQ&gt;
  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
  dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114
  check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3062 [inline]
  validate_chain+0x15c1/0x58e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3856
  __lock_acquire+0x1346/0x1fd0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
  lock_acquire+0x1e4/0x530 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
  __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
  _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
  spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
  __netif_tx_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:4452 [inline]
  sch_direct_xmit+0x1c4/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:340
  __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3784 [inline]
  __dev_queue_xmit+0x1912/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325
  neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline]
  ip_finish_output2+0xe66/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235
  iptunnel_xmit+0x540/0x9b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82
  ip_tunnel_xmit+0x20ee/0x2960 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:831
  erspan_xmit+0x9de/0x1460 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:720
  __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4989 [inline]
  netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5003 [inline]
  xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3555 [inline]
  dev_hard_start_xmit+0x242/0x770 net/core/dev.c:3571
  sch_direct_xmit+0x2b6/0x5f0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:342
  __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3784 [inline]
  __dev_queue_xmit+0x1912/0x3b10 net/core/dev.c:4325
  neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline]
  ip_finish_output2+0xe66/0x1360 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235
  igmpv3_send_cr net/ipv4/igmp.c:723 [inline]
  igmp_ifc_timer_expire+0xb71/0xd90 net/ipv4/igmp.c:813
  call_timer_fn+0x17e/0x600 kernel/time/timer.c:1700
  expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1751 [inline]
  __run_timers+0x621/0x830 kernel/time/timer.c:2038
  run_timer_softirq+0x67/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2051
  __do_softirq+0x2bc/0x943 kernel/softirq.c:554
  invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:428 [inline]
  __irq_exit_rcu+0xf2/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:633
  irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:645
  instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1076 [inline]
  sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1076
 &lt;/IRQ&gt;
 &lt;TASK&gt;
  asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702
 RIP: 0010:resched_offsets_ok kernel/sched/core.c:10127 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:__might_resched+0x16f/0x780 kernel/sched/core.c:10142
Code: 00 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 48 ba 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 44 24 38 0f b6 04 10 84 c0 0f 85 87 04 00 00 41 8b 45 00 c1 e0 08 &lt;01&gt; d8 44 39 e0 0f 85 d6 00 00 00 44 89 64 24 1c 48 8d bc 24 a0 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000ee069e0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff8880296a9e00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffff8880296a9e00 RDI: ffffffff8bfe8fa0
RBP: ffffc9000ee06b00 R08: ffffffff82326877 R09: 1ffff11002b5ad1b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1002b5ad1c R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff8880296aa23c R14: 000000000000062a R15: 1ffff92001dc0d44
  down_write+0x19/0x50 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1578
  kernfs_activate fs/kernfs/dir.c:1403 [inline]
  kernfs_add_one+0x4af/0x8b0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:819
  __kernfs_create_file+0x22e/0x2e0 fs/kernfs/file.c:1056
  sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0x24a/0x310 fs/sysfs/file.c:307
  create_files fs/sysfs/group.c:64 [inline]
  internal_create_group+0x4f4/0xf20 fs/sysfs/group.c:152
  internal_create_groups fs/sysfs/group.c:192 [inline]
  sysfs_create_groups+0x56/0x120 fs/sysfs/group.c:218
  create_dir lib/kobject.c:78 [inline]
  kobject_add_internal+0x472/0x8d0 lib/kobject.c:240
  kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
  kobject_init_and_add+0x124/0x190 lib/kobject.c:457
  netdev_queue_add_kobject net/core/net-sysfs.c:1706 [inline]
  netdev_queue_update_kobjects+0x1f3/0x480 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1758
  register_queue_kobjects net/core/net-sysfs.c:1819 [inline]
  netdev_register_kobject+0x265/0x310 net/core/net-sysfs.c:2059
  register_netdevice+0x1191/0x19c0 net/core/dev.c:10298
  bond_newlink+0x3b/0x90 drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c:576
  rtnl_newlink_create net/core/rtnetlink.c:3506 [inline]
  __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3726 [inline]
  rtnl_newlink+0x158f/0x20a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3739
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6606
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543
  netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline]
  netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367
  netlink_sendmsg+0xa3c/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908
  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
  __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745
  __sys_sendto+0x3a4/0x4f0 net/socket.c:2191
  __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline]
  __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline]
  __x64_sys_sendto+0xde/0x100 net/socket.c:2199
 do_syscall_64+0xfb/0x240
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75
RIP: 0033:0x7fc3fa87fa9c

Reported-by: syzbot &lt;syzkaller@googlegroups.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240212140700.2795436-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2022-11-29T21:04:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-29T21:04:52+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=f2bb566f5c977ff010baaa9e5e14d9a75b06e5f2'/>
<id>f2bb566f5c977ff010baaa9e5e14d9a75b06e5f2</id>
<content type='text'>
tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c
  927cbb478adf ("libbpf: Handle size overflow for ringbuf mmap")
  b486d19a0ab0 ("libbpf: checkpatch: Fixed code alignments in ringbuf.c")
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221121122707.44d1446a@canb.auug.org.au/

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c
  927cbb478adf ("libbpf: Handle size overflow for ringbuf mmap")
  b486d19a0ab0 ("libbpf: checkpatch: Fixed code alignments in ringbuf.c")
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221121122707.44d1446a@canb.auug.org.au/

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: loopback: use NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE for name_assign_type</title>
<updated>2022-11-25T09:39:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rasmus Villemoes</name>
<email>linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-23T14:18:28+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=31d929de5a112ee1b977a89c57de74710894bbbf'/>
<id>31d929de5a112ee1b977a89c57de74710894bbbf</id>
<content type='text'>
When the name_assign_type attribute was introduced (commit
685343fc3ba6, "net: add name_assign_type netdev attribute"), the
loopback device was explicitly mentioned as one which would make use
of NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE:

    The name_assign_type attribute gives hints where the interface name of a
    given net-device comes from. These values are currently defined:
...
      NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE:
        The ifname has been assigned by the kernel in a predictable way
        that is guaranteed to avoid reuse and always be the same for a
        given device. Examples include statically created devices like
        the loopback device [...]

Switch to that so that reading /sys/class/net/lo/name_assign_type
produces something sensible instead of returning -EINVAL.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes &lt;linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
When the name_assign_type attribute was introduced (commit
685343fc3ba6, "net: add name_assign_type netdev attribute"), the
loopback device was explicitly mentioned as one which would make use
of NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE:

    The name_assign_type attribute gives hints where the interface name of a
    given net-device comes from. These values are currently defined:
...
      NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE:
        The ifname has been assigned by the kernel in a predictable way
        that is guaranteed to avoid reuse and always be the same for a
        given device. Examples include statically created devices like
        the loopback device [...]

Switch to that so that reading /sys/class/net/lo/name_assign_type
produces something sensible instead of returning -EINVAL.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes &lt;linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Remove the obsolte u64_stats_fetch_*_irq() users (drivers).</title>
<updated>2022-10-29T03:13:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-26T13:22:14+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=068c38ad88ccb09e5e966d4db5cedab0e02b3b95'/>
<id>068c38ad88ccb09e5e966d4db5cedab0e02b3b95</id>
<content type='text'>
Now that the 32bit UP oddity is gone and 32bit uses always a sequence
count, there is no need for the fetch_irq() variants anymore.

Convert to the regular interface.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Now that the 32bit UP oddity is gone and 32bit uses always a sequence
count, there is no need for the fetch_irq() variants anymore.

Convert to the regular interface.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: loopback: enable BIG TCP packets</title>
<updated>2022-05-16T09:18:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-13T18:34:05+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=d6f938ce52f9adb23f4c31cc371654a5f18ff328'/>
<id>d6f938ce52f9adb23f4c31cc371654a5f18ff328</id>
<content type='text'>
Set the driver limit to GSO_MAX_SIZE (512 KB).

This allows the admin/user to set a GSO limit up to this value.

Tested:

ip link set dev lo gso_max_size 200000
netperf -H ::1 -t TCP_RR -l 100 -- -r 80000,80000 &amp;

tcpdump shows :

18:28:42.962116 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 40051 &gt; 63780: Flags [P.], seq 3626480001:3626560001, ack 3626560001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962138 IP6 ::1.63780 &gt; ::1.40051: Flags [.], ack 3626560001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 0
18:28:42.962152 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 63780 &gt; 40051: Flags [P.], seq 3626560001:3626640001, ack 3626560001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962157 IP6 ::1.40051 &gt; ::1.63780: Flags [.], ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 0
18:28:42.962180 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 40051 &gt; 63780: Flags [P.], seq 3626560001:3626640001, ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962214 IP6 ::1.63780 &gt; ::1.40051: Flags [.], ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179266 ecr 3771179265], length 0
18:28:42.962228 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 63780 &gt; 40051: Flags [P.], seq 3626640001:3626720001, ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179266 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962233 IP6 ::1.40051 &gt; ::1.63780: Flags [.], ack 3626720001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179266 ecr 3771179266], length 0

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexander Duyck &lt;alexanderduyck@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Set the driver limit to GSO_MAX_SIZE (512 KB).

This allows the admin/user to set a GSO limit up to this value.

Tested:

ip link set dev lo gso_max_size 200000
netperf -H ::1 -t TCP_RR -l 100 -- -r 80000,80000 &amp;

tcpdump shows :

18:28:42.962116 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 40051 &gt; 63780: Flags [P.], seq 3626480001:3626560001, ack 3626560001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962138 IP6 ::1.63780 &gt; ::1.40051: Flags [.], ack 3626560001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 0
18:28:42.962152 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 63780 &gt; 40051: Flags [P.], seq 3626560001:3626640001, ack 3626560001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962157 IP6 ::1.40051 &gt; ::1.63780: Flags [.], ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 0
18:28:42.962180 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 40051 &gt; 63780: Flags [P.], seq 3626560001:3626640001, ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179265 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962214 IP6 ::1.63780 &gt; ::1.40051: Flags [.], ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179266 ecr 3771179265], length 0
18:28:42.962228 IP6 ::1 &gt; ::1: HBH 63780 &gt; 40051: Flags [P.], seq 3626640001:3626720001, ack 3626640001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179266 ecr 3771179265], length 80000
18:28:42.962233 IP6 ::1.40051 &gt; ::1.63780: Flags [.], ack 3626720001, win 17743, options [nop,nop,TS val 3771179266 ecr 3771179266], length 0

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexander Duyck &lt;alexanderduyck@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Add skb_clear_tstamp() to keep the mono delivery_time</title>
<updated>2022-03-03T14:38:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin KaFai Lau</name>
<email>kafai@fb.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-02T19:55:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=de799101519aad23c6096041ba2744d7b5517e6a'/>
<id>de799101519aad23c6096041ba2744d7b5517e6a</id>
<content type='text'>
Right now, skb-&gt;tstamp is reset to 0 whenever the skb is forwarded.

If skb-&gt;tstamp has the mono delivery_time, clearing it can hurt
the performance when it finally transmits out to fq@phy-dev.

The earlier patch added a skb-&gt;mono_delivery_time bit to
flag the skb-&gt;tstamp carrying the mono delivery_time.

This patch adds skb_clear_tstamp() helper which keeps
the mono delivery_time and clears everything else.

The delivery_time clearing will be postponed until the stack knows the
skb will be delivered locally.  It will be done in a latter patch.

Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Right now, skb-&gt;tstamp is reset to 0 whenever the skb is forwarded.

If skb-&gt;tstamp has the mono delivery_time, clearing it can hurt
the performance when it finally transmits out to fq@phy-dev.

The earlier patch added a skb-&gt;mono_delivery_time bit to
flag the skb-&gt;tstamp carrying the mono delivery_time.

This patch adds skb_clear_tstamp() helper which keeps
the mono delivery_time and clears everything else.

The delivery_time clearing will be postponed until the stack knows the
skb will be delivered locally.  It will be done in a latter patch.

Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: dev: Makes sure netif_rx() can be invoked in any context.</title>
<updated>2022-02-14T13:38:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sebastian Andrzej Siewior</name>
<email>bigeasy@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-11T23:38:38+00:00</published>
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Dave suggested a while ago (eleven years by now) "Let's make netif_rx()
work in all contexts and get rid of netif_rx_ni()". Eric agreed and
pointed out that modern devices should use netif_receive_skb() to avoid
the overhead.
In the meantime someone added another variant, netif_rx_any_context(),
which behaves as suggested.

netif_rx() must be invoked with disabled bottom halves to ensure that
pending softirqs, which were raised within the function, are handled.
netif_rx_ni() can be invoked only from process context (bottom halves
must be enabled) because the function handles pending softirqs without
checking if bottom halves were disabled or not.
netif_rx_any_context() invokes on the former functions by checking
in_interrupts().

netif_rx() could be taught to handle both cases (disabled and enabled
bottom halves) by simply disabling bottom halves while invoking
netif_rx_internal(). The local_bh_enable() invocation will then invoke
pending softirqs only if the BH-disable counter drops to zero.

Eric is concerned about the overhead of BH-disable+enable especially in
regard to the loopback driver. As critical as this driver is, it will
receive a shortcut to avoid the additional overhead which is not needed.

Add a local_bh_disable() section in netif_rx() to ensure softirqs are
handled if needed.
Provide __netif_rx() which does not disable BH and has a lockdep assert
to ensure that interrupts are disabled. Use this shortcut in the
loopback driver and in drivers/net/*.c.
Make netif_rx_ni() and netif_rx_any_context() invoke netif_rx() so they
can be removed once they are no more users left.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20100415.020246.218622820.davem@davemloft.net
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Dave suggested a while ago (eleven years by now) "Let's make netif_rx()
work in all contexts and get rid of netif_rx_ni()". Eric agreed and
pointed out that modern devices should use netif_receive_skb() to avoid
the overhead.
In the meantime someone added another variant, netif_rx_any_context(),
which behaves as suggested.

netif_rx() must be invoked with disabled bottom halves to ensure that
pending softirqs, which were raised within the function, are handled.
netif_rx_ni() can be invoked only from process context (bottom halves
must be enabled) because the function handles pending softirqs without
checking if bottom halves were disabled or not.
netif_rx_any_context() invokes on the former functions by checking
in_interrupts().

netif_rx() could be taught to handle both cases (disabled and enabled
bottom halves) by simply disabling bottom halves while invoking
netif_rx_internal(). The local_bh_enable() invocation will then invoke
pending softirqs only if the BH-disable counter drops to zero.

Eric is concerned about the overhead of BH-disable+enable especially in
regard to the loopback driver. As critical as this driver is, it will
receive a shortcut to avoid the additional overhead which is not needed.

Add a local_bh_disable() section in netif_rx() to ensure softirqs are
handled if needed.
Provide __netif_rx() which does not disable BH and has a lockdep assert
to ensure that interrupts are disabled. Use this shortcut in the
loopback driver and in drivers/net/*.c.
Make netif_rx_ni() and netif_rx_any_context() invoke netif_rx() so they
can be removed once they are no more users left.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20100415.020246.218622820.davem@davemloft.net
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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