linux-toradex.git/net/core/rtnetlink.c, branch v7.0-rc3 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00 bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43 This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' | xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/' to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL argument to just drop that argument. Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered: they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically. For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate conversion. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00 Kees Cook kees@kernel.org 2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00 69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f 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 <kees@kernel.org> 
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 <kees@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: honor RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS in IFLA_STATS 2025-11-05T00:07:37+00:00 Adrian Moreno amorenoz@redhat.com 2025-11-03T15:40:04+00:00 105bae321862b3bac300c73748192ff61a5129cd Gathering interface statistics can be a relatively expensive operation on certain systems as it requires iterating over all the cpus. RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS was first introduced [1] to skip AF_INET6 statistics from interface dumps and it was then extended [2] to also exclude IFLA_VF_INFO. The semantics of the flag does not seem to be limited to AF_INET or VF statistics and having a way to query the interface status (e.g: carrier, address) without retrieving its statistics seems reasonable. So this patch extends the use RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS to also affect IFLA_STATS. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20150911204848.GC9687@oracle.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230611105108.122586-1-gal@nvidia.com/ Signed-off-by: Adrian Moreno <amorenoz@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103154006.1189707-1-amorenoz@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Gathering interface statistics can be a relatively expensive operation
on certain systems as it requires iterating over all the cpus.

RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS was first introduced [1] to skip AF_INET6
statistics from interface dumps and it was then extended [2] to
also exclude IFLA_VF_INFO.

The semantics of the flag does not seem to be limited to AF_INET
or VF statistics and having a way to query the interface status
(e.g: carrier, address) without retrieving its statistics seems
reasonable. So this patch extends the use RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS
to also affect IFLA_STATS.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20150911204848.GC9687@oracle.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230611105108.122586-1-gal@nvidia.com/

Signed-off-by: Adrian Moreno <amorenoz@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103154006.1189707-1-amorenoz@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: Allow deleting FDB entries in user namespace 2025-10-16T23:09:56+00:00 Johannes Wiesböck johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de 2025-10-15T20:15:43+00:00 bf29555f5bdc017bac22ca66fcb6c9f46ec8788f Creating FDB entries is possible from a non-initial user namespace when having CAP_NET_ADMIN, yet, when deleting FDB entries, processes receive an EPERM because the capability is always checked against the initial user namespace. This restricts the FDB management from unprivileged containers. Drop the netlink_capable check in rtnl_fdb_del as it was originally dropped in c5c351088ae7 and reintroduced in 1690be63a27b without intention. This patch was tested using a container on GyroidOS, where it was possible to delete FDB entries from an unprivileged user namespace and private network namespace. Fixes: 1690be63a27b ("bridge: Add vlan support to static neighbors") Reviewed-by: Michael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de> Tested-by: Harshal Gohel <hg@simonwunderlich.de> Signed-off-by: Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251015201548.319871-1-johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Creating FDB entries is possible from a non-initial user namespace when
having CAP_NET_ADMIN, yet, when deleting FDB entries, processes receive
an EPERM because the capability is always checked against the initial
user namespace. This restricts the FDB management from unprivileged
containers.

Drop the netlink_capable check in rtnl_fdb_del as it was originally
dropped in c5c351088ae7 and reintroduced in 1690be63a27b without
intention.

This patch was tested using a container on GyroidOS, where it was
possible to delete FDB entries from an unprivileged user namespace and
private network namespace.

Fixes: 1690be63a27b ("bridge: Add vlan support to static neighbors")
Reviewed-by: Michael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
Tested-by: Harshal Gohel <hg@simonwunderlich.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251015201548.319871-1-johannes.wiesboeck@aisec.fraunhofer.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: rtnetlink: fix typo in rtnl_unregister_all() comment 2025-09-30T01:31:08+00:00 Alok Tiwari alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com 2025-09-29T08:54:12+00:00 4ed9db2dc5d8981ecb7042f084f5cff43ba539d6 Corrected "rtnl_unregster()" -> "rtnl_unregister()" in the documentation comment of "rtnl_unregister_all()" Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250929085418.49200-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Corrected "rtnl_unregster()" -> "rtnl_unregister()" in the
  documentation comment of "rtnl_unregister_all()"

Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250929085418.49200-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
rtnetlink: add needed_{head,tail}room attributes 2025-09-20T00:21:55+00:00 Alasdair McWilliam alasdair@mcwilliam.dev 2025-09-17T09:55:42+00:00 b73b8146d7ff68e245525adb944a4c998d423d59 Various network interface types make use of needed_{head,tail}room values to efficiently reserve buffer space for additional encapsulation headers, such as VXLAN, Geneve, IPSec, etc. However, it is not currently possible to query these values in a generic way. Introduce ability to query the needed_{head,tail}room values of a network device via rtnetlink, such that applications that may wish to use these values can do so. For example, Cilium agent iterates over present devices based on user config (direct routing, vxlan, geneve, wireguard etc.) and in future will configure netkit in order to expose the needed_{head,tail}room into K8s pods. See b9ed315d3c4c ("netkit: Allow for configuring needed_{head,tail}room"). Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: Alasdair McWilliam <alasdair@mcwilliam.dev> Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917095543.14039-1-alasdair@mcwilliam.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Various network interface types make use of needed_{head,tail}room values
to efficiently reserve buffer space for additional encapsulation headers,
such as VXLAN, Geneve, IPSec, etc. However, it is not currently possible
to query these values in a generic way.

Introduce ability to query the needed_{head,tail}room values of a network
device via rtnetlink, such that applications that may wish to use these
values can do so.

For example, Cilium agent iterates over present devices based on user config
(direct routing, vxlan, geneve, wireguard etc.) and in future will configure
netkit in order to expose the needed_{head,tail}room into K8s pods. See
b9ed315d3c4c ("netkit: Allow for configuring needed_{head,tail}room").

Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair McWilliam <alasdair@mcwilliam.dev>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917095543.14039-1-alasdair@mcwilliam.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: s/dev_get_flags/netif_get_flags/ 2025-07-19T00:27:47+00:00 Stanislav Fomichev sdf@fomichev.me 2025-07-17T17:23:31+00:00 93893a57efd431b9b4e72359bc8a8428681ca688 Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality") introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-6-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-6-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: s/dev_get_port_parent_id/netif_get_port_parent_id/ 2025-07-19T00:27:46+00:00 Stanislav Fomichev sdf@fomichev.me 2025-07-17T17:23:27+00:00 ffea1168346120df9417fcafd8f3a1c93033ae34 Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality") introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-2-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: dst: annotate data-races around dst->lastuse 2025-07-02T21:32:29+00:00 Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com 2025-06-30T12:19:27+00:00 8f2b2282d04a5d5bcbec22f91572bb6803cfc771 (dst_entry)->lastuse is read and written locklessly, add corresponding annotations. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-4-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
(dst_entry)->lastuse is read and written locklessly,
add corresponding annotations.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250630121934.3399505-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: prevent a NULL deref in rtnl_create_link() 2025-06-05T15:03:00+00:00 Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com 2025-06-04T10:58:15+00:00 feafc73f3e6ae73371777a037d41d2e31c929636 At the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev->netdev_ops is NULL, we must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined. Use netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group(). RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline] RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline] RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82 Call Trace: <TASK> rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674 rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] Reported-by: syzbot+9fc858ba0312b42b577e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6840265f.a00a0220.d4325.0009.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Fixes: 7e4d784f5810 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during rtnetlink operations") Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250604105815.1516973-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
At the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev->netdev_ops is NULL,
we must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if
CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined.

Use netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group().

 RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674
  rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813
  __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline]
  rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534
  netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
  netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
  netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]

Reported-by: syzbot+9fc858ba0312b42b577e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6840265f.a00a0220.d4325.0009.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Fixes: 7e4d784f5810 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during rtnetlink operations")
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250604105815.1516973-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>