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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 6624d1727f net: Provide a PREEMPT_RT specific check for netdev_queue::_xmit_lock 
[ Upstream commit b824c3e16c ]

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 <spasswolf@web.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260216134333.412332-1-spasswolf@web.de
Fixes: 3253cb49cb ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki <spasswolf@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302162631.uGUyIqDT@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-03-12 07:09:59 -04:00
arch ARM: clean up the memset64() C wrapper 2026-03-12 07:09:44 -04:00
block block: use trylock to avoid lockdep circular dependency in sysfs 2026-03-12 07:09:59 -04:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec 2026-01-30 10:32:12 +01:00
Documentation hwmon: (aht10) Add support for dht20 2026-03-12 07:09:46 -04:00
drivers net: stmmac: Defer VLAN HW configuration when interface is down 2026-03-12 07:09:59 -04:00
fs smb/client: fix buffer size for smb311_posix_qinfo in SMB311_posix_query_info() 2026-03-12 07:09:56 -04:00
include net: Provide a PREEMPT_RT specific check for netdev_queue::_xmit_lock 2026-03-12 07:09:59 -04:00
init printk changes for 6.18 2025-10-04 11:13:11 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/zcrx: fix user_ref race between scrub and refill paths 2026-03-04 07:21:33 -05:00
ipc ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions() 2026-02-26 14:59:19 -08:00
kernel timekeeping: Fix timex status validation for auxiliary clocks 2026-03-12 07:09:57 -04:00
lib debugobject: Make it work with deferred page initialization - again 2026-03-12 07:09:08 -04:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm mm: thp: deny THP for files on anonymous inodes 2026-03-12 07:09:41 -04:00
net net: Provide a PREEMPT_RT specific check for netdev_queue::_xmit_lock 2026-03-12 07:09:59 -04:00
rust rust: kunit: fix warning when !CONFIG_PRINTK 2026-03-12 07:09:52 -04:00
samples samples/ftrace: Adjust LoongArch register restore order in direct calls 2026-01-08 10:17:11 +01:00
scripts kbuild: rpm-pkg: Disable automatic requires for manual debuginfo package 2026-03-04 07:21:32 -05:00
security ima: verify the previous kernel's IMA buffer lies in addressable RAM 2026-03-04 07:21:17 -05:00
sound ASoC: fsl_xcvr: provide regmap names 2026-03-12 07:09:44 -04:00
tools kunit: tool: copy caller args in run_kernel to prevent mutation 2026-03-12 07:09:52 -04:00
usr gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes 2025-10-07 09:53:05 -07:00
virt KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd 2026-02-11 13:41:44 +01:00
.clang-format memblock: drop for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from() 2025-09-14 08:49:03 +03:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: remove Alyssa Rosenzweig 2025-09-18 21:17:31 +02:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore compile_commands.json globally 2025-08-12 15:53:55 -07:00
.mailmap 8 hotfixes. 4 are cc:stable, 7 are against mm/. 2025-11-26 12:38:05 -08:00
.pylintrc tools: docs: parse-headers.py: move it from sphinx dir 2025-08-29 15:54:42 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: mark ISDN subsystem as orphan 2025-10-27 17:49:45 -07:00
Kbuild sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline 2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS soc: fixes for 6.18, part 4 2025-11-28 09:57:31 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.18.16 2026-03-04 07:25:12 -05:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.