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DaeMyung Kang c444139cb7 ksmbd: rewrite stop_sessions() with restartable iteration
stop_sessions() walks conn_list with hash_for_each() and, for every
entry, drops conn_list_lock across the transport ->shutdown() call
before re-acquiring the read lock to continue the loop.  The hash
walk relies on cross-iteration state (the current bucket and the
hlist position), which is not preserved across unlock/relock: if
another thread performs a list mutation during the unlocked window,
the ongoing iteration becomes unreliable and can re-visit
connections that have already been handled or skip connections that
have not.  The outer `if (!hash_empty(conn_list)) goto again;` retry
masks the symptom in the common case but does not address the
unsafe iteration itself.

Reframe the loop so it never relies on iterator state across
unlock/relock.  Under conn_list_lock held for read, pick the first
connection whose ->shutdown() has not yet been issued by this path,
pin it by taking an extra reference, record that fact on the
connection and mark it EXITING while still inside the locked walk,
then drop the lock.  Then call ->shutdown() outside the lock, drop
the pin (freeing the connection if the handler already released its
reference), and restart from the top.

Use a new per-connection flag, conn->stop_called, as the "shutdown
issued from stop_sessions()" marker rather than reusing the status
state.  ksmbd_conn_set_exiting() is also invoked by
ksmbd_sessions_deregister() on sibling channels of a multichannel
session without issuing a transport shutdown, so treating
KSMBD_SESS_EXITING as "already handled here" would skip connections
that still need shutdown() to wake their handler out of recv(),
leaving the outer retry waiting indefinitely for the hash to drain.
stop_sessions() is serialised by init_lock in
ksmbd_conn_transport_destroy(), so writing stop_called under the
read lock has no other writer.

Set EXITING inside the locked walk so the selection, the stop_called
marker, and the status transition all happen together, and guard
against regressing a connection that has already advanced to
KSMBD_SESS_RELEASING on its own (for example, if the handler exited
its receive loop for an unrelated reason between teardown steps).

When the pin drop is the last put, release the transport and pair
ida_destroy(&target->async_ida) with the ida_init() done in
ksmbd_conn_alloc(), so stop_sessions() retiring a connection on its
own does not leak the xarray backing of the embedded async_ida.

The outer retry with msleep() is kept to wait for handler threads to
reach ksmbd_conn_free() and drain the hash.

Observed with an instrumented build that logs one line per visit and
widens the unlocked window before ->shutdown() by 200 ms, under
five concurrent cifs mounts (nosharesock, one connection each):

  * Current code: the same connection address is revisited many
    times during a single stop_sessions() call and ->shutdown() is
    invoked well beyond the number of live connections before the
    hash finally drains.

  * Rewritten code: each live connection produces exactly one
    ->shutdown() call; the function returns as soon as the hash is
    empty.

Functional teardown via `ksmbd.control --shutdown` with the same
five mounts completes cleanly on the rewritten path.

Performance is observably unchanged.  Tearing down N concurrent
nosharesock cifs connections with `ksmbd.control --shutdown` +
`rmmod ksmbd` takes essentially the same wall time before and after
the rewrite:

    N        before        after
    10       4.93s         5.34s
    30       7.34s         7.03s
    50       7.31s         7.01s     (3-run avg: 7.04s vs 7.25s)
   100       6.98s         6.78s
   200       6.77s         6.89s

and the number of ->shutdown() calls equals the number of live
connections on both paths when the race is not widened.  The
teardown is dominated by the msleep(100)-based outer retry waiting
for handler threads to run ksmbd_conn_free(), not by the iteration
itself; the restartable loop's worst-case O(N^2) visit cost is in
the microseconds even at N=200 and sits far below the msleep(100)
granularity.

Applied alone on top of ksmbd-for-next-next, this patch does not
introduce a new leak site.  Under the same reproducer (10x
concurrent-holders + ss -K + ksmbd.control --shutdown + rmmod), the
tree still shows the pre-existing per-connection transport leak
count that arises when the last refcount drop lands in one of
ksmbd_conn_r_count_dec(), __free_opinfo() or session_fd_check() -
all of which end with a bare kfree() today.  kmemleak backtraces
for the unreferenced objects point into the TCP accept path
(sk_clone -> inet_csk_clone_lock, sock_alloc_inode) and none
involve stop_sessions().  Plugging those bare-kfree sites is the
responsibility of the follow-up patch.

Fixes: e2f34481b2 ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
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certs Clang build fixes for 7.1 2026-04-24 09:29:51 -07:00
crypto This push contains the following changes: 2026-04-21 08:06:43 -07:00
Documentation RTC for 7.1 2026-04-25 16:39:03 -07:00
drivers One more fix for the merge window to avoid a boot hang on 2026-04-26 14:03:20 -07:00
fs ksmbd: rewrite stop_sessions() with restartable iteration 2026-04-29 10:25:37 -05:00
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io_uring io_uring: take page references for NOMMU pbuf_ring mmaps 2026-04-21 20:14:39 -06:00
ipc Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kernel ring-buffer fix for 7.1: 2026-04-24 15:17:23 -07:00
lib RISC-V updates for v7.1 2026-04-24 10:00:37 -07:00
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rust Char/Misc/IIO/and others driver updates for 7.1-rc1 2026-04-24 13:23:50 -07:00
samples soc: drivers for 7.1 2026-04-16 20:34:34 -07:00
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CREDITS Delete some obsolete networking code 2026-04-24 09:41:58 -07:00
Kbuild checksyscalls: move instance functionality into generic code 2026-04-05 09:21:32 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS Char/Misc/IIO/and others driver updates for 7.1-rc1 2026-04-24 13:23:50 -07:00
Makefile Linux 7.1-rc1 2026-04-26 14:19:00 -07:00
README docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation 2026-01-06 14:55:06 -07:00

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

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
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* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer - Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher - Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert - Hardening and vulnerability analysis
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* System Administrator - Configuring and troubleshooting
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* Hardware Vendor - Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer - Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant - LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

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* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


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=========================

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