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Jakub Kicinski
d337bc6b27 netfilter pull request 26-06-07
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Merge tag 'nf-next-26-06-07' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next

Pablo Neira Ayuso says:

====================
Netfilter/IPVS updates for net-next

The following patchset contains Netfilter/IPVS updates for net-next,
this contains updates to address sashiko reports in IPVS and Netfilter
on possible pre-existing issues. This also includes a series to add
refcount for ct helper and timeout to deal with a corner case scenario
with unconfirmed conntracks flying to nfqueue.

1) Add a conn_max sysctl to IPVS to limit the maximum number of
   connections, from Julian Anastasov.

2) Use get_unaligned_be16() to access TCP MSS in nfnetlink_osf,
   from Fernando Fernandez Mancera.

3) Use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE to access helper flags from nfnetlink_helper.

Several patches for the synproxy infrastructure, from Fernando
Fernandez Mancera:

4) Drop packet if TCP timestamp adjustment fails.

5) Continue parsing of TCP timestamp to deal with possible duplicates.

6) Use {get,put}_unaligned_be32() to acess the TCP timestamp.

7) Hold ct->lock to initialize nf_ct_seqadj_init().

Updates for the ct timeout infrastructure, to deal with a corner case
for unconfirmed conntracks flying to nfqueue:

8) Add a refcount to track ct timeout policy use by ct extension,
   release the timeout until the last ct extension drops the refcnt
   on it.

Similar update for the ct helper infrastructure:

9) Dynamic allocation of ct helpers, as a preparation for adding
   refcount to track ct extension use.

10) Move destroy_sibling_or_exp() to nf_conntrack_proto_gre, so
    pptp conntrack helper module removal does not make this code
    unreachable via the helper->destroy callback. This is another
    dependency for the new refcount coming in this series.

11) Add a refcount to track use of it from the ct extension, then
    ct helper and timeout is reachable to the connection until
    it goes away.

12) Remove the genid infrastructure in ct extensions. The primary
    goal was to detect that a ct extension such as ct timeout and
    ct helper went stale for unconfirmed conntrack, either because
    object or module was removed. This deactivates all ct extensions
    though for this unconfirmed conntrack.

13) Call nf_ct_gre_keymap_destroy() if this is a master conntrack
    with a pptp helper only.

sashiko.dev reports one more relevant issue when unsetting the helper
via ctnetlink that I will address in a follow up patch.

Then, two more assorted updates:

14) Avoid a unlikely underflow in bridge VLAN untag, only possible
    if buggy bridge VLAN filtering is buggy, remove WARN_ON_ONCE
    while at it. From David Carlier.

15) Use get_unaligned_be32() in nf_conntrack_tcp to access sack
    extension, from Rosen Penev.

* tag 'nf-next-26-06-07' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next:
  netfilter: nf_conntrack: use get_unaligned_be32() in tcp_sack()
  netfilter: flowtable: avoid num_encaps underflow on bridge VLAN untag
  netfilter: conntrack: call nf_ct_gre_keymap_destroy() if master helper is pptp
  netfilter: conntrack: revert ct extension genid infrastructure
  netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: add refcounting from datapath
  netfilter: nf_conntrack_pptp: move GRE specific cleanup to GRE tracker
  netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: dynamically allocate struct nf_conntrack_helper
  netfilter: cttimeout: detach dataplane timeout policy and repurpose refcount
  netfilter: synproxy: protect nf_ct_seqadj_init() with conntrack lock
  netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment
  netfilter: synproxy: adjust duplicate timestamp options
  netfilter: synproxy: drop packets if timestamp adjustment fails
  netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE for accessing helper flags
  netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix mss parsing on big-endian architectures
  ipvs: add conn_max sysctl to limit connections
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260607094954.48892-1-pablo@netfilter.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-08 15:33:35 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
199f6b9a16 Merge branch 'mlx5-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mellanox/linux
Tariq Toukan says:

====================
mlx5-next updates 2026-06-07

* 'mlx5-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mellanox/linux:
  net/mlx5: Add sd_group_size bits for SD management
  net/mlx5: Update IFC allowed_list_size field bits
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260607111157.470978-1-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-08 15:29:51 -07:00
Shay Drory
ddbddbf8ae net/mlx5: Add sd_group_size bits for SD management
Currently, mlx5 is querying the MPIR register to get the number of PFs
that should comprise the SD group.
However, this register does not reflect the correct number in complex
deployments. Hence, add an sd_group_size field to nic_vport_context to
determine the correct number of PFs, and add an sd_group_size capability
bit to indicate whether FW supports it.

Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260529052359.389413-3-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-06-07 06:10:07 -04:00
Dragos Tatulea
cc71b7f32f net/mlx5: Update IFC allowed_list_size field bits
The vport context allowed_list_size was increased from 12 to 16 bits.

Writing to this field is protected by the log_max_current_uc/mc_list
capabilities. On older FW versions these capabilities are limited
to < 2K and only the high bits of the field are extended. This means
that the change is backward compatible with older FW versions.

Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260529052359.389413-2-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-06-07 06:10:07 -04:00
Rosen Penev
d3bf9eae48 netfilter: nf_conntrack: use get_unaligned_be32() in tcp_sack()
The timestamp-only fast path dereferences the option stream as
*(__be32 *)ptr, which assumes 4-byte alignment that the TCP option
stream does not guarantee. Use get_unaligned_be32() instead, which
reads the value safely and already returns host byte order, so the
htonl() on the comparison constant can be dropped.

This matches the existing get_unaligned_be32() use later in the same
function.

Assisted-by: Claude:Opus-4.7
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-07 11:13:47 +02:00
David Carlier
e052f92077 netfilter: flowtable: avoid num_encaps underflow on bridge VLAN untag
The DEV_PATH_BR_VLAN_UNTAG case post-decrements info->num_encaps
inside WARN_ON_ONCE(). num_encaps is u8, so if it's already 0 the
decrement still happens and wraps it to 255. The break only leaves
the inner switch -- a later path entry can set info->indev back to
a real device, and we end up returning with num_encaps == 255.

nft_dev_forward_path() then walks info.encap[] (size 2) up to
num_encaps, which means an OOB stack read and a bogus count copied
into the route descriptor.

Should only happen on a malformed bridge path stack, hence the WARN,
but worth handling sanely. Move the decrement out of the WARN.

[ While at this, remove the WARN_ON_ONCE since this can only happen
  with a buggy bridge path stack --pablo ].

Fixes: e990cef651 ("netfilter: flowtable: add bridge vlan filtering support")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-07 10:53:46 +02:00
Nazim Amirul
903db046d5 net: stmmac: xgmac: report L3/L4 filter match count in ethtool stats
Read the L3FM and L4FM bits from the RX descriptor status word (RDES2)
and increment the corresponding ethtool statistics counters. This allows
users to observe L3/L4 filter hit rates via ethtool -S.

Signed-off-by: Rohan G Thomas <rohan.g.thomas@altera.com>
Signed-off-by: Nazim Amirul <muhammad.nazim.amirul.nazle.asmade@altera.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604083037.24407-1-muhammad.nazim.amirul.nazle.asmade@altera.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 19:17:05 -07:00
Haoxiang Li
46e5036733 net: microchip: sparx5: clean up PSFP resources on flower setup failure
sparx5_tc_flower_psfp_setup() allocates PSFP stream gate, flow meter and
stream filter resources before adding VCAP actions. If a later step
fails, the resources allocated earlier in the function are not unwound.

Add error paths to release the stream filter, flow meter and stream gate
when setup fails after they have been acquired.

Also make sparx5_psfp_fm_add() return the acquired flow-meter id before
the existing-flow-meter early return. When an existing flow meter is
reused, sparx5_psfp_fm_get() increments its pool reference count, but the
caller previously kept psfp_fmid as 0. If a later setup step failed, the
error path could try to delete flow-meter id 0 instead of the reused flow
meter, leaving the incremented reference behind.

Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@isrc.iscas.ac.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603061716.747282-1-lihaoxiang@isrc.iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 19:06:42 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
ecc4aa6f41 Merge branch 'net-airoha-support-multiple-net_devices-connected-to-the-same-gdm-port'
Lorenzo Bianconi says:

====================
net: airoha: Support multiple net_devices connected to the same GDM port

EN7581 or AN7583 SoCs support connecting multiple external SerDes (e.g.
Ethernet or USB SerDes) to GDM3 or GDM4 ports via a hw arbiter that
manages the traffic in a TDM manner. As a result multiple net_devices can
connect to the same GDM{3,4} port and there is a theoretical "1:n"
relation between GDM ports and net_devices.

           ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
           │                                 │    ┌──────┐
           │                         P1 GDM1 ├────►MT7530│
           │                                 │    └──────┘
           │                                 │      ETH0 (DSA conduit)
           │                                 │
           │              PSE/FE             │
           │                                 │
           │                                 │
           │                                 │    ┌─────┐
           │                         P0 CDM1 ├────►QDMA0│
           │  P4                     P9 GDM4 │    └─────┘
           └──┬─────────────────────────┬────┘
              │                         │
           ┌──▼──┐                 ┌────▼────┐
           │ PPE │                 │   ARB   │
           └─────┘                 └─┬─────┬─┘
                                     │     │
                                  ┌──▼──┐┌─▼───┐
                                  │ ETH ││ USB │
                                  └─────┘└─────┘
                                   ETH1   ETH2

This series introduces support for multiple net_devices connected to the
same Frame Engine (FE) GDM port (GDM3 or GDM4) via an external hw
arbiter. Please note GDM1 or GDM2 does not support the connection with
the external arbiter.
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v9-0-5d476bc2f426@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:46:56 -07:00
Lorenzo Bianconi
ef2aee9871 net: airoha: Support multiple LAN/WAN interfaces for hw MAC address configuration
The EN7581 and AN7583 SoCs provide registers to configure hardware LAN/WAN
MAC addresses. These registers are used during FE hw acceleration to
determine whether received traffic is destined to this host (L3 traffic)
or should be switched to another device (L2 traffic).
The SoC hardware design assumes all interfaces configured as LAN (or WAN)
share the MAC address MSBs, which are programmed into the
REG_FE_{LAN,WAN}_MAC_H register. The LSBs of 'local' mac addresses can be
expressed as a range via the REG_FE_MAC_LMIN and REG_FE_MAC_LMAX
registers. In order to properly accelerate the traffic, FE module requires
the user to configure the REG_FE_{LAN,WAN}_MAC_H register respecting this
limitation. Please note a misconfiguration in REG_FE_{LAN,WAN}_MAC_H
will still allow the user to log into the device for debugging.
Previously, only a single interface was considered when programming these
registers. Extend the logic to derive the correct minimum and maximum
values for REG_FE_MAC_LMIN/REG_FE_MAC_LMAX when two or more interfaces are
configured as LAN or WAN. Since this functionality was not available
before this series, no regression is introduced.

Tested-by: Madhur Agrawal <madhur.agrawal@airoha.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v9-6-5d476bc2f426@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:46:54 -07:00
Lorenzo Bianconi
7758cb462f net: airoha: Introduce WAN device flag
Introduce WAN flag to specify if a given device is used to transmit/receive
WAN or LAN traffic. Current codebase supports specifying LAN/WAN device
configuration in ndo_init() callback during device bootstrap.
In order to consider setups where LAN configuration is used even for
GDM3/GDM4 devices, check airoha_is_lan_gdm_dev() to select pse_port in
airoha_ppe_foe_entry_prepare().
Please note after this patch, it will be possible to specify multiple LAN
devices but just a single WAN one. Please note this change is not visible
to the user since airoha_eth driver currently supports just the internal
phy available via the MT7530 DSA switch and there are no WAN interfaces
officially supported since PCS/external phy is not merged mainline yet
(it will be posted with following patches).

Tested-by: Xuegang Lu <xuegang.lu@airoha.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v9-5-5d476bc2f426@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:46:54 -07:00
Lorenzo Bianconi
99b9d095d7 net: airoha: Do not stop GDM port if it is shared
Theoretically, in the current codebase, two independent net_devices can
be connected to the same GDM port so we need to check the GDM port is not
used by any other running net_device before setting the forward
configuration to FE_PSE_PORT_DROP.
Moreover, always set in GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK field of REG_GDM_LEN_CFG
register the maximum MTU of all running net_devices connected to the same
GDM port.

Tested-by: Xuegang Lu <xuegang.lu@airoha.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v9-4-5d476bc2f426@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:46:54 -07:00
Lorenzo Bianconi
a9c2ca61fe net: airoha: Support multiple net_devices for a single FE GDM port
EN7581 or AN7583 SoCs support connecting multiple external SerDes (e.g.
Ethernet or USB SerDes) to GDM3 or GDM4 ports via a hw arbiter that
manages the traffic in a TDM manner. As a result multiple net_devices can
connect to the same GDM{3,4} port and there is a theoretical "1:n"
relation between GDM ports and net_devices.

           ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
           │                                 │    ┌──────┐
           │                         P1 GDM1 ├────►MT7530│
           │                                 │    └──────┘
           │                                 │      ETH0 (DSA conduit)
           │                                 │
           │              PSE/FE             │
           │                                 │
           │                                 │
           │                                 │    ┌─────┐
           │                         P0 CDM1 ├────►QDMA0│
           │  P4                     P9 GDM4 │    └─────┘
           └──┬─────────────────────────┬────┘
              │                         │
           ┌──▼──┐                 ┌────▼────┐
           │ PPE │                 │   ARB   │
           └─────┘                 └─┬─────┬─┘
                                     │     │
                                  ┌──▼──┐┌─▼───┐
                                  │ ETH ││ USB │
                                  └─────┘└─────┘
                                   ETH1   ETH2

Introduce support for multiple net_devices connected to the same Frame
Engine (FE) GDM port (GDM3 or GDM4) via an external hw arbiter.
Please note GDM1 or GDM2 does not support the connection with the external
arbiter.
Add get_dev_from_sport callback since EN7581 and AN7583 have different
logics for the net_device type connected to GDM3 or GDM4.

Tested-by: Xuegang Lu <xuegang.lu@airoha.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v9-3-5d476bc2f426@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:46:53 -07:00
Lorenzo Bianconi
4408f52068 net: airoha: Remove private net_device pointer in airoha_gdm_dev struct
Remove redundant net_device pointer inside airoha_gdm_dev struct and
rely on netdev_from_priv routine instead. Please note this patch does
not introduce any logical change, just code refactoring.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v9-2-5d476bc2f426@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:46:53 -07:00
Lorenzo Bianconi
a4597204b6 dt-bindings: net: airoha: Add GDM port ethernet child node
EN7581 and AN7583 SoCs support connecting multiple external SerDes to GDM3
or GDM4 ports via a hw arbiter that manages the traffic in a TDM manner.
As a result multiple net_devices can connect to the same GDM{3,4} port
and there is a theoretical "1:n" relation between GDM ports and
net_devices.
Introduce the ethernet node child of a specific GDM port in order to model
a given net_device that is connected via the external arbiter to the
GDM{3,4} port. This new ethernet node is defined by the "airoha,eth-port"
compatible string. Please note GDM1 and GDM2 does not support the
connection with the external arbiter and they are represented by an
ethernet node defined by the "airoha,eth-mac" compatible string.

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v9-1-5d476bc2f426@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:46:53 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
1b203f7677 Merge branch 'net-mdio-realtek-rtl9300-refactor-initialization-and-port-lookup'
Markus Stockhausen says:

====================
net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Refactor initialization and port lookup

The Realtek Otto switch platform consists of four different series

- RTL838x aka maple   : 28 port 1G Switches
- RTL839x aka cypress : 52 port 1G Switches
- RTL930x aka longan  : 28 port 1G/2.5G/10G Switches
- RTL931x aka mango   : 56 port 1G/2.5G/10G Switches

A lot has been done to enhance the ethernet MDIO driver for simple
integration of more SoCs. Now it is time to solve inconveniences
that were discovered during daily operation. That includes

- Consistent "of" API usage
- Tightening error handling and improving overall robustness.
- Adding support for PHY packages.
- Fixing setup order issues. These currently hinder the driver from
  properly enabling the hardware on devices where U-Boot skips the
  setup and leaves the controller registers untouched.
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-1-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:59 -07:00
Manuel Stocker
50b682a5ae net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Correctly handle ethernet-phy-package
Realtek Otto switches usually make use of multiport PHYs (e.g. 8 port
1G RTL8218D or 4 port 2.5G RTL8224). The device tree can describe this
fact via an "ethernet-phy-package" node that resides between the bus
and the PHY node.

When looking up the device tree bus node via the chain port->phy->parent
the driver totally ignores the existence of a PHY package. Enhance the
lookup to take care of this feature.

Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/23591
Signed-off-by: Manuel Stocker <mensi@mensi.ch>
Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-8-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:56 -07:00
Markus Stockhausen
56b4864150 net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: reorder controller setup
After the former refactoring the existing otto_emdio_9300_mdiobus_init()
contains only the c22/c45 bus mode setup. Like the topology setup this
must run before bus registration. Otherwise the bus does not "speak" the
right protocol for PHY setup.

This setup is device-specific and other SoCs will need to set up other
register bits in the controller in the future. Therefore

- Relocate c22/c45 device tree readout to the very beginning of the probing
- Add a new device-specific setup_controller() into the info structure.
- Relocate otto_emdio_priv to satisfy the new info structure dependency.
- Rename otto_emdio_9300_mdiobus_init accordingly and add it to the
  RTL9300 info structure. At the same time, adapt register naming
  for the function to make it clear that it only applies to this SoC.
- Call setup_controller() prior to bus registration.

Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-7-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:55 -07:00
Markus Stockhausen
439aba443a net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: relocate c22/c45 device tree readout
otto_emdio_map_ports() is the central place to lookup the topology and the
properties of the Realtek ethernet MDIO controller from the device tree.
Deviating from this the c22/c45 detection via "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45"
is running separately in otto_emdio_probe_one(). It loops over the same
nodes, just at a later point in time.

There is no benefit to divide this setup and to have a time window where
the data structure is only filled partially. Additionally it uses the
"fwnode" API. Consolidate the setup and convert it to the "of" API.

Remark. This is a subtle change for dangling PHY nodes (not referenced
by ethernet-ports). Before this commit all PHY nodes were evaluated for
c45 setup, now only the referenced ones.

Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-6-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:55 -07:00
Markus Stockhausen
94f05740ad net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: relocate topology setup
Until now the driver sets up the port to bus/address topology of the
controller after all buses are set up via otto_emdio_probe_one(). This
does not work for devices where U-Boot skips this setup. It is not
only needed for the hardware internal background PHY polling engine
but it is essential for access to the PHYs during probing.

Depending on the SoC type there exist two different register arrays

- Bus mapping registers (RTL930x, RTL931x) define to which bus the port
  is attached. E.g. [1]
- Address mapping registers (RTL838x, RTL930x, RTL931x) define to which
  address of the bus the port is attached. E.g. [2]

Relocate the topology setup and make it generic. For this

- Define device-specific bus_base/addr_base attributes that give the
  register base address where the mapping lives. In case one or both are
  not given the SoC does not support this specific type of mapping.
- Create a helper otto_emdio_setup_topology() that writes the detected
  topology to the registers.
- Call this helper prior to otto_emdio_probe_one().
- Remove unneeded code from otto_emdio_9300_mdiobus_init().
- Due to the added prefixes, increase define indentation

Subtle change: The old coding used regmap_bulk_write and silently wrote
bus=0/address=0 to mapping registers for ports that are out of scope.
The new coding leaves those untouched.

[1] https://svanheule.net/realtek/longan/register/smi_port0_15_polling_sel
[2] https://svanheule.net/realtek/longan/register/smi_port0_5_addr_ctrl

Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-5-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:55 -07:00
Markus Stockhausen
67885c0e39 net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: harden otto_emdio_probe_one()
The bus probing of the MDIO driver uses a two stage approach.

1. The device tree "ethernet-ports" node is scanned to build a mapping
   between ports and PHYs.

2. The children of the device tree "controller" are scanned to create
   the individual MDIO buses.

The first step already checks the consistency of the PHY and bus nodes
that are linked via the ports. But it might miss a dangling bus child
node that is not linked. Step two simply iterates over all bus child
nodes and might read malformed data from nodes not checked in step one.

Harden this and return a meaningful error message.

Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-4-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:55 -07:00
Markus Stockhausen
829ee0f8bc net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: harden otto_emdio_map_ports()
Due to its design the MDIO driver needs to set up a port to bus/address
mapping during probing. The "ethernet-ports" subnodes are scanned and
from the "phy-handle" property the MDIO nodes are looked up. In case of
a malformed device tree the driver might produce out-of-bounds accesses.
The PHY address is not checked against the maximum supported address.

Add a sanity check and drop the unneeded MAX_SMI_ADDR define.

Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-3-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:55 -07:00
Markus Stockhausen
f369dd8ccf net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Refactor otto_emdio_map_ports()
This function has multiple issues:
- It uses __free low level cleanups
- It mixes "fwnode" and "of" functions

Convert this to a uniform "of" usage and manual reference counting
cleanup. With that also fix two subtle lookup bugs in the original
code.

  mdio_dn = phy_dn->parent;
  if (mdio_dn->parent != dev->of_node)
    continue;

This skips an API access and therefore misses reference counting.
Additionally in the case of a very buggy device tree, phy_dn might
be a root node. Looking up its grandparent leads to a NULL pointer
access.

Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603175924.123019-2-markus.stockhausen@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:38:55 -07:00
Ovidiu Panait
3a58a1b8d5 net: stmmac: dwmac4: Report DCB feature capability
Bit 16 of the MAC HW Feature1 register reports the DCB (Data Centre
Bridging) feature. Read it so that dma_cap.dcben and the debugfs
report it accurately. Right now it is always reported as being disabled.

Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.rb@renesas.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603173644.24371-1-ovidiu.panait.rb@renesas.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:30:54 -07:00
Maoyi Xie
a762fabd7e hsr: broadcast netlink notifications in the device's net namespace
The HSR generic netlink family sets .netnsok = true. HSR devices can
live in network namespaces other than init_net.

Two async notifiers broadcast events with genlmsg_multicast(). They
are hsr_nl_ringerror() and hsr_nl_nodedown(). That helper delivers
only on the default genl socket in init_net. So the events always land
in init_net. The network namespace of the device does not matter.

This has two effects. A listener in the device's own namespace never
sees its own ring error and node down events. A privileged listener in
init_net receives events from HSR devices in other namespaces. The
payload carries the peer node MAC (HSR_A_NODE_ADDR) and the slave port
ifindex (HSR_A_IFINDEX).

Switch both callers to genlmsg_multicast_netns(). Other families with
.netnsok = true already do this. Examples are gtp, ovpn, team,
batman-adv, netdev-genl, ethtool and handshake.

hsr_nl_ringerror() already has the slave port. It uses
dev_net(port->dev). hsr_nl_nodedown() takes the namespace from the
master port via hsr_port_get_hsr().

Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604054949.2999304-1-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:23:12 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
50d578d639 Merge branch 'net-devmem-allow-bind-rx-from-non-init-user-namespaces'
Bobby Eshleman says:

====================
net: devmem: allow bind-rx from non-init user namespaces

NETDEV_CMD_BIND_RX is GENL_ADMIN_PERM, which checks CAP_NET_ADMIN
against init_user_ns. With netkit and netns support for devmem, it is
now useful to let workloads holding CAP_NET_ADMIN only in their own
user_ns issue bind-rx for a netns owned by that user_ns.

The first patch switches the flag to GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM so the check
uses the target netns's owning user_ns. Init remains permitted.

The second patch just adds test cases. They are identical to
nk_devmem.py tests, but using a non-init userns.
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602-nl-prov-v2-0-ad721142c641@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:10:34 -07:00
Bobby Eshleman
78c1930198 selftests: drv-net: add userns devmem RX test
Add userns_devmem.py, which mirrors nk_devmem.py but places the netkit
guest in a netns whose owning user_ns is non-init. ncdevmem is ran there
via nsenter so the bind-rx call is issued with creds that hold
CAP_NET_ADMIN only in the child user_ns.

Without the preceding GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM patch the test fails at
bind-rx with EPERM, but with the patch the transfer completes and tests
pass.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602-nl-prov-v2-2-ad721142c641@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:10:31 -07:00
Bobby Eshleman
e302aa3d00 net: devmem: allow bind-rx from non-init user namespaces
NETDEV_CMD_BIND_RX is currently GENL_ADMIN_PERM, which checks
CAP_NET_ADMIN against init userns. With recent container/netkit/ns
support for devmem, other userns/netns use cases come online and require
bind-rx to allow CAP_NET_ADMIN in non-init user ns as well.

Switch the flag to GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM to allow bind-rx for
CAP_NET_ADMIN in the netns's owning userns as well.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602-nl-prov-v2-1-ad721142c641@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 18:10:31 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
9410fb4da2 ipv6: remove obsolete EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
These symbols don't need to be exported, they are only used from vmlinux:

- inet6addr_notifier_call_chain
- inet6addr_validator_notifier_call_chain
- in6addr_linklocal_allnodes
- in6addr_linklocal_allrouters
- in6addr_interfacelocal_allnodes
- in6addr_interfacelocal_allrouters
- in6addr_sitelocal_allrouters
- inet6_cleanup_sock
- ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow
- ipv6_proxy_select_ident
- ip6_sk_update_pmtu
- ip6_sk_redirect

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604174555.2801532-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:47:42 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
b056e73267 ipv4: remove obsolete EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
These symbols no longer need to be exported, they are only used from
vmlinux:

- inet_send_prepare
- inet_splice_eof
- inet_sk_rebuild_header
- inet_current_timestamp
- snmp_fold_field
- snmp_get_cpu_field64
- snmp_fold_field64
- fib_nh_common_release
- fib_nh_common_init
- fib_nexthop_info
- fib_add_nexthop
- ip_build_and_send_pkt
- ipv4_sk_update_pmtu
- ipv4_sk_redirect
- rt_dst_clone

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604173413.2782008-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:47:07 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
ffb64a86ba Merge branch 'bridge-prepare-lockless-br_port_fill_attrs-i'
Eric Dumazet says:

====================
bridge: prepare lockless br_port_fill_attrs() (I)

medium-term goal is to allow "ip link show" dump commands to run without RTNL.

This round of patches adds/fixes some lockess accesses in bridge.

This is not complete, more patches will come later.

Ultimately all changes to p->flags should use set_bit()/clear_bit().

I repeat (AI agents might read this cover ?):

Many p->flags accesses are racy, and will hopefully be fixed in a
future series.
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:21 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
0733947606 bridge: read p->flags once in br_port_fill_attrs()
We might run br_port_fill_attrs() locklessly in the future.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-12-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:18 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
f51657cd72 bridge: provide lockless access to p->config_pending
Needed for sysfs show_config_pending(), BRCTL_GET_PORT_INFO
and upcoming RTNL avoidance in "ip link" dumps (cf br_port_fill_attrs()).

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-11-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:18 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
6d39b5d080 bridge: provide lockless access to p->port_id
sysfs show_port_id() and BRCTL_GET_PORT_INFO need this.

This will be needed for upcoming RTNL avoidance in "ip link"
dumps (cf br_port_fill_attrs()).

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-10-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:18 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
abe46dbe52 bridge: provide lockless access to p->priority
sysfs show_priority() needs this.

Also br_port_fill_attrs() might in the future run without RTNL.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-9-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:18 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
009b1dc8bf bridge: provide lockless access to p->designated_port
Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations around p->designated_port

This is needed at least for sysfs show_designated_port(), BRCTL_GET_PORT_INFO
and upcoming RTNL avoidance in "ip link" dumps (cf br_port_fill_attrs()).

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-8-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:17 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
5deaf04951 bridge: provide lockless access to p->designated_cost
Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations around p->designated_cost

This is needed at least for sysfs show_designated_cost(), BRCTL_GET_PORT_INFO
and upcoming RTNL avoidance in "ip link" dumps (cf br_port_fill_attrs()).

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-7-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:17 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
f236240c9b bridge: provide lockless access to p->path_cost
Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations around p->path_cost.

This is needed at least for sysfs show_path_cost(), BRCTL_GET_PORT_INFO
and upcoming RTNL avoidance in "ip link" dumps (cf br_port_fill_attrs()).

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-6-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:17 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
2013ebb9b3 bridge: use BR_ADMIN_COST_BIT
Use set_bit() and test_bit() lockless functions.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-5-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:17 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
f8bcd30757 bridge: use BR_PROMISC_BIT
Use BR_PROMISC_BIT and set_bit(), clear_bit() and test_bit() lockless
functions.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:17 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
87020def25 bridge: add bridge_flags_bit enum
We want to use atomic operations for lockless p->flags changes
and reads.

Add definitions for bits in addition of masks so that we can use
test_bit(), clear_bit() and set_bit() in subsequent patches.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-3-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:17 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
032c8f6f21 bridge: add a READ_ONCE() in br_timer_value()
br_timer_value() can be called locklessly, the expires field
could be changed concurrently.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604141343.2124500-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:46:16 -07:00
Qingfang Deng
2eb9a81a7f selftests: net: do not detect PPPoX loopback
By default, pppd attempts to detect loopbacks on the underlying
interface using a pseudo-randomly generated magic number and checks if
the same value is received. The seed for the PRNG is a hash of hostname
XOR current time XOR pid, which is likely to collide on NIPA, causing
false positives. Disable magic number generation.

Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>
Fixes: 7af2a94f4d ("selftests: net: add tests for PPPoL2TP")
Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603061746.23452-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:29:40 -07:00
Guangshuo Li
b64f763b60 net: cpsw_new: unregister devlink on port registration failure
cpsw_probe() registers devlink before registering the CPSW ports.

If cpsw_register_ports() fails, the error path only unregisters the
notifiers and then releases the lower level resources. It does not undo
the successful cpsw_register_devlink() call, leaving the devlink instance
and its parameters registered after probe has failed.

Add a devlink cleanup label for the path where devlink registration has
already succeeded, and use it when port registration fails.

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604043115.1409134-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-06-05 17:27:24 -07:00
Pablo Neira Ayuso
b0f02608fb netfilter: conntrack: call nf_ct_gre_keymap_destroy() if master helper is pptp
For GRE flows, validate that the ct master helper (if any) is pptp
before calling nf_ct_gre_keymap_destroy(), so the helper data area
can be accessed safely. Note that only the pptp helper provides a
.destroy callback.

Fixes: e56894356f ("netfilter: conntrack: remove l4proto destroy hook")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-05 16:21:38 +02:00
Pablo Neira Ayuso
35e21a4dcc netfilter: conntrack: revert ct extension genid infrastructure
This infrastructure is not used anymore after moving ct timeout and
helper to use datapath refcount to track object use.

Revert commit c56716c69c ("netfilter: extensions: introduce extension
genid count") this patch disables all ct extensions (leading to NULL)
for unconfirmed conntracks, when this is only targeted at ct helper and
ct timeout. There is also codebase that dereferences the ct extension
without checking for NULL which could lead to crash.

Fixes: c56716c69c ("netfilter: extensions: introduce extension genid count")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-05 16:16:44 +02:00
Pablo Neira Ayuso
ac46f3f35b netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: add refcounting from datapath
This patch adds a new ->ct_refcnt field to struct nf_conntrack_helper
which is bumped when the helper is used by the ct helper extension. Drop
this reference count when the conntrack entry is released. This is a
packet path refcount which ensures that struct nf_conntrack_helper
remains in place for tricky scenarios where a packet sits in nfqueue, or
elsewhere, with a conntrack that refers to this helper.

For simplicity, this leaves a single refcount for helper objects in
place, remove the existing refcount for control plane that ensures that
the helper does not go away if it is used by ruleset.

On helper removal, the help callback is set to NULL to disable it from
packet path and, after rcu grace period, existing expectations are
removed. Update ctnetlink to disable access to .to_nlattr and
.from_nlattr if the helper is going away.

Remove nf_queue_nf_hook_drop() since it has proven not to be effective
because packets with unconfirmed conntracks which are still flying to
sit in nfqueue.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-05 16:16:44 +02:00
Pablo Neira Ayuso
fe97fd540a netfilter: nf_conntrack_pptp: move GRE specific cleanup to GRE tracker
Move the GRE specific cleanup to nf_conntrack_proto_gre.c to ensure that
the .destroy callback for the pptp helper is still reachable by existing
conntrack entries while pptp module is being removed.

This is a preparation patch, no functional changes are intended.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-05 16:16:44 +02:00
Pablo Neira Ayuso
6031487d4e netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: dynamically allocate struct nf_conntrack_helper
Adapt all existing helpers to use a modified version of
nf_ct_helper_init(), to dynamically allocate struct nf_conntrack_helper.

Allocate expect_policy[] built-in into the helper to ensure this area is
reachable after helper removal since a follow up patch adds refcount to
track use of the nf_conntrack_helper structure from packet path so it
remains around until last reference from ct helper extension is dropped.

Export __nf_conntrack_helper_register() which allows to register
nfnetlink_cthelper dynamically allocated helper. Adapt nfnetlink_cthelper
to use the built-in expect_policy[].

This is a preparation patch to add packet path refcounting to helpers.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-05 13:25:18 +02:00
Pablo Neira Ayuso
7d6a9cdb8d netfilter: cttimeout: detach dataplane timeout policy and repurpose refcount
Add a refcount for struct nf_ct_timeout which is used by ct extension to
set the custom ct timeout policy, this tells us that the ct timeout is
being used by a conntrack entry. When the last conntrack entry drops the
refcount on the ct timeout, the ct timeout is released.

Remove the refcount for control plane which controls if the ruleset
refers to the timeout policy. After this update, it is possible to
remove the ct timeout policy from nfnetlink_cttimeout immediately.
This is for simplicity not to handle two refcounts on a single object.

Remove nf_queue_nf_hook_drop(): a packet sitting in nfqueue will just
hold a reference to the nf_ct_timeout object until packet is reinjected,
since this is part of the ct extension, this will be released by the
time the conntrack is freed.

nf_ct_untimeout() is still called to clean up in a best effort basis:
the ct timeout on existing entries gets removed when the ct timeout goes
away, but as long as the iptables ruleset still refers to the ct timeout
through a template, new conntracks may keep attaching it and extend its
lifetime until the rule is removed.

nf_ct_untimeout() is not called anymore from module removal path, this
is unlikely to find timeouts give module refcount is bumped, and the new
refcount already tracks the ct timeout policy use so it is released when
unused.

Fixes: 5097846230 ("netfilter: add cttimeout infrastructure for fine timeout tuning")
Fixes: 7e0b2b57f0 ("netfilter: nft_ct: add ct timeout support")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-06-05 13:11:55 +02:00