NIPA Branch net-next-hw-2025-11-19--08-00

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[+] xfrm: drop SA reference in xfrm_state_update if dir doesn't match
[+] xfrm: also call xfrm_state_delete_tunnel at destroy time for states that were never added
[+] xfrm: make state as DEAD before final put when migrate fails
[+] xfrm: call xfrm_dev_state_delete when xfrm_state_migrate fails to add the state
[+] xfrm: set err and extack on failure to create pcpu SA
[+] xfrm: check all hash buckets for leftover states during netns deletion
[+] xfrm: Refactor xfrm_input lock to reduce contention with RSS
[+] xfrm: Skip redundant replay recheck for the hardware offload path
[+] Merge branch 'xfrm: IPsec hardware offload performance improvements'
[+] pfkey: Deprecate pfkey
[+] xfrm: Check inner packet family directly from skb_dst
[+] xfrm: Determine inner GSO type from packet inner protocol
[+] xfrm: Prevent locally generated packets from direct output in tunnel mode
[+] Documentation: xfrm_device: Wrap iproute2 snippets in literal code block
[+] Documentation: xfrm_device: Use numbered list for offloading steps
[+] Documentation: xfrm_device: Separate hardware offload sublists
[+] Documentation: xfrm_sync: Properly reindent list text
[+] Documentation: xfrm_sync: Trim excess section heading characters
[+] Documentation: xfrm_sysctl: Trim trailing colon in section heading
[+] Documentation: xfrm_sync: Number the fifth section
[+] net: Move XFRM documentation into its own subdirectory
[+] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for XFRM documentation
[+] xfrm: fix memory leak in xfrm_add_acquire()
[+] devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy
[+] tools: ynltool: ignore *.d deps files
[+] dt-bindings: net: cdns,macb: Add pic64gx compatibility
[+] Merge tag 'ipsec-next-2025-11-18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next
[+] Merge tag 'ipsec-2025-11-18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec
[+] tcp: Don't reinitialise tw->tw_transparent in tcp_time_wait().
[+] kcm: Fix typo and add hyphen in Kconfig help text
[+] net: dsa: ks8995: Fix incorrect OF match table name
[+] net: add a new @alloc parameter to napi_skb_cache_get()
[+] net: __alloc_skb() cleanup
[+] net: use napi_skb_cache even in process context
[+] Merge branch 'net-expand-napi_skb_cache-use'
[+] mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer()
[+] tools: ynl: Add MAC address parsing support
[+] netlink: specs: support ipv4-or-v6 for dual-stack fields
[+] net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure
[+] net/mlx5: Refactor EEPROM query error handling to return status separately
[+] net/mlx5e: Recover SQ on excessive PTP TX timestamp delta
[+] net/mlx5: Remove redundant bw_share minimal value assignment
[+] net/mlx5: Abort new commands if all command slots are stalled
[+] net/mlx5: Use EOPNOTSUPP instead of ENOTSUPP
[+] Merge branch 'net-mlx5-misc-changes-2025-11-17'
[+] af_unix: Read sk_peek_offset() again after sleeping in unix_stream_read_generic().
[+] selftest: af_unix: Add test for SO_PEEK_OFF.
[+] Merge branch 'af_unix-fix-so_peek_off-bug-in-unix_stream_read_generic'
[+] af_unix: Count cyclic SCC.
[+] af_unix: Simplify GC state.
[+] af_unix: Don't trigger GC from close() if unnecessary.
[+] af_unix: Don't call wait_for_unix_gc() on every sendmsg().
[+] af_unix: Refine wait_for_unix_gc().
[+] af_unix: Remove unix_tot_inflight.
[+] af_unix: Consolidate unix_schedule_gc() and wait_for_unix_gc().
[+] Merge branch 'af_unix-gc-cleanup-and-optimisation'
[+] ipv6: clear RA flags when adding a static route
[+] selftests: fib_tests: add fib6 from ra to static test
.../devicetree/bindings/net/cdns,macb.yaml | 5 +- Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml | 2 +- Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml | 2 +- Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml | 2 +- Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml | 6 +- Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml | 16 +- Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-neigh.yaml | 2 +- Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml | 8 +- Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-rule.yaml | 6 +- Documentation/networking/index.rst | 5 +- Documentation/networking/xfrm/index.rst | 13 ++ .../networking/{ => xfrm}/xfrm_device.rst | 20 ++- Documentation/networking/{ => xfrm}/xfrm_proc.rst | 0 Documentation/networking/{ => xfrm}/xfrm_sync.rst | 97 ++++++------ .../networking/{ => xfrm}/xfrm_sysctl.rst | 4 +- MAINTAINERS | 1 + drivers/net/dsa/ks8995.c | 6 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c | 55 +++++++ .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/ptp.c | 21 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/ptp.h | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 19 ++- .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_fs_ethtool.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c | 7 - .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/vxlan.c | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c | 6 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/port.c | 35 +++-- .../mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c | 8 +- include/linux/mlx5/driver.h | 1 + include/net/xfrm.h | 3 +- net/core/skbuff.c | 48 +++--- net/devlink/rate.c | 4 +- net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c | 6 +- net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c | 1 - net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c | 6 +- net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 4 + net/kcm/Kconfig | 4 +- net/key/af_key.c | 2 + net/mptcp/pm.c | 20 ++- net/unix/af_unix.c | 10 +- net/unix/af_unix.h | 4 +- net/unix/garbage.c | 92 ++++++------ net/xfrm/Kconfig | 11 +- net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c | 2 +- net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c | 30 ++-- net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c | 8 +- net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 30 +++- net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c | 8 +- tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py | 9 ++ tools/net/ynl/ynltool/.gitignore | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/so_peek_off.c | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++ tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh | 66 ++++++++- 57 files changed, 636 insertions(+), 260 deletions(-)
New patches
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tmp: fix defering freeing of zc Tx skbs
nipa: fbnic: link up on QEMU
nipa: config: disable kmemleak auto scan
nipa: config: x86: disable GPUs and sound
nipa: drv: net: add timeout
nipa: forwarding: set timeout to 3 hours
nipa: config: disable CPU_MITIGATIONS
nipa: tc_action dbg
nipa: selftests: net: enable profiling
nipa: timestamp - try waking
nipa: profile (time) test output
nipa: local: add short sleep to bond_macvlan_ipvlan.sh
nipa: config: x86: use periodic HZ tick
nipa: disable 6.17's merge window kunit tests
nipa: disable random kunit tests
nipa: fbnic: link up on QEMU
[+] net: wwan: mhi: Add network support for Foxconn T99W760
[+] eea: introduce ethtool support
[+] eea: create/destroy rx,tx queues for netdevice open and stop
[+] eea: probe the netdevice and create adminq
[+] eea: introduce ring and descriptor structures
[+] eea: introduce PCI framework
[+] netfilter: conntrack: Add missing modification about data-race around ct->timeout
[+] tools: ynl: add YNL test framework
[+] net: fec: remove duplicate macros of the BD status
[+] net: fec: remove rx_align from fec_enet_private
[+] net: fec: remove struct fec_enet_priv_txrx_info
[+] net: fec: simplify the conditional preprocessor directives
[+] net: fec: remove useless conditional preprocessor directives
[+] selftest: netdevsim: test devlink default params
[+] netdevsim: register a new devlink param with default value interface
[+] net/mlx5: implement swp_l4_csum_mode via devlink params
[+] devlink: support default values for param-get and param-set
[+] devlink: refactor devlink_nl_param_value_fill_one()
[+] devlink: pass extack through to devlink_param::get()
[+] ice: fix PTP cleanup on driver removal in error path
[+] idpf: fix possible vport_config NULL pointer deref in remove
[+] selftests: net: remove old setup_* scripts
[+] netdevsim: add loopback support
[+] selftests: drv-net: hw: convert the Toeplitz test to Python
[+] selftests: drv-net: add a Python version of the GRO test
[+] netdevsim: pass packets thru GRO on Rx
[+] selftests: net: py: read ip link info about remote dev
[+] selftests: net: py: support ksft ready without wait
[+] selftests: net: relocate gro and toeplitz tests to drivers/net
[+] selftests: drv-net: xdp: use variants for qstat tests
[+] selftests: net: py: add test variants
[+] selftests: net: py: extract the case generation logic
[+] selftests: net: py: coding style improvements
[+] net: dsa: microchip: Fix symetry in ksz_ptp_msg_irq_{setup/free}()
[+] net: dsa: microchip: Free previously initialized ports on init failures
[+] net: dsa: microchip: Don't free uninitialized ksz_irq
[+] net: dsa: microchip: ptp: Fix checks on irq_find_mapping()
[+] net: dsa: microchip: common: Fix checks on irq_find_mapping()
tools: ynl: cli: Display enum values in --list-attrs output
tools: ynl: cli: Parse nested attributes in --list-attrs output
tools: ynl: cli: Add --list-attrs option to show operation attributes
net: mdio: improve reset handling in mdio_device.c
net: mdio: common handling of phy device reset properties
net: mdio: move device reset functions to mdio_device.c
net: ti: icssg-prueth: Enable zero copy in XDP features
net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add AF_XDP zero copy for RX
net: ti: icssg-prueth: Make emac_run_xdp function independent of page
net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add AF_XDP zero copy for TX
net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add XSK pool helpers
net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add functions to create and destroy Rx/Tx queues
net: stmmac: dwc-qos-eth: simplify switch() in dwc_eth_dwmac_config_dt()
[-] idpf: use desc_ring when checking completion queue DMA allocation
net: stmmac: stmmac_is_jumbo_frm() returns boolean
net: stmmac: stmmac_is_jumbo_frm() len should be unsigned
net: vmxnet3: convert to use .get_rx_ring_count
net: stmmac: convert priv->sph* to boolean and rename
[c] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for XFRM documentation
[c] net: Move XFRM documentation into its own subdirectory
[c] Documentation: xfrm_sync: Number the fifth section
[c] Documentation: xfrm_sysctl: Trim trailing colon in section heading
[c] Documentation: xfrm_sync: Trim excess section heading characters
[c] Documentation: xfrm_sync: Properly reindent list text
[c] Documentation: xfrm_device: Separate hardware offload sublists
[c] Documentation: xfrm_device: Use numbered list for offloading steps
[c] Documentation: xfrm_device: Wrap iproute2 snippets in literal code block
[c] pfkey: Deprecate pfkey
[c] xfrm: Skip redundant replay recheck for the hardware offload path
[c] xfrm: Refactor xfrm_input lock to reduce contention with RSS
virtio_net: enhance wake/stop tx queue statistics accounting
net: bonding: move bond_should_notify_peers, e.g. into rtnl lock block
net: bonding: use workqueue to make sure peer notify updated in lacp mode
[c] xfrm: fix memory leak in xfrm_add_acquire()
[c] xfrm: Prevent locally generated packets from direct output in tunnel mode
[c] xfrm: Determine inner GSO type from packet inner protocol
[c] xfrm: Check inner packet family directly from skb_dst
[c] xfrm: check all hash buckets for leftover states during netns deletion
[c] xfrm: set err and extack on failure to create pcpu SA
[c] xfrm: call xfrm_dev_state_delete when xfrm_state_migrate fails to add the state
[c] xfrm: make state as DEAD before final put when migrate fails
[c] xfrm: also call xfrm_state_delete_tunnel at destroy time for states that were never added
[c] xfrm: drop SA reference in xfrm_state_update if dir doesn't match
net: txgbe: support getting module EEPROM by page
net: txgbe: delay to identify modules in .ndo_open
net: txgbe: improve functions of AML 40G devices
net: txgbe: rename the SFP related
net: txgbe: support CR modules for AML devices
selftests: mptcp: add a check for 'add_addr_accepted'
mptcp: fix address removal logic in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr
selftests: mptcp: join: userspace: longer timeout
selftests: mptcp: join: endpoints: longer timeout
selftests: mptcp: join: fastclose: remove flaky marks
mptcp: fix duplicate reset on fastclose
mptcp: decouple mptcp fastclose from tcp close
mptcp: do not fallback when OoO is present
mptcp: fix premature close in case of fallback
mptcp: avoid unneeded subflow-level drops
mptcp: fix ack generation for fallback msk
net: prefetch the next skb in napi_skb_cache_get()
net: use NAPI_SKB_CACHE_FREE to keep 32 as default to do bulk free
net: increase default NAPI_SKB_CACHE_BULK to 32
net: increase default NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE to 128
octeontx2-af: Skip TM tree print for disabled SQs
net: phy: microchip_t1s: add SQI support for LAN867x Rev.D0 PHYs
net: phy: phy-c45: add SQI and SQI+ support for OATC14 10Base-T1S PHYs
atm/fore200e: Fix possible data race in fore200e_open()
[-] selftests/vsock: add tests for namespace deletion and mode changes
[-] selftests/vsock: add tests for host <-> vm connectivity with namespaces
[-] selftests/vsock: add namespace tests for CID collisions
[-] selftests/vsock: add tests for proc sys vsock ns_mode
[-] selftests/vsock: prepare vm management helpers for namespaces
[-] selftests/vsock: add namespace helpers to vmtest.sh
[-] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
[-] vsock: add netns support to virtio transports
[-] vsock: reject bad VSOCK_NET_MODE_LOCAL configuration for G2H
[-] vsock: add netns to vsock core
[-] vsock: a per-net vsock NS mode state
[-] selftest: netdevsim: test devlink default params
[-] netdevsim: register a new devlink param with default value interface
[-] net/mlx5: implement swp_l4_csum_mode via devlink params
[-] devlink: support default values for param-get and param-set
[-] devlink: refactor devlink_nl_param_value_fill_one()
[-] devlink: pass extack through to devlink_param::get()
l2tp: reset skb control buffer on xmit
[c] tcp: Don't reinitialise tw->tw_transparent in tcp_time_wait().
net: phy: realtek: create rtl8211f_config_phy_eee() helper
net: phy: realtek: eliminate priv->phycr1 variable
net: phy: realtek: allow CLKOUT to be disabled on RTL8211F(D)(I)-VD-CG
net: phy: realtek: eliminate has_phycr2 variable
net: phy: realtek: eliminate priv->phycr2 variable
net: phy: realtek: create rtl8211f_config_rgmii_delay()
[c] net/mlx5: Use EOPNOTSUPP instead of ENOTSUPP
[c] net/mlx5: Abort new commands if all command slots are stalled
[c] net/mlx5: Remove redundant bw_share minimal value assignment
[c] net/mlx5e: Recover SQ on excessive PTP TX timestamp delta
[c] net/mlx5: Refactor EEPROM query error handling to return status separately
[-] bonding: 3ad: Add support for 1600G speed
[-] net/mlx5e: Add 1600Gbps link modes
[-] net: ethtool: Add support for 1600Gbps speed
net/rds: Give each connection its own workqueue
net/rds: Add per cp work queue
[c] dt-bindings: net: cdns,macb: Add pic64gx compatibility
net: lan966x: Fix the initialization of taprio
[c] tools: ynltool: ignore *.d deps files
tcp: add net.ipv4.tcp_rtt_threshold sysctl
tcp: tcp_moderate_rcvbuf is only used in rx path
[c] net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure
[c] devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy
[-] ynl: samples: add tc filter example
[-] net: phylink: add missing supported link modes for the fixed-link
[c] mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer()
[c] net: dsa: ks8995: Fix incorrect OF match table name
dt-bindings: net: aspeed: add AST2700 MDIO compatible
[-] tools: ynl: add YNL test framework
[c] netlink: specs: support ipv4-or-v6 for dual-stack fields
[c] tools: ynl: Add MAC address parsing support
net/mlx5: Move SF dev table notifier registration outside the PF devlink lock
net/mlx5: Move the SF table notifiers outside the devlink lock
net/mlx5: Move the SF HW table notifier outside the devlink lock
net/mlx5: Move the vhca event notifier outside of the devlink lock
net/mlx5: Move the esw mode notifier chain outside the devlink lock
net/mlx5: Initialize events outside devlink lock
[c] net: use napi_skb_cache even in process context
[c] net: __alloc_skb() cleanup
[c] net: add a new @alloc parameter to napi_skb_cache_get()
[c] kcm: Fix typo and add hyphen in Kconfig help text
[c] selftests: fib_tests: add fib6 from ra to static test
[c] ipv6: clear RA flags when adding a static route
[c] af_unix: Consolidate unix_schedule_gc() and wait_for_unix_gc().
[c] af_unix: Remove unix_tot_inflight.
[c] af_unix: Refine wait_for_unix_gc().
[c] af_unix: Don't call wait_for_unix_gc() on every sendmsg().
[c] af_unix: Don't trigger GC from close() if unnecessary.
[c] af_unix: Simplify GC state.
[c] af_unix: Count cyclic SCC.
[-] net: samsung: sxgbe: handle clk_prepare_enable() failures in sxgbe_open()
net: dsa: microchip: lan937x: Fix RGMII delay tuning
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