Re: [PATCH net v1] net: validate skb->napi_id in RX tracepoints

[Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>]

On 4/20/26 6:54 PM, Kohei Enju wrote:
> Since commit 2bd82484bb4c ("xps: fix xps for stacked devices"),
> skb->napi_id shares storage with sender_cpu. RX tracepoints using
> net_dev_rx_verbose_template read skb->napi_id directly and can therefore
> report sender_cpu values as if they were NAPI IDs.
>
> For example, on the loopback path this can report 1 as napi_id, where 1
So I think veth_forward_skb->__netif_rx could be affected as well?
> comes from raw_smp_processor_id() + 1 in the XPS path:
>
>    # bpftrace -e 'tracepoint:net:netif_rx_entry{ print(args->napi_id); }'
>    # taskset -c 0 ping -c 1 ::1
>
> Report only valid NAPI IDs in these tracepoints and use 0 otherwise.
>
> Fixes: 2bd82484bb4c ("xps: fix xps for stacked devices")
> Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>
> ---
>   include/trace/events/net.h | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/net.h b/include/trace/events/net.h
> index fdd9ad474ce3..dbc2c5598e35 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/net.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/net.h
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>   #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
>   #include <linux/ip.h>
>   #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
> +#include <net/busy_poll.h>
>   
>   TRACE_EVENT(net_dev_start_xmit,
>   
> @@ -208,7 +209,8 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(net_dev_rx_verbose_template,
>   	TP_fast_assign(
>   		__assign_str(name);
>   #ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
> -		__entry->napi_id = skb->napi_id;
> +		__entry->napi_id = napi_id_valid(skb->napi_id) ?
> +				   skb->napi_id : 0;
>   #else
>   		__entry->napi_id = 0;
>   #endif