From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk,
kuniyu@google.com, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: do not write to msg_get_inq in caller
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 11:32:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105163338.3461512-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
msg_get_inq is an input field from caller to callee. Don't set it in
the callee, as the caller may not clear it on struct reuse.
This is a kernel-internal variant of msghdr only, and the only user
does reinitialize the field. So this is not critical.
But it is more robust to avoid the write, and slightly simpler code.
Callers set msg_get_inq to request the input queue length to be
returned in msg_inq. This is equivalent to but independent from the
SO_INQ request to return that same info as a cmsg (tp->recvmsg_inq).
To reduce branching in the hot path the second also sets the msg_inq.
That is WAI.
This is a small follow-on to commit 4d1442979e4a ("af_unix: don't
post cmsg for SO_INQ unless explicitly asked for"), which fixed the
inverse.
Also collapse two branches using a bitwise or.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/willemdebruijn.kernel.24d8030f7a3de@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
---
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 8 +++-----
net/unix/af_unix.c | 8 +++-----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index f035440c475a..d5319ebe2452 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2652,10 +2652,8 @@ static int tcp_recvmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
if (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)
goto out;
- if (tp->recvmsg_inq) {
+ if (tp->recvmsg_inq)
*cmsg_flags = TCP_CMSG_INQ;
- msg->msg_get_inq = 1;
- }
timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
/* Urgent data needs to be handled specially. */
@@ -2929,10 +2927,10 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len, int flags,
ret = tcp_recvmsg_locked(sk, msg, len, flags, &tss, &cmsg_flags);
release_sock(sk);
- if ((cmsg_flags || msg->msg_get_inq) && ret >= 0) {
+ if ((cmsg_flags | msg->msg_get_inq) && ret >= 0) {
if (cmsg_flags & TCP_CMSG_TS)
tcp_recv_timestamp(msg, sk, &tss);
- if (msg->msg_get_inq) {
+ if ((cmsg_flags & TCP_CMSG_INQ) | msg->msg_get_inq) {
msg->msg_inq = tcp_inq_hint(sk);
if (cmsg_flags & TCP_CMSG_INQ)
put_cmsg(msg, SOL_TCP, TCP_CM_INQ,
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index a7ca74653d94..d0511225799b 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2904,7 +2904,6 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state,
unsigned int last_len;
struct unix_sock *u;
int copied = 0;
- bool do_cmsg;
int err = 0;
long timeo;
int target;
@@ -2930,9 +2929,6 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state,
u = unix_sk(sk);
- do_cmsg = READ_ONCE(u->recvmsg_inq);
- if (do_cmsg)
- msg->msg_get_inq = 1;
redo:
/* Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
* while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg
@@ -3090,9 +3086,11 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state,
mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
if (msg) {
+ bool do_cmsg = READ_ONCE(u->recvmsg_inq);
+
scm_recv_unix(sock, msg, &scm, flags);
- if (msg->msg_get_inq && (copied ?: err) >= 0) {
+ if ((do_cmsg | msg->msg_get_inq) && (copied ?: err) >= 0) {
msg->msg_inq = READ_ONCE(u->inq_len);
if (do_cmsg)
put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_INQ,
--
2.52.0.351.gbe84eed79e-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 16:32 Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-01-05 17:21 ` [PATCH net-next] net: do not write to msg_get_inq in caller Eric Dumazet
2026-01-05 17:42 ` Jens Axboe
2026-01-05 17:42 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-01-05 17:44 ` Jens Axboe
2026-01-05 17:57 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-01-05 17:58 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-01-05 17:58 ` Jens Axboe
2026-01-05 17:34 ` Jens Axboe
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