From: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
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Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Feng Tang <feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Askar Safin <safinaskar@gmail.com>,
Frank van der Linden <fvdl@google.com>,
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netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
Subject: [PATCH v1 3/3] liveupdate: suppress TCP RST during post-kexec restore window
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:51:19 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260130145122.368748-4-me@linux.beauty> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260130145122.368748-1-me@linux.beauty>
During a kexec-based live update, userspace may restore established TCP
connections after the new kernel has booted (e.g. via CRIU). Any packet
arriving for a not-yet-restored socket will hit the no-socket path and
trigger a TCP RST, causing the peer to immediately drop the connection.
Add an optional cmdline knob, liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress=, to drop such
packets while liveupdate_restore_in_progress() is true. Only segments
with ACK set and SYN clear are dropped, and the default behavior remains
unchanged.
Document the liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress cmdline parameter.
Signed-off-by: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++++++++
include/linux/liveupdate.h | 11 +++++++++++
kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c | 1 +
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 5 +++++
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 5 +++++
6 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 3097e4266d76..b73347a0aefd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3442,6 +3442,16 @@ Kernel parameters
If there are multiple matching configurations changing
the same attribute, the last one is used.
+ liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress= [KNL,EARLY]
+ Format: <bool>
+ When enabled, drop packets for established connections
+ (ACK set, SYN clear) that would otherwise trigger a RST
+ in the LUO post-kexec restore window.
+ This is useful when userspace restores sockets after
+ kexec (e.g. via CRIU).
+ Requires liveupdate=on.
+ Default: off.
+
lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
Format: <integer>
diff --git a/include/linux/liveupdate.h b/include/linux/liveupdate.h
index 301d3e94516e..6ca740ec19d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/liveupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/liveupdate.h
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ bool liveupdate_enabled(void);
*/
bool liveupdate_restore_in_progress(void);
+/*
+ * Return true when TCP RST suppression is enabled for the post-kexec restore
+ * window.
+ */
+bool liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_enabled(void);
+
/* Called during kexec to tell LUO that entered into reboot */
int liveupdate_reboot(void);
@@ -253,6 +259,11 @@ static inline bool liveupdate_restore_in_progress(void)
return false;
}
+static inline bool liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_enabled(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline int liveupdate_reboot(void)
{
return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
index fb6a73c08979..0ed5c9ce1421 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
static struct {
bool enabled;
+ bool tcp_rst_suppress;
void *fdt_out;
void *fdt_in;
u64 liveupdate_num;
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ static int __init early_liveupdate_param(char *buf)
}
early_param("liveupdate", early_liveupdate_param);
+static int __init early_liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_param(char *buf)
+{
+ return kstrtobool(buf, &luo_global.tcp_rst_suppress);
+}
+early_param("liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress",
+ early_liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_param);
+
static int __init luo_early_startup(void)
{
phys_addr_t fdt_phys;
@@ -259,6 +267,12 @@ bool liveupdate_enabled(void)
return luo_global.enabled;
}
+bool liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_enabled(void)
+{
+ return liveupdate_enabled() && luo_global.tcp_rst_suppress;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_enabled);
+
/**
* DOC: LUO ioctl Interface
*
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
index 2c7dd3b12303..427ae74061ba 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ bool liveupdate_restore_in_progress(void)
{
return atomic_long_read(&liveupdate_incoming_sessions_left) > 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(liveupdate_restore_in_progress);
void __init luo_session_restore_window_init(void)
{
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index f8a9596e8f4d..9a95f3dbf39a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
#include <linux/fips.h>
#include <linux/jhash.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/liveupdate.h>
#include <linux/times.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -2349,6 +2350,10 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
bad_packet:
__TCP_INC_STATS(net, TCP_MIB_INERRS);
} else {
+ if (liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_enabled() &&
+ liveupdate_restore_in_progress() &&
+ th->ack && !th->syn)
+ goto discard_it;
tcp_v4_send_reset(NULL, skb, sk_rst_convert_drop_reason(drop_reason));
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 280fe5978559..c2e680eba041 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include <linux/icmpv6.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/indirect_call_wrapper.h>
+#include <linux/liveupdate.h>
#include <net/aligned_data.h>
#include <net/tcp.h>
@@ -1900,6 +1901,10 @@ INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
bad_packet:
__TCP_INC_STATS(net, TCP_MIB_INERRS);
} else {
+ if (liveupdate_tcp_rst_suppress_enabled() &&
+ liveupdate_restore_in_progress() &&
+ th->ack && !th->syn)
+ goto discard_it;
tcp_v6_send_reset(NULL, skb, sk_rst_convert_drop_reason(drop_reason));
}
--
2.52.0
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-30 14:51 [PATCH v1 0/3] liveupdate: suppress TCP RST during post-kexec restore window Li Chen
2026-01-30 14:51 ` Li Chen [this message]
2026-01-31 1:05 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] " Jakub Kicinski
2026-02-01 1:44 ` Li Chen
2026-02-03 0:53 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-02-03 3:15 ` Li Chen
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