[PATCH net] net: add net_iov_init() and use it to initialize ->page_type

Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-28T02:53:24Z

Commit db359fccf212 ("mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in
page type") added a page_type field to struct net_iov at the same
offset as struct page::page_type, so that page_pool_set_pp_info() can
call __SetPageNetpp() uniformly on both pages and net_iovs.

The page-type API requires the field to hold the UINT_MAX "no type"
sentinel before a type can be set; for real struct page that invariant
is established by the page allocator on free. struct net_iov is not
allocated through the page allocator, so the field is left as zero
(io_uring zcrx, which uses __GFP_ZERO) or as slab garbage (devmem,
which uses kvmalloc_objs() without zeroing). When the page pool then
calls page_pool_set_pp_info() on a freshly-bound niov,
__SetPageNetpp()'s VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page->page_type != UINT_MAX) fires
and the kernel BUGs. Triggered in selftests by io_uring zcrx setup
through the fbnic queue restart path:

kernel BUG at ./include/linux/page-flags.h:1062!
RIP: 0010:page_pool_set_pp_info (./include/linux/page-flags.h:1062
net/core/page_pool.c:716)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
net_mp_niov_set_page_pool (net/core/page_pool.c:1360)
io_pp_zc_alloc_netmems (io_uring/zcrx.c:1089 io_uring/zcrx.c:1110)
fbnic_fill_bdq (./include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:160
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_txrx.c:906)
__fbnic_nv_restart (drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_txrx.c:2470
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_txrx.c:2874)
fbnic_queue_start (drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_txrx.c:2903)
netdev_rx_queue_reconfig (net/core/netdev_rx_queue.c:137)
__netif_mp_open_rxq (net/core/netdev_rx_queue.c:234)
io_register_zcrx (io_uring/zcrx.c:818 io_uring/zcrx.c:903)
__io_uring_register (io_uring/register.c:931)
__do_sys_io_uring_register (io_uring/register.c:1029)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63
arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
</TASK>

The same path is reachable through devmem dmabuf binding via
netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit() -> net_devmem_bind_dmabuf_to_queue().

Add a net_iov_init() helper that stamps ->owner, ->type and the
->page_type sentinel, and use it from both the devmem and io_uring
zcrx niov init loops.

Fixes: db359fccf212 ("mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: asml.silence@gmail.com
CC: axboe@kernel.dk
CC: almasrymina@google.com
CC: sdf@fomichev.me
CC: hawk@kernel.org
CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org
CC: rppt@kernel.org
CC: vbabka@kernel.org
CC: io-uring@vger.kernel.org
---
include/net/netmem.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
io_uring/zcrx.c | 3 +--
net/core/devmem.c | 3 +--
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netmem.h b/include/net/netmem.h
index 507b74c9f52d..78fe51e5756b 100644
--- a/include/net/netmem.h
+++ b/include/net/netmem.h
@@ -127,6 +127,21 @@ static inline unsigned int net_iov_idx(const struct net_iov *niov)
return niov - net_iov_owner(niov)->niovs;
}

+/* Initialize a niov: stamp the owning area, the memory provider type,
+ * and the page_type "no type" sentinel expected by the page-type API
+ * (see PAGE_TYPE_OPS in <linux/page-flags.h>) so that
+ * page_pool_set_pp_info() can later call __SetPageNetpp() on a niov
+ * cast to struct page.
+ */
+static inline void net_iov_init(struct net_iov *niov,
+ struct net_iov_area *owner,
+ enum net_iov_type type)
+{
+ niov->owner = owner;
+ niov->type = type;
+ niov->page_type = UINT_MAX;
+}
+
/* netmem */

/**
diff --git a/io_uring/zcrx.c b/io_uring/zcrx.c
index 7b93c87b8371..19837e0b5e91 100644
--- a/io_uring/zcrx.c
+++ b/io_uring/zcrx.c
@@ -495,10 +495,9 @@ static int io_zcrx_create_area(struct io_zcrx_ifq *ifq,
for (i = 0; i < nr_iovs; i++) {
struct net_iov *niov = &area->nia.niovs[i];

- niov->owner = &area->nia;
+ net_iov_init(niov, &area->nia, NET_IOV_IOURING);
area->freelist[i] = i;
atomic_set(&area->user_refs[i], 0);
- niov->type = NET_IOV_IOURING;
}

if (ifq->dev) {
diff --git a/net/core/devmem.c b/net/core/devmem.c
index cde4c89bc146..468344739db2 100644
--- a/net/core/devmem.c
+++ b/net/core/devmem.c
@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev,

for (i = 0; i < owner->area.num_niovs; i++) {
niov = &owner->area.niovs[i];
- niov->type = NET_IOV_DMABUF;
- niov->owner = &owner->area;
+ net_iov_init(niov, &owner->area, NET_IOV_DMABUF);
page_pool_set_dma_addr_netmem(net_iov_to_netmem(niov),
net_devmem_get_dma_addr(niov));
if (direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE)
--
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