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* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
@ 2026-05-28  9:59 gregkh
  2026-05-30 14:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/4] use less confusing names for iov_iter direction initializers Sasha Levin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: gregkh @ 2026-05-28  9:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sgarzare, pabeni; +Cc: stable


The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x a4f0b001782b21663d10df983b4b208195bec66c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026052842-catering-overfeed-07a0@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From a4f0b001782b21663d10df983b4b208195bec66c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 11:06:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow

When there is no more space to queue an incoming packet, the packet is
silently dropped. This causes data loss without any notification to
either peer, since there is no retransmission.

Under normal circumstances, this should never happen. However, it could
happen if the other peer doesn't respect the credit, or if the skb
overhead, which we recently began to take into account with commit
059b7dbd20a6 ("vsock/virtio: fix potential unbounded skb queue"),
is too high.

Fix this by resetting the connection and setting the local socket error
to ENOBUFS when virtio_transport_recv_enqueue() can no longer queue a
packet, so both peers are explicitly notified of the failure rather than
silently losing data.

Fixes: ae6fcfbf5f03 ("vsock/virtio: discard packets if credit is not respected")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260518090656.134588-2-sgarzare@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 1e3409d28164..5028ff534888 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connecting(struct sock *sk,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void
+static bool
 virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 			      struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -1350,10 +1350,8 @@ virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
 	can_enqueue = virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, len);
-	if (!can_enqueue) {
-		free_pkt = true;
+	if (!can_enqueue)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	if (le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags) & VIRTIO_VSOCK_SEQ_EOM)
 		vvs->msg_count++;
@@ -1393,6 +1391,8 @@ virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 	if (free_pkt)
 		kfree_skb(skb);
+
+	return can_enqueue;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1405,7 +1405,17 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connected(struct sock *sk,
 
 	switch (le16_to_cpu(hdr->op)) {
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW:
-		virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(vsk, skb);
+		if (!virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(vsk, skb)) {
+			/* There is no more space to queue the packet, so let's
+			 * close the connection; otherwise, we'll lose data.
+			 */
+			(void)virtio_transport_reset(vsk, skb);
+			virtio_transport_do_close(vsk, true);
+			sk->sk_err = ENOBUFS;
+			sk_error_report(sk);
+			vsock_remove_sock(vsk);
+			break;
+		}
 		vsock_data_ready(sk);
 		return err;
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_CREDIT_REQUEST:


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* [PATCH 5.10.y 1/4] use less confusing names for iov_iter direction initializers
  2026-05-28  9:59 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
@ 2026-05-30 14:19 ` Sasha Levin
  2026-05-30 14:19   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 2/4] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff Sasha Levin
                     ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-05-30 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable; +Cc: Al Viro, Sasha Levin

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

[ Upstream commit de4eda9de2d957ef2d6a8365a01e26a435e958cb ]

READ/WRITE proved to be actively confusing - the meanings are
"data destination, as used with read(2)" and "data source, as
used with write(2)", but people keep interpreting those as
"we read data from it" and "we write data to it", i.e. exactly
the wrong way.

Call them ITER_DEST and ITER_SOURCE - at least that is harder
to misinterpret...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Stable-dep-of: a4f0b001782b ("vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c    |  2 +-
 crypto/testmgr.c                         |  4 ++--
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c           |  2 +-
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c       |  2 +-
 drivers/block/loop.c                     | 14 +++++++-------
 drivers/block/nbd.c                      | 10 +++++-----
 drivers/char/random.c                    |  4 ++--
 drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c                |  6 +++---
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c   |  2 +-
 drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c          |  2 +-
 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c  |  6 +++---
 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c            |  2 +-
 drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c                  |  4 ++--
 drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c        |  4 ++--
 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c                |  2 +-
 drivers/scsi/sg.c                        |  2 +-
 drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c |  4 ++--
 drivers/target/target_core_file.c        |  2 +-
 drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c         |  2 +-
 drivers/vhost/net.c                      |  6 +++---
 drivers/vhost/scsi.c                     | 10 +++++-----
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c                    |  6 +++---
 drivers/vhost/vringh.c                   |  4 ++--
 drivers/vhost/vsock.c                    |  4 ++--
 drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c               |  8 ++++----
 fs/9p/vfs_addr.c                         |  4 ++--
 fs/9p/vfs_dir.c                          |  2 +-
 fs/9p/xattr.c                            |  4 ++--
 fs/afs/cmservice.c                       |  2 +-
 fs/afs/internal.h                        |  4 ++--
 fs/afs/rxrpc.c                           | 12 ++++++------
 fs/aio.c                                 |  4 ++--
 fs/ceph/file.c                           |  4 ++--
 fs/cifs/connect.c                        |  6 +++---
 fs/cifs/file.c                           |  4 ++--
 fs/cifs/smb2ops.c                        |  4 ++--
 fs/cifs/transport.c                      |  6 +++---
 fs/nfsd/vfs.c                            |  4 ++--
 fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c                   |  2 +-
 fs/orangefs/inode.c                      |  6 +++---
 fs/read_write.c                          | 12 ++++++------
 fs/seq_file.c                            |  2 +-
 fs/splice.c                              | 10 +++++-----
 include/linux/uio.h                      |  3 +++
 mm/madvise.c                             |  2 +-
 mm/page_io.c                             |  2 +-
 mm/process_vm_access.c                   |  2 +-
 net/9p/client.c                          |  2 +-
 net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c                  |  2 +-
 net/bluetooth/a2mp.c                     |  2 +-
 net/bluetooth/smp.c                      |  2 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp.c                           |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c          |  2 +-
 net/smc/smc_clc.c                        |  6 +++---
 net/socket.c                             | 12 ++++++------
 net/sunrpc/socklib.c                     |  6 +++---
 net/sunrpc/svcsock.c                     |  4 ++--
 net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c                    |  6 +++---
 net/tipc/topsrv.c                        |  2 +-
 net/tls/tls_device.c                     |  4 ++--
 net/xfrm/espintcp.c                      |  2 +-
 security/keys/keyctl.c                   |  4 ++--
 62 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 1ba590e6ef7bb..b647b11821828 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device,
 
 	kvec.iov_base = (void *)firmware->data;
 	kvec.iov_len = firmware->size;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, &kvec, 1, firmware->size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, &kvec, 1, firmware->size);
 	ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, &iter);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware);
diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
index a64a639eddfa4..28a368e346f77 100644
--- a/crypto/testmgr.c
+++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static int build_cipher_test_sglists(struct cipher_test_sglists *tsgls,
 	struct iov_iter input;
 	int err;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&input, WRITE, inputs, nr_inputs, src_total_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&input, ITER_SOURCE, inputs, nr_inputs, src_total_len);
 	err = build_test_sglist(&tsgls->src, cfg->src_divs, alignmask,
 				cfg->inplace ?
 					max(dst_total_len, src_total_len) :
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ static int build_hash_sglist(struct test_sglist *tsgl,
 
 	kv.iov_base = (void *)vec->plaintext;
 	kv.iov_len = vec->psize;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&input, WRITE, &kv, 1, vec->psize);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&input, ITER_SOURCE, &kv, 1, vec->psize);
 	return build_test_sglist(tsgl, cfg->src_divs, alignmask, vec->psize,
 				 &input, divs);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 28ee47d71f1cc..69fab2a09c308 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ int drbd_send(struct drbd_connection *connection, struct socket *sock,
 
 	/* THINK  if (signal_pending) return ... ? */
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, size);
 
 	if (sock == connection->data.socket) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index b4d4e4a41b086..47d54e69e44eb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static int drbd_recv_short(struct socket *sock, void *buf, size_t size, int flag
 	struct msghdr msg = {
 		.msg_flags = (flags ? flags : MSG_WAITALL | MSG_NOSIGNAL)
 	};
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, size);
 	return sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, msg.msg_flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index b30f4d525bc85..3db4dad0d072a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static int lo_write_bvec(struct file *file, struct bio_vec *bvec, loff_t *ppos)
 	struct iov_iter i;
 	ssize_t bw;
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&i, WRITE, bvec, 1, bvec->bv_len);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_SOURCE, bvec, 1, bvec->bv_len);
 
 	file_start_write(file);
 	bw = vfs_iter_write(file, &i, ppos, 0);
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int lo_read_simple(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq,
 	ssize_t len;
 
 	rq_for_each_segment(bvec, rq, iter) {
-		iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_DEST, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
 		len = vfs_iter_read(lo->lo_backing_file, &i, &pos, 0);
 		if (len < 0)
 			return len;
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int lo_read_transfer(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq,
 		b.bv_offset = 0;
 		b.bv_len = bvec.bv_len;
 
-		iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, &b, 1, b.bv_len);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_DEST, &b, 1, b.bv_len);
 		len = vfs_iter_read(lo->lo_backing_file, &i, &pos, 0);
 		if (len < 0) {
 			ret = len;
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static void lo_rw_aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long ret, long ret2)
 }
 
 static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
-		     loff_t pos, bool rw)
+		     loff_t pos, int rw)
 {
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	struct req_iterator rq_iter;
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
 	if (cmd->css)
 		kthread_associate_blkcg(cmd->css);
 
-	if (rw == WRITE)
+	if (rw == ITER_SOURCE)
 		ret = call_write_iter(file, &cmd->iocb, &iter);
 	else
 		ret = call_read_iter(file, &cmd->iocb, &iter);
@@ -611,14 +611,14 @@ static int do_req_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq)
 		if (lo->transfer)
 			return lo_write_transfer(lo, rq, pos);
 		else if (cmd->use_aio)
-			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, WRITE);
+			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, ITER_SOURCE);
 		else
 			return lo_write_simple(lo, rq, pos);
 	case REQ_OP_READ:
 		if (lo->transfer)
 			return lo_read_transfer(lo, rq, pos);
 		else if (cmd->use_aio)
-			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, READ);
+			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, ITER_DEST);
 		else
 			return lo_read_simple(lo, rq, pos);
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 649a1e8812652..4c401a0721a63 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	u32 nbd_cmd_flags = 0;
 	int sent = nsock->sent, skip = 0;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&from, WRITE, &iov, 1, sizeof(request));
+	iov_iter_kvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, sizeof(request));
 
 	type = req_to_nbd_cmd_type(req);
 	if (type == U32_MAX)
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 
 			dev_dbg(nbd_to_dev(nbd), "request %p: sending %d bytes data\n",
 				req, bvec.bv_len);
-			iov_iter_bvec(&from, WRITE, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
+			iov_iter_bvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
 			if (skip) {
 				if (skip >= iov_iter_count(&from)) {
 					skip -= iov_iter_count(&from);
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static int nbd_read_reply(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index,
 	int result;
 
 	reply->magic = 0;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ, &iov, 1, sizeof(*reply));
+	iov_iter_kvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, sizeof(*reply));
 	result = sock_xmit(nbd, index, 0, &to, MSG_WAITALL, NULL);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		if (!nbd_disconnected(nbd->config))
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static struct nbd_cmd *nbd_handle_reply(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index,
 		struct iov_iter to;
 
 		rq_for_each_segment(bvec, req, iter) {
-			iov_iter_bvec(&to, READ, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
+			iov_iter_bvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
 			result = sock_xmit(nbd, index, 0, &to, MSG_WAITALL, NULL);
 			if (result < 0) {
 				dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Receive data failed (result %d)\n",
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static void send_disconnects(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	for (i = 0; i < config->num_connections; i++) {
 		struct nbd_sock *nsock = config->socks[i];
 
-		iov_iter_kvec(&from, WRITE, &iov, 1, sizeof(request));
+		iov_iter_kvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, sizeof(request));
 		mutex_lock(&nsock->tx_lock);
 		ret = sock_xmit(nbd, i, 1, &from, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b54481e667307..f60a4b2ef10d1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getrandom, char __user *, ubuf, size_t, len, unsigned int, flags
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = import_single_range(READ, ubuf, len, &iov, &iter);
+	ret = import_single_range(ITER_DEST, ubuf, len, &iov, &iter);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
 	return get_random_bytes_user(&iter);
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (get_user(len, p++))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		ret = import_single_range(WRITE, p, len, &iov, &iter);
+		ret = import_single_range(ITER_SOURCE, p, len, &iov, &iter);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ret;
 		ret = write_pool_user(&iter);
diff --git a/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c b/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c
index 97045a8d94224..8572fac300515 100644
--- a/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c
+++ b/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static void sbefifo_collect_async_ffdc(struct sbefifo *sbefifo)
 	}
         ffdc_iov.iov_base = ffdc;
 	ffdc_iov.iov_len = SBEFIFO_MAX_FFDC_SIZE;
-        iov_iter_kvec(&ffdc_iter, READ, &ffdc_iov, 1, SBEFIFO_MAX_FFDC_SIZE);
+        iov_iter_kvec(&ffdc_iter, ITER_DEST, &ffdc_iov, 1, SBEFIFO_MAX_FFDC_SIZE);
 	cmd[0] = cpu_to_be32(2);
 	cmd[1] = cpu_to_be32(SBEFIFO_CMD_GET_SBE_FFDC);
 	rc = sbefifo_do_command(sbefifo, cmd, 2, &ffdc_iter);
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ int sbefifo_submit(struct device *dev, const __be32 *command, size_t cmd_len,
 	rbytes = (*resp_len) * sizeof(__be32);
 	resp_iov.iov_base = response;
 	resp_iov.iov_len = rbytes;
-        iov_iter_kvec(&resp_iter, READ, &resp_iov, 1, rbytes);
+        iov_iter_kvec(&resp_iter, ITER_DEST, &resp_iov, 1, rbytes);
 
 	/* Perform the command */
 	mutex_lock(&sbefifo->lock);
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static ssize_t sbefifo_user_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	/* Prepare iov iterator */
 	resp_iov.iov_base = buf;
 	resp_iov.iov_len = len;
-	iov_iter_init(&resp_iter, READ, &resp_iov, 1, len);
+	iov_iter_init(&resp_iter, ITER_DEST, &resp_iov, 1, len);
 
 	/* Perform the command */
 	mutex_lock(&sbefifo->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index e8b2b58cc9bc6..adeb2782d70b0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static void rtrs_clt_init_req(struct rtrs_clt_io_req *req,
 	req->need_inv_comp = false;
 	req->inv_errno = 0;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, vec, 1, usr_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, 1, usr_len);
 	len = _copy_from_iter(req->iu->buf, usr_len, &iter);
 	WARN_ON(len != usr_len);
 
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c
index aec4f2a69c3bd..cfd1d643b443f 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ l1oip_socket_thread(void *data)
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: socket created and open\n",
 		       __func__);
 	while (!signal_pending(current)) {
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, recvbuf_size);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, recvbuf_size);
 		recvlen = sock_recvmsg(socket, &msg, 0);
 		if (recvlen > 0) {
 			l1oip_socket_parse(hc, &sin_rx, recvbuf, recvlen);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
index d4d388f021ccd..8f4abb1a5c3c2 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ ssize_t vmci_qpair_enqueue(struct vmci_qp *qpair,
 	if (!qpair || !buf)
 		return VMCI_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&from, WRITE, &v, 1, buf_size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &v, 1, buf_size);
 
 	qp_lock(qpair);
 
@@ -3072,7 +3072,7 @@ ssize_t vmci_qpair_dequeue(struct vmci_qp *qpair,
 	if (!qpair || !buf)
 		return VMCI_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ, &v, 1, buf_size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &v, 1, buf_size);
 
 	qp_lock(qpair);
 
@@ -3117,7 +3117,7 @@ ssize_t vmci_qpair_peek(struct vmci_qp *qpair,
 	if (!qpair || !buf)
 		return VMCI_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ, &v, 1, buf_size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &v, 1, buf_size);
 
 	qp_lock(qpair);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index b2b5a994dd0ee..bb4b18540ec6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static ssize_t ppp_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	iov.iov_base = buf;
 	iov.iov_len = count;
-	iov_iter_init(&to, READ, &iov, 1, count);
+	iov_iter_init(&to, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, count);
 	if (skb_copy_datagram_iter(skb, 0, &to, skb->len))
 		goto outf;
 	ret = skb->len;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index 26ede87e95cd3..7d9ebd4f7947b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static inline void nvme_tcp_advance_req(struct nvme_tcp_request *req,
 	if (!iov_iter_count(&req->iter) &&
 	    req->data_sent < req->data_len) {
 		req->curr_bio = req->curr_bio->bi_next;
-		nvme_tcp_init_iter(req, WRITE);
+		nvme_tcp_init_iter(req, ITER_SOURCE);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static int nvme_tcp_recv_data(struct nvme_tcp_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				nvme_tcp_init_recv_ctx(queue);
 				return -EIO;
 			}
-			nvme_tcp_init_iter(req, READ);
+			nvme_tcp_init_iter(req, ITER_DEST);
 		}
 
 		/* we can read only from what is left in this bio */
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
index c81690b2a681b..9d1acc4a52538 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ static ssize_t nvmet_file_submit_bvec(struct nvmet_req *req, loff_t pos,
 		if (req->cmd->rw.control & cpu_to_le16(NVME_RW_FUA))
 			ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
 		call_iter = req->ns->file->f_op->write_iter;
-		rw = WRITE;
+		rw = ITER_SOURCE;
 	} else {
 		call_iter = req->ns->file->f_op->read_iter;
-		rw = READ;
+		rw = ITER_DEST;
 	}
 
 	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, rw, req->f.bvec, nr_segs, count);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index 6db9dcdbb3c34..edcc0662c3e57 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec(struct nvmet_tcp_cmd *cmd)
 		sg_offset = 0;
 	}
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&cmd->recv_msg.msg_iter, READ, cmd->iov,
+	iov_iter_bvec(&cmd->recv_msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, cmd->iov,
 		      nr_pages, cmd->pdu_len);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index b24e80a9c8cac..4fed2e996ddbc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ sg_start_req(Sg_request *srp, unsigned char *cmd)
 	Sg_scatter_hold *rsv_schp = &sfp->reserve;
 	struct request_queue *q = sfp->parentdp->device->request_queue;
 	struct rq_map_data *md, map_data;
-	int rw = hp->dxfer_direction == SG_DXFER_TO_DEV ? WRITE : READ;
+	int rw = hp->dxfer_direction == SG_DXFER_TO_DEV ? ITER_SOURCE : ITER_DEST;
 	unsigned char *long_cmdp = NULL;
 
 	SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(4, sg_printk(KERN_INFO, sfp->parentdp,
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
index 29ad78fcdd5f8..f81cbfe760fa5 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_util.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ int rx_data(
 		return -1;
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(struct msghdr));
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, iov, iov_count, data);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, iov, iov_count, data);
 
 	while (msg_data_left(&msg)) {
 		rx_loop = sock_recvmsg(conn->sock, &msg, MSG_WAITALL);
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ int tx_data(
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(struct msghdr));
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, iov, iov_count, data);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, iov, iov_count, data);
 
 	while (msg_data_left(&msg)) {
 		int tx_loop = sock_sendmsg(conn->sock, &msg);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index eb3eae8f799a0..69547cea25383 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ fd_execute_write_same(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 		len += se_dev->dev_attrib.block_size;
 	}
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, WRITE, bvec, nolb, len);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, bvec, nolb, len);
 	ret = vfs_iter_write(fd_dev->fd_file, &iter, &pos, 0);
 
 	kfree(bvec);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
index 4ce6c6a45eb11..36016068e3223 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int usbip_recv(struct socket *sock, void *buf, int size)
 	if (!sock || !buf || !size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, size);
 
 	usbip_dbg_xmit("enter\n");
 
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index c9f30aa50879d..e139d0bc7d2e5 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static size_t init_iov_iter(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	/* Skip header. TODO: support TSO. */
 	size_t len = iov_length(vq->iov, out);
 
-	iov_iter_init(iter, WRITE, vq->iov, out, len);
+	iov_iter_init(iter, ITER_SOURCE, vq->iov, out, len);
 	iov_iter_advance(iter, hdr_size);
 
 	return iov_iter_count(iter);
@@ -1188,14 +1188,14 @@ static void handle_rx(struct vhost_net *net)
 			msg.msg_control = vhost_net_buf_consume(&nvq->rxq);
 		/* On overrun, truncate and discard */
 		if (unlikely(headcount > UIO_MAXIOV)) {
-			iov_iter_init(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vq->iov, 1, 1);
+			iov_iter_init(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, vq->iov, 1, 1);
 			err = sock->ops->recvmsg(sock, &msg,
 						 1, MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_TRUNC);
 			pr_debug("Discarded rx packet: len %zd\n", sock_len);
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* We don't need to be notified again. */
-		iov_iter_init(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vq->iov, in, vhost_len);
+		iov_iter_init(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, vq->iov, in, vhost_len);
 		fixup = msg.msg_iter;
 		if (unlikely((vhost_hlen))) {
 			/* We will supply the header ourselves
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 6956b4e0b9be7..ec9691f6594d1 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_complete_cmd_work(struct vhost_work *work)
 		memcpy(v_rsp.sense, cmd->tvc_sense_buf,
 		       se_cmd->scsi_sense_length);
 
-		iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, READ, &cmd->tvc_resp_iov,
+		iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, ITER_DEST, &cmd->tvc_resp_iov,
 			      cmd->tvc_in_iovs, sizeof(v_rsp));
 		ret = copy_to_iter(&v_rsp, sizeof(v_rsp), &iov_iter);
 		if (likely(ret == sizeof(v_rsp))) {
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ vhost_scsi_get_desc(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	 * point at the start of the outgoing WRITE payload, if
 	 * DMA_TO_DEVICE is set.
 	 */
-	iov_iter_init(&vc->out_iter, WRITE, vq->iov, vc->out, vc->out_size);
+	iov_iter_init(&vc->out_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vq->iov, vc->out, vc->out_size);
 	ret = 0;
 
 done:
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 			data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
 			exp_data_len = vc.in_size - vc.rsp_size;
 
-			iov_iter_init(&in_iter, READ, &vq->iov[vc.out], vc.in,
+			iov_iter_init(&in_iter, ITER_DEST, &vq->iov[vc.out], vc.in,
 				      vc.rsp_size + exp_data_len);
 			iov_iter_advance(&in_iter, vc.rsp_size);
 			data_iter = in_iter;
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ vhost_scsi_send_tmf_resp(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 	memset(&rsp, 0, sizeof(rsp));
 	rsp.response = tmf_resp_code;
 
-	iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, READ, resp_iov, in_iovs, sizeof(rsp));
+	iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, ITER_DEST, resp_iov, in_iovs, sizeof(rsp));
 
 	ret = copy_to_iter(&rsp, sizeof(rsp), &iov_iter);
 	if (likely(ret == sizeof(rsp)))
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ vhost_scsi_send_an_resp(struct vhost_scsi *vs,
 	memset(&rsp, 0, sizeof(rsp));	/* event_actual = 0 */
 	rsp.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_OK;
 
-	iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, READ, &vq->iov[vc->out], vc->in, sizeof(rsp));
+	iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, ITER_DEST, &vq->iov[vc->out], vc->in, sizeof(rsp));
 
 	ret = copy_to_iter(&rsp, sizeof(rsp), &iov_iter);
 	if (likely(ret == sizeof(rsp)))
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 97e00c481870e..95db8232e9979 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static int vhost_copy_to_user(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, void __user *to,
 				     VHOST_ACCESS_WO);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
-		iov_iter_init(&t, WRITE, vq->iotlb_iov, ret, size);
+		iov_iter_init(&t, ITER_SOURCE, vq->iotlb_iov, ret, size);
 		ret = copy_to_iter(from, size, &t);
 		if (ret == size)
 			ret = 0;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int vhost_copy_from_user(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, void *to,
 			       (unsigned long long) size);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		iov_iter_init(&f, READ, vq->iotlb_iov, ret, size);
+		iov_iter_init(&f, ITER_DEST, vq->iotlb_iov, ret, size);
 		ret = copy_from_iter(to, size, &f);
 		if (ret == size)
 			ret = 0;
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ static int get_indirect(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 			vq_err(vq, "Translation failure %d in indirect.\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
-	iov_iter_init(&from, READ, vq->indirect, ret, len);
+	iov_iter_init(&from, ITER_DEST, vq->indirect, ret, len);
 	count = len / sizeof desc;
 	/* Buffers are chained via a 16 bit next field, so
 	 * we can have at most 2^16 of these. */
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
index 48f4ec2ba40a0..61fcef5a3b031 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ static inline int copy_from_iotlb(const struct vringh *vrh, void *dst,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, READ, iov, ret, len);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_DEST, iov, ret, len);
 
 	ret = copy_from_iter(dst, len, &iter);
 
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ static inline int copy_to_iotlb(const struct vringh *vrh, void *dst,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, WRITE, iov, ret, len);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, iov, ret, len);
 
 	return copy_to_iter(src, len, &iter);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index 4b678dbaa93a1..bc3aaa35b468d 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ vhost_transport_do_send_pkt(struct vhost_vsock *vsock,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, READ, &vq->iov[out], in, iov_len);
+		iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, ITER_DEST, &vq->iov[out], in, iov_len);
 		payload_len = pkt->len - pkt->off;
 
 		/* If the packet is greater than the space available in the
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_pkt(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return NULL;
 
 	len = iov_length(vq->iov, out);
-	iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, WRITE, vq->iov, out, len);
+	iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vq->iov, out, len);
 
 	nbytes = copy_from_iter(&pkt->hdr, sizeof(pkt->hdr), &iov_iter);
 	if (nbytes != sizeof(pkt->hdr)) {
diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
index 3c435e1bca124..f43a4a3591b2c 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ static bool pvcalls_conn_back_read(void *opaque)
 	if (masked_prod < masked_cons) {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->in + masked_prod;
 		vec[0].iov_len = wanted;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vec, 1, wanted);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, vec, 1, wanted);
 	} else {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->in + masked_prod;
 		vec[0].iov_len = array_size - masked_prod;
 		vec[1].iov_base = data->in;
 		vec[1].iov_len = wanted - vec[0].iov_len;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, vec, 2, wanted);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, vec, 2, wanted);
 	}
 
 	atomic_set(&map->read, 0);
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ static bool pvcalls_conn_back_write(struct sock_mapping *map)
 	if (pvcalls_mask(prod, array_size) > pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size)) {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->out + pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size);
 		vec[0].iov_len = size;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, vec, 1, size);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, 1, size);
 	} else {
 		vec[0].iov_base = data->out + pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size);
 		vec[0].iov_len = array_size - pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size);
 		vec[1].iov_base = data->out;
 		vec[1].iov_len = size - vec[0].iov_len;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, vec, 2, size);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, 2, size);
 	}
 
 	atomic_set(&map->write, 0);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
index cce9ace651a2d..1ab795bf5b748 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int v9fs_fid_readpage(void *data, struct page *page)
 	if (retval == 0)
 		return retval;
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&to, READ, &bvec, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &bvec, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	retval = p9_client_read(fid, page_offset(page), &to, &err);
 	if (err) {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_writepage_locked(struct page *page)
 	bvec.bv_page = page;
 	bvec.bv_offset = 0;
 	bvec.bv_len = len;
-	iov_iter_bvec(&from, WRITE, &bvec, 1, len);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &bvec, 1, len);
 
 	/* We should have writeback_fid always set */
 	BUG_ON(!v9inode->writeback_fid);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 674d22bf4f6f7..67438cef1d34b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
 			struct iov_iter to;
 			int n;
-			iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ, &kvec, 1, buflen);
+			iov_iter_kvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &kvec, 1, buflen);
 			n = p9_client_read(file->private_data, ctx->pos, &to,
 					   &err);
 			if (err)
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.c b/fs/9p/xattr.c
index ac8ff8ca4c115..bc197159d4a36 100644
--- a/fs/9p/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ssize_t v9fs_fid_xattr_get(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
 	struct iov_iter to;
 	int err;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ, &kvec, 1, buffer_size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &kvec, 1, buffer_size);
 
 	attr_fid = p9_client_xattrwalk(fid, name, &attr_size);
 	if (IS_ERR(attr_fid)) {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int v9fs_fid_xattr_set(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
 	struct iov_iter from;
 	int retval, err;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&from, WRITE, &kvec, 1, value_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &kvec, 1, value_len);
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name = %s value_len = %zu flags = %d\n",
 		 name, value_len, flags);
diff --git a/fs/afs/cmservice.c b/fs/afs/cmservice.c
index 2a528b70478c6..6761a0b5f3986 100644
--- a/fs/afs/cmservice.c
+++ b/fs/afs/cmservice.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int afs_deliver_cb_callback(struct afs_call *call)
 		if (call->count2 != call->count && call->count2 != 0)
 			return afs_protocol_error(call, afs_eproto_cb_count);
 		call->iter = &call->def_iter;
-		iov_iter_discard(&call->def_iter, READ, call->count2 * 3 * 4);
+		iov_iter_discard(&call->def_iter, ITER_DEST, call->count2 * 3 * 4);
 		call->unmarshall++;
 
 		fallthrough;
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 31c7a562147c2..e53de40333d85 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ static inline void afs_extract_begin(struct afs_call *call, void *buf, size_t si
 {
 	call->kvec[0].iov_base = buf;
 	call->kvec[0].iov_len = size;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&call->def_iter, READ, call->kvec, 1, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&call->def_iter, ITER_DEST, call->kvec, 1, size);
 }
 
 static inline void afs_extract_to_tmp(struct afs_call *call)
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ static inline void afs_extract_to_tmp64(struct afs_call *call)
 
 static inline void afs_extract_discard(struct afs_call *call, size_t size)
 {
-	iov_iter_discard(&call->def_iter, READ, size);
+	iov_iter_discard(&call->def_iter, ITER_DEST, size);
 }
 
 static inline void afs_extract_to_buf(struct afs_call *call, size_t size)
diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index 1820b53657a6c..8db3dc9bb5f10 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static void afs_load_bvec(struct afs_call *call, struct msghdr *msg,
 		offset = 0;
 	}
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, bv, nr, bytes);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, bv, nr, bytes);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_addr_cursor *ac, struct afs_call *call, gfp_t gfp)
 
 	msg.msg_name		= NULL;
 	msg.msg_namelen		= 0;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, iov, 1, call->request_size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, iov, 1, call->request_size);
 	msg.msg_control		= NULL;
 	msg.msg_controllen	= 0;
 	msg.msg_flags		= MSG_WAITALL | (call->send_pages ? MSG_MORE : 0);
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_addr_cursor *ac, struct afs_call *call, gfp_t gfp)
 		rxrpc_kernel_abort_call(call->net->socket, rxcall,
 					RX_USER_ABORT, ret, "KSD");
 	} else {
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, NULL, 0, 0);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, NULL, 0, 0);
 		rxrpc_kernel_recv_data(call->net->socket, rxcall,
 				       &msg.msg_iter, false,
 				       &call->abort_code, &call->service_id);
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static void afs_deliver_to_call(struct afs_call *call)
 	       state == AFS_CALL_SV_AWAIT_ACK
 	       ) {
 		if (state == AFS_CALL_SV_AWAIT_ACK) {
-			iov_iter_kvec(&call->def_iter, READ, NULL, 0, 0);
+			iov_iter_kvec(&call->def_iter, ITER_DEST, NULL, 0, 0);
 			ret = rxrpc_kernel_recv_data(call->net->socket,
 						     call->rxcall, &call->def_iter,
 						     false, &remote_abort,
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ void afs_send_empty_reply(struct afs_call *call)
 
 	msg.msg_name		= NULL;
 	msg.msg_namelen		= 0;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, NULL, 0, 0);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, NULL, 0, 0);
 	msg.msg_control		= NULL;
 	msg.msg_controllen	= 0;
 	msg.msg_flags		= 0;
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ void afs_send_simple_reply(struct afs_call *call, const void *buf, size_t len)
 	iov[0].iov_len		= len;
 	msg.msg_name		= NULL;
 	msg.msg_namelen		= 0;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, iov, 1, len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, iov, 1, len);
 	msg.msg_control		= NULL;
 	msg.msg_controllen	= 0;
 	msg.msg_flags		= 0;
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 93b6bbf01d715..22b6e20322741 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ static int aio_read(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	if (unlikely(!file->f_op->read_iter))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = aio_setup_rw(READ, iocb, &iovec, vectored, compat, &iter);
+	ret = aio_setup_rw(ITER_DEST, iocb, &iovec, vectored, compat, &iter);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, &req->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(&iter));
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ static int aio_write(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	if (unlikely(!file->f_op->write_iter))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = aio_setup_rw(WRITE, iocb, &iovec, vectored, compat, &iter);
+	ret = aio_setup_rw(ITER_SOURCE, iocb, &iovec, vectored, compat, &iter);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, &req->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(&iter));
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index e08805426c808..fcc9b1ad314ad 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static void ceph_aio_complete_req(struct ceph_osd_request *req)
 				aio_req->total_len = rc + zlen;
 			}
 
-			iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, osd_data->bvec_pos.bvecs,
+			iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_DEST, osd_data->bvec_pos.bvecs,
 				      osd_data->num_bvecs,
 				      osd_data->bvec_pos.iter.bi_size);
 			iov_iter_advance(&i, rc);
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ ceph_direct_read_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 				int zlen = min_t(size_t, len - ret,
 						 size - pos - ret);
 
-				iov_iter_bvec(&i, READ, bvecs, num_pages, len);
+				iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_DEST, bvecs, num_pages, len);
 				iov_iter_advance(&i, ret);
 				iov_iter_zero(zlen, &i);
 				ret += zlen;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 769c7759601db..26f8e399593e0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ cifs_read_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf,
 {
 	struct msghdr smb_msg = {};
 	struct kvec iov = {.iov_base = buf, .iov_len = to_read};
-	iov_iter_kvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, to_read);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, to_read);
 
 	return cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &smb_msg);
 }
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ cifs_discard_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, size_t to_read)
 	 *  and cifs_readv_from_socket sets msg_control and msg_controllen
 	 *  so little to initialize in struct msghdr
 	 */
-	iov_iter_discard(&smb_msg.msg_iter, READ, to_read);
+	iov_iter_discard(&smb_msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, to_read);
 
 	return cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &smb_msg);
 }
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ cifs_read_page_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct page *page,
 	struct msghdr smb_msg = {};
 	struct bio_vec bv = {
 		.bv_page = page, .bv_len = to_read, .bv_offset = page_offset};
-	iov_iter_bvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, READ, &bv, 1, to_read);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &bv, 1, to_read);
 	return cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &smb_msg);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 0191ae0ff8c13..0da9c11cae278 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -3180,7 +3180,7 @@ static ssize_t __cifs_writev(
 		ctx->iter = *from;
 		ctx->len = len;
 	} else {
-		rc = setup_aio_ctx_iter(ctx, from, WRITE);
+		rc = setup_aio_ctx_iter(ctx, from, ITER_SOURCE);
 		if (rc) {
 			kref_put(&ctx->refcount, cifs_aio_ctx_release);
 			return rc;
@@ -3920,7 +3920,7 @@ static ssize_t __cifs_readv(
 		ctx->iter = *to;
 		ctx->len = len;
 	} else {
-		rc = setup_aio_ctx_iter(ctx, to, READ);
+		rc = setup_aio_ctx_iter(ctx, to, ITER_DEST);
 		if (rc) {
 			kref_put(&ctx->refcount, cifs_aio_ctx_release);
 			return rc;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 5e11362ecc47e..97437cceaa5ee 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -4714,13 +4714,13 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		iov_iter_bvec(&iter, WRITE, bvec, npages, data_len);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, bvec, npages, data_len);
 	} else if (buf_len >= data_offset + data_len) {
 		/* read response payload is in buf */
 		WARN_ONCE(npages > 0, "read data can be either in buf or in pages");
 		iov.iov_base = buf + data_offset;
 		iov.iov_len = data_len;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, data_len);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, data_len);
 	} else {
 		/* read response payload cannot be in both buf and pages */
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "buf can not contain only a part of read data");
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index c6fd4223b3bea..9b0fa5fd965a2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ __smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 			.iov_base = &rfc1002_marker,
 			.iov_len  = 4
 		};
-		iov_iter_kvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, WRITE, &hiov, 1, 4);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, &hiov, 1, 4);
 		rc = smb_send_kvec(server, &smb_msg, &sent);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			goto unmask;
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ __smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 			size += iov[i].iov_len;
 		}
 
-		iov_iter_kvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, WRITE, iov, n_vec, size);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, iov, n_vec, size);
 
 		rc = smb_send_kvec(server, &smb_msg, &sent);
 		if (rc < 0)
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ __smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 			rqst_page_get_length(&rqst[j], i, &bvec.bv_len,
 					     &bvec.bv_offset);
 
-			iov_iter_bvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, WRITE,
+			iov_iter_bvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE,
 				      &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
 			rc = smb_send_kvec(server, &smb_msg, &sent);
 			if (rc < 0)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 7739a47356e75..1946814248667 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ __be32 nfsd_readv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	ssize_t host_err;
 
 	trace_nfsd_read_vector(rqstp, fhp, offset, *count);
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, READ, vec, vlen, *count);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_DEST, vec, vlen, *count);
 	host_err = vfs_iter_read(file, &iter, &ppos, 0);
 	return nfsd_finish_read(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, count, eof, host_err);
 }
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf,
 	if (stable && !use_wgather)
 		flags |= RWF_SYNC;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, vec, vlen, *cnt);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, vlen, *cnt);
 	since = READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err);
 	if (verf)
 		nfsd_copy_write_verifier(verf, nn);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 79a2317194600..ddb7ff09312a1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static int o2net_recv_tcp_msg(struct socket *sock, void *data, size_t len)
 {
 	struct kvec vec = { .iov_len = len, .iov_base = data, };
 	struct msghdr msg = { .msg_flags = MSG_DONTWAIT, };
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &vec, 1, len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &vec, 1, len);
 	return sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index cd70ded309e47..a06d714a50c4d 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int orangefs_writepage_locked(struct page *page,
 	bv.bv_len = wlen;
 	bv.bv_offset = off % PAGE_SIZE;
 	WARN_ON(wlen == 0);
-	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, WRITE, &bv, 1, wlen);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, &bv, 1, wlen);
 
 	ret = wait_for_direct_io(ORANGEFS_IO_WRITE, inode, &off, &iter, wlen,
 	    len, wr, NULL, NULL);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int orangefs_writepages_work(struct orangefs_writepages *ow,
 		else
 			ow->bv[i].bv_offset = 0;
 	}
-	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, WRITE, ow->bv, ow->npages, ow->len);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, ow->bv, ow->npages, ow->len);
 
 	WARN_ON(ow->off >= len);
 	if (ow->off + ow->len > len)
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static int orangefs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 	bv.bv_page = page;
 	bv.bv_len = PAGE_SIZE;
 	bv.bv_offset = 0;
-	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, READ, &bv, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_DEST, &bv, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	ret = wait_for_direct_io(ORANGEFS_IO_READ, inode, &off, &iter,
 	    read_size, inode->i_size, NULL, &buffer_index, file);
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 0066acb6b380d..51387a6c8f4e8 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, lo
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = (ppos ? *ppos : 0);
-	iov_iter_init(&iter, READ, &iov, 1, len);
+	iov_iter_init(&iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, len);
 
 	ret = call_read_iter(filp, &kiocb, &iter);
 	BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED);
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ ssize_t __kernel_read(struct file *file, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = pos ? *pos : 0;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, READ, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
 	ret = file->f_op->read_iter(&kiocb, &iter);
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		if (pos)
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static ssize_t new_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = (ppos ? *ppos : 0);
-	iov_iter_init(&iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, len);
+	iov_iter_init(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, len);
 
 	ret = call_write_iter(filp, &kiocb, &iter);
 	BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED);
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = pos ? *pos : 0;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
 	ret = file->f_op->write_iter(&kiocb, &iter);
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		if (pos)
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ static ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	ret = import_iovec(READ, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
+	ret = import_iovec(ITER_DEST, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		ret = do_iter_read(file, &iter, pos, flags);
 		kfree(iov);
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	ret = import_iovec(WRITE, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
+	ret = import_iovec(ITER_SOURCE, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		file_start_write(file);
 		ret = do_iter_write(file, &iter, pos, flags);
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 472714716be69..804c5cd6d4cad 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ ssize_t seq_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-	iov_iter_init(&iter, READ, &iov, 1, size);
+	iov_iter_init(&iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, size);
 
 	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
 	ret = seq_read_iter(&kiocb, &iter);
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 474fb8b5562ac..5b15c25f30527 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 	unsigned int i_head;
 	int ret;
 
-	iov_iter_pipe(&to, READ, pipe, len);
+	iov_iter_pipe(&to, ITER_DEST, pipe, len);
 	i_head = to.head;
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, in);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 			n++;
 		}
 
-		iov_iter_bvec(&from, WRITE, array, n, sd.total_len - left);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, array, n, sd.total_len - left);
 		ret = vfs_iter_write(out, &from, &sd.pos, 0);
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			break;
@@ -1263,9 +1263,9 @@ static int vmsplice_type(struct fd f, int *type)
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 	if (f.file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
-		*type = WRITE;
+		*type = ITER_SOURCE;
 	} else if (f.file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
-		*type = READ;
+		*type = ITER_DEST;
 	} else {
 		fdput(f);
 		return -EBADF;
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(vmsplice, int, fd, const struct iovec __user *, uiov,
 
 	if (!iov_iter_count(&iter))
 		error = 0;
-	else if (iov_iter_rw(&iter) == WRITE)
+	else if (type == ITER_SOURCE)
 		error = vmsplice_to_pipe(f.file, &iter, flags);
 	else
 		error = vmsplice_to_user(f.file, &iter, flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h
index cedb68e49e4f9..1b57a7ac9eb60 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ enum iter_type {
 	ITER_DISCARD = 64,
 };
 
+#define ITER_SOURCE	1	// == WRITE
+#define ITER_DEST	0	// == READ
+
 struct iov_iter_state {
 	size_t iov_offset;
 	size_t count;
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 370d0ef719ebe..8b6ed35c1d265 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pidfd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = import_iovec(READ, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
+	ret = import_iovec(ITER_DEST, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index f0ada4455895c..1c17cece99f31 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int __swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 		};
 		struct iov_iter from;
 
-		iov_iter_bvec(&from, WRITE, &bv, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &bv, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
 		init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, swap_file);
 		kiocb.ki_pos = page_file_offset(page);
 
diff --git a/mm/process_vm_access.c b/mm/process_vm_access.c
index c90d722c61817..32a37a8a842c5 100644
--- a/mm/process_vm_access.c
+++ b/mm/process_vm_access.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static ssize_t process_vm_rw(pid_t pid,
 	struct iovec *iov_r = iovstack_r;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	ssize_t rc;
-	int dir = vm_write ? WRITE : READ;
+	int dir = vm_write ? ITER_SOURCE : ITER_DEST;
 
 	if (flags != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 3e63f99db7259..f49f5fd98ad82 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ int p9_client_readdir(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, u32 count, u64 offset)
 	struct kvec kv = {.iov_base = data, .iov_len = count};
 	struct iov_iter to;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&to, READ, &kv, 1, count);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &kv, 1, count);
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, ">>> TREADDIR fid %d offset %llu count %d\n",
 				fid->fid, (unsigned long long) offset, count);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
index 9486d66863264..87b01ade7c21f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static int send_pkt(struct l2cap_chan *chan, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	iv.iov_len = skb->len;
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, &iv, 1, skb->len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iv, 1, skb->len);
 
 	err = l2cap_chan_send(chan, &msg, skb->len);
 	if (err > 0) {
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c b/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
index 463bad58478b2..882805df735c1 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void a2mp_send(struct amp_mgr *mgr, u8 code, u8 ident, u16 len, void *dat
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, &iv, 1, total_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iv, 1, total_len);
 
 	l2cap_chan_send(chan, &msg, total_len);
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/smp.c b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
index 64c8dd2799329..22b5e81808508 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/smp.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static void smp_send_cmd(struct l2cap_conn *conn, u8 code, u16 len, void *data)
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, iv, 2, 1 + len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, iv, 2, 1 + len);
 
 	l2cap_chan_send(chan, &msg, 1 + len);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 5998e2b6f5ec7..09f0af574298a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ static int tcp_copy_straggler_data(struct tcp_zerocopy_receive *zc,
 	if (copy_address != zc->copybuf_address)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = import_single_range(READ, (void __user *)copy_address,
+	err = import_single_range(ITER_DEST, (void __user *)copy_address,
 				  copylen, &iov, &msg.msg_iter);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index 87b1cf69b9c2f..bfb1d04b01519 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ ip_vs_receive(struct socket *sock, char *buffer, const size_t buflen)
 	EnterFunction(7);
 
 	/* Receive a packet */
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, buflen);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, buflen);
 	len = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	if (len < 0)
 		return len;
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_clc.c b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
index dca448c98c9de..ee5b72ff9e009 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_clc.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ int smc_clc_wait_msg(struct smc_sock *smc, void *buf, int buflen,
 	 */
 	krflags = MSG_PEEK | MSG_WAITALL;
 	clc_sk->sk_rcvtimeo = timeout;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &vec, 1,
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &vec, 1,
 			sizeof(struct smc_clc_msg_hdr));
 	len = sock_recvmsg(smc->clcsock, &msg, krflags);
 	if (signal_pending(current)) {
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ int smc_clc_wait_msg(struct smc_sock *smc, void *buf, int buflen,
 	} else {
 		recvlen = datlen;
 	}
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &vec, 1, recvlen);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &vec, 1, recvlen);
 	krflags = MSG_WAITALL;
 	len = sock_recvmsg(smc->clcsock, &msg, krflags);
 	if (len < recvlen || !smc_clc_msg_hdr_valid(clcm, check_trl)) {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ int smc_clc_wait_msg(struct smc_sock *smc, void *buf, int buflen,
 		/* receive remaining proposal message */
 		recvlen = datlen > SMC_CLC_RECV_BUF_LEN ?
 						SMC_CLC_RECV_BUF_LEN : datlen;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &vec, 1, recvlen);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &vec, 1, recvlen);
 		len = sock_recvmsg(smc->clcsock, &msg, krflags);
 		if (len < recvlen) {
 			smc->sk.sk_err = EPROTO;
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 2a48aa89c035b..7d2440f4e77ba 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_sendmsg);
 int kernel_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		   struct kvec *vec, size_t num, size_t size)
 {
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, vec, num, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, num, size);
 	return sock_sendmsg(sock, msg);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_sendmsg);
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ int kernel_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	if (!sock->ops->sendmsg_locked)
 		return sock_no_sendmsg_locked(sk, msg, size);
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, vec, num, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, num, size);
 
 	return sock->ops->sendmsg_locked(sk, msg, msg_data_left(msg));
 }
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ int kernel_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		   struct kvec *vec, size_t num, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	msg->msg_control_is_user = false;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, READ, vec, num, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_DEST, vec, num, size);
 	return sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_recvmsg);
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ int __sys_sendto(int fd, void __user *buff, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
 	struct iovec iov;
 	int fput_needed;
 
-	err = import_single_range(WRITE, buff, len, &iov, &msg.msg_iter);
+	err = import_single_range(ITER_SOURCE, buff, len, &iov, &msg.msg_iter);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
 	sock = sockfd_lookup_light(fd, &err, &fput_needed);
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ int __sys_recvfrom(int fd, void __user *ubuf, size_t size, unsigned int flags,
 	int err, err2;
 	int fput_needed;
 
-	err = import_single_range(READ, ubuf, size, &iov, &msg.msg_iter);
+	err = import_single_range(ITER_DEST, ubuf, size, &iov, &msg.msg_iter);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
 	sock = sockfd_lookup_light(fd, &err, &fput_needed);
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ static int copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = import_iovec(save_addr ? READ : WRITE,
+	err = import_iovec(save_addr ? ITER_DEST : ITER_SOURCE,
 			    msg.msg_iov, msg.msg_iovlen,
 			    UIO_FASTIOV, iov, &kmsg->msg_iter);
 	return err < 0 ? err : 0;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/socklib.c b/net/sunrpc/socklib.c
index d52313af82bc2..eabb95360885c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/socklib.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/socklib.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static inline int xprt_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 static int xprt_send_kvec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			  struct kvec *vec, size_t seek)
 {
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, vec, 1, vec->iov_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, 1, vec->iov_len);
 	return xprt_sendmsg(sock, msg, seek);
 }
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int xprt_send_pagedata(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, xdr->bvec, xdr_buf_pagecount(xdr),
+	iov_iter_bvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, xdr->bvec, xdr_buf_pagecount(xdr),
 		      xdr->page_len + xdr->page_base);
 	return xprt_sendmsg(sock, msg, base + xdr->page_base);
 }
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int xprt_send_rm_and_kvec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	};
 	size_t len = iov[0].iov_len + iov[1].iov_len;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, iov, 2, len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, iov, 2, len);
 	return xprt_sendmsg(sock, msg, base);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index cb0cfcd8a8141..fc16b4a2f5a82 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static ssize_t svc_tcp_read_msg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, size_t buflen,
 	rqstp->rq_respages = &rqstp->rq_pages[i];
 	rqstp->rq_next_page = rqstp->rq_respages + 1;
 
-	iov_iter_bvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, bvec, i, buflen);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, bvec, i, buflen);
 	if (seek) {
 		iov_iter_advance(&msg.msg_iter, seek);
 		buflen -= seek;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static ssize_t svc_tcp_read_marker(struct svc_sock *svsk,
 		want = sizeof(rpc_fraghdr) - svsk->sk_tcplen;
 		iov.iov_base = ((char *)&svsk->sk_marker) + svsk->sk_tcplen;
 		iov.iov_len  = want;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, want);
+		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, want);
 		len = sock_recvmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 		if (len < 0)
 			return len;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 79ce634017f9a..5dccad3271fe5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static ssize_t
 xs_read_kvec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags,
 		struct kvec *kvec, size_t count, size_t seek)
 {
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, READ, kvec, 1, count);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_DEST, kvec, 1, count);
 	return xs_sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags, seek);
 }
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ xs_read_bvec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags,
 		struct bio_vec *bvec, unsigned long nr, size_t count,
 		size_t seek)
 {
-	iov_iter_bvec(&msg->msg_iter, READ, bvec, nr, count);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_DEST, bvec, nr, count);
 	return xs_sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags, seek);
 }
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static ssize_t
 xs_read_discard(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags,
 		size_t count)
 {
-	iov_iter_discard(&msg->msg_iter, READ, count);
+	iov_iter_discard(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_DEST, count);
 	return sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/tipc/topsrv.c b/net/tipc/topsrv.c
index d914c5eb25178..93f8ee3446bf5 100644
--- a/net/tipc/topsrv.c
+++ b/net/tipc/topsrv.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static int tipc_conn_rcv_from_sock(struct tipc_conn *con)
 	iov.iov_base = &s;
 	iov.iov_len = sizeof(s);
 	msg.msg_name = NULL;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
 	ret = sock_recvmsg(con->sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	if (ret == -EWOULDBLOCK)
 		return -EWOULDBLOCK;
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index 8e89ff403073b..6118859b2a515 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ int tls_device_sendpage(struct sock *sk, struct page *page,
 	kaddr = kmap(page);
 	iov.iov_base = kaddr + offset;
 	iov.iov_len = size;
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg_iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, size);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, size);
 	rc = tls_push_data(sk, &msg_iter, size,
 			   flags, TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA);
 	kunmap(page);
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static int tls_device_push_pending_record(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 {
 	struct iov_iter	msg_iter;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg_iter, WRITE, NULL, 0, 0);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, NULL, 0, 0);
 	return tls_push_data(sk, &msg_iter, 0, flags, TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/xfrm/espintcp.c b/net/xfrm/espintcp.c
index 24ca49ecebea3..e423159dacee7 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/espintcp.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/espintcp.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static int espintcp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 	*((__be16 *)buf) = cpu_to_be16(msglen);
 	pfx_iov.iov_base = buf;
 	pfx_iov.iov_len = sizeof(buf);
-	iov_iter_kvec(&pfx_iter, WRITE, &pfx_iov, 1, pfx_iov.iov_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&pfx_iter, ITER_SOURCE, &pfx_iov, 1, pfx_iov.iov_len);
 
 	err = sk_msg_memcopy_from_iter(sk, &pfx_iter, &emsg->skmsg,
 				       pfx_iov.iov_len);
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index c283474ecea56..07811bd74d3a5 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ long keyctl_instantiate_key(key_serial_t id,
 		struct iov_iter from;
 		int ret;
 
-		ret = import_single_range(WRITE, (void __user *)_payload, plen,
+		ret = import_single_range(ITER_SOURCE, (void __user *)_payload, plen,
 					  &iov, &from);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ret;
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ long keyctl_instantiate_key_iov(key_serial_t id,
 	if (!_payload_iov)
 		ioc = 0;
 
-	ret = import_iovec(WRITE, _payload_iov, ioc,
+	ret = import_iovec(ITER_SOURCE, _payload_iov, ioc,
 				    ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &from);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH 5.10.y 2/4] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
  2026-05-30 14:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/4] use less confusing names for iov_iter direction initializers Sasha Levin
@ 2026-05-30 14:19   ` Sasha Levin
  2026-05-30 14:19   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 3/4] virtio/vsock: don't use skbuff state to account credit Sasha Levin
  2026-05-30 14:19   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 4/4] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow Sasha Levin
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-05-30 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable; +Cc: Bobby Eshleman, Stefano Garzarella, David S. Miller, Sasha Levin

From: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@bytedance.com>

[ Upstream commit 71dc9ec9ac7d3eee785cdc986c3daeb821381e20 ]

This commit changes virtio/vsock to use sk_buff instead of
virtio_vsock_pkt. Beyond better conforming to other net code, using
sk_buff allows vsock to use sk_buff-dependent features in the future
(such as sockmap) and improves throughput.

This patch introduces the following performance changes:

Tool: Uperf
Env: Phys Host + L1 Guest
Payload: 64k
Threads: 16
Test Runs: 10
Type: SOCK_STREAM
Before: commit b7bfaa761d760 ("Linux 6.2-rc3")

Before
------
g2h: 16.77Gb/s
h2g: 10.56Gb/s

After
-----
g2h: 21.04Gb/s
h2g: 10.76Gb/s

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Stable-dep-of: a4f0b001782b ("vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/vhost/vsock.c                   | 205 +++++--------
 include/linux/virtio_vsock.h            | 129 ++++++--
 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c        | 149 ++++-----
 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 387 +++++++++++++-----------
 net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c          |  51 +---
 5 files changed, 471 insertions(+), 450 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index bc3aaa35b468d..541061db8b85e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ struct vhost_vsock {
 	struct hlist_node hash;
 
 	struct vhost_work send_pkt_work;
-	spinlock_t send_pkt_list_lock;
-	struct list_head send_pkt_list;	/* host->guest pending packets */
+	struct sk_buff_head send_pkt_queue; /* host->guest pending packets */
 
 	atomic_t queued_replies;
 
@@ -99,39 +98,30 @@ vhost_transport_do_send_pkt(struct vhost_vsock *vsock,
 	vhost_disable_notify(&vsock->dev, vq);
 
 	do {
-		struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
+		struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
+		size_t iov_len, payload_len;
 		struct iov_iter iov_iter;
+		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		unsigned out, in;
 		size_t nbytes;
-		size_t iov_len, payload_len;
 		int head;
 
-		spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-		if (list_empty(&vsock->send_pkt_list)) {
-			spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
+		skb = virtio_vsock_skb_dequeue(&vsock->send_pkt_queue);
+
+		if (!skb) {
 			vhost_enable_notify(&vsock->dev, vq);
 			break;
 		}
 
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&vsock->send_pkt_list,
-				       struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
-		list_del_init(&pkt->list);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-
 		head = vhost_get_vq_desc(vq, vq->iov, ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov),
 					 &out, &in, NULL, NULL);
 		if (head < 0) {
-			spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-			list_add(&pkt->list, &vsock->send_pkt_list);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
+			virtio_vsock_skb_queue_head(&vsock->send_pkt_queue, skb);
 			break;
 		}
 
 		if (head == vq->num) {
-			spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-			list_add(&pkt->list, &vsock->send_pkt_list);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-
+			virtio_vsock_skb_queue_head(&vsock->send_pkt_queue, skb);
 			/* We cannot finish yet if more buffers snuck in while
 			 * re-enabling notify.
 			 */
@@ -143,41 +133,41 @@ vhost_transport_do_send_pkt(struct vhost_vsock *vsock,
 		}
 
 		if (out) {
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			vq_err(vq, "Expected 0 output buffers, got %u\n", out);
 			break;
 		}
 
 		iov_len = iov_length(&vq->iov[out], in);
-		if (iov_len < sizeof(pkt->hdr)) {
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		if (iov_len < sizeof(*hdr)) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			vq_err(vq, "Buffer len [%zu] too small\n", iov_len);
 			break;
 		}
 
 		iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, ITER_DEST, &vq->iov[out], in, iov_len);
-		payload_len = pkt->len - pkt->off;
+		payload_len = skb->len;
+		hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 
 		/* If the packet is greater than the space available in the
 		 * buffer, we split it using multiple buffers.
 		 */
-		if (payload_len > iov_len - sizeof(pkt->hdr))
-			payload_len = iov_len - sizeof(pkt->hdr);
+		if (payload_len > iov_len - sizeof(*hdr))
+			payload_len = iov_len - sizeof(*hdr);
 
 		/* Set the correct length in the header */
-		pkt->hdr.len = cpu_to_le32(payload_len);
+		hdr->len = cpu_to_le32(payload_len);
 
-		nbytes = copy_to_iter(&pkt->hdr, sizeof(pkt->hdr), &iov_iter);
-		if (nbytes != sizeof(pkt->hdr)) {
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		nbytes = copy_to_iter(hdr, sizeof(*hdr), &iov_iter);
+		if (nbytes != sizeof(*hdr)) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			vq_err(vq, "Faulted on copying pkt hdr\n");
 			break;
 		}
 
-		nbytes = copy_to_iter(pkt->buf + pkt->off, payload_len,
-				      &iov_iter);
+		nbytes = copy_to_iter(skb->data, payload_len, &iov_iter);
 		if (nbytes != payload_len) {
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			vq_err(vq, "Faulted on copying pkt buf\n");
 			break;
 		}
@@ -185,29 +175,26 @@ vhost_transport_do_send_pkt(struct vhost_vsock *vsock,
 		/* Deliver to monitoring devices all packets that we
 		 * will transmit.
 		 */
-		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(pkt);
+		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(skb);
 
-		vhost_add_used(vq, head, sizeof(pkt->hdr) + payload_len);
+		vhost_add_used(vq, head, sizeof(*hdr) + payload_len);
 		added = true;
 
-		pkt->off += payload_len;
+		skb_pull(skb, payload_len);
 		total_len += payload_len;
 
 		/* If we didn't send all the payload we can requeue the packet
 		 * to send it with the next available buffer.
 		 */
-		if (pkt->off < pkt->len) {
-			/* We are queueing the same virtio_vsock_pkt to handle
+		if (skb->len > 0) {
+			/* We are queueing the same skb to handle
 			 * the remaining bytes, and we want to deliver it
 			 * to monitoring devices in the next iteration.
 			 */
-			pkt->tap_delivered = false;
-
-			spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-			list_add(&pkt->list, &vsock->send_pkt_list);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
+			virtio_vsock_skb_clear_tap_delivered(skb);
+			virtio_vsock_skb_queue_head(&vsock->send_pkt_queue, skb);
 		} else {
-			if (pkt->reply) {
+			if (virtio_vsock_skb_reply(skb)) {
 				int val;
 
 				val = atomic_dec_return(&vsock->queued_replies);
@@ -219,7 +206,7 @@ vhost_transport_do_send_pkt(struct vhost_vsock *vsock,
 					restart_tx = true;
 			}
 
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+			consume_skb(skb);
 		}
 	} while(likely(!vhost_exceeds_weight(vq, ++pkts, total_len)));
 	if (added)
@@ -244,28 +231,26 @@ static void vhost_transport_send_pkt_work(struct vhost_work *work)
 }
 
 static int
-vhost_transport_send_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+vhost_transport_send_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct vhost_vsock *vsock;
-	int len = pkt->len;
+	int len = skb->len;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	/* Find the vhost_vsock according to guest context id  */
-	vsock = vhost_vsock_get(le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_cid));
+	vsock = vhost_vsock_get(le64_to_cpu(hdr->dst_cid));
 	if (!vsock) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (pkt->reply)
+	if (virtio_vsock_skb_reply(skb))
 		atomic_inc(&vsock->queued_replies);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&pkt->list, &vsock->send_pkt_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-
+	virtio_vsock_skb_queue_tail(&vsock->send_pkt_queue, skb);
 	vhost_work_queue(&vsock->dev, &vsock->send_pkt_work);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -276,10 +261,8 @@ static int
 vhost_transport_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 {
 	struct vhost_vsock *vsock;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt, *n;
 	int cnt = 0;
 	int ret = -ENODEV;
-	LIST_HEAD(freeme);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
@@ -288,20 +271,7 @@ vhost_transport_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 	if (!vsock)
 		goto out;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pkt, n, &vsock->send_pkt_list, list) {
-		if (pkt->vsk != vsk)
-			continue;
-		list_move(&pkt->list, &freeme);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pkt, n, &freeme, list) {
-		if (pkt->reply)
-			cnt++;
-		list_del(&pkt->list);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-	}
+	cnt = virtio_transport_purge_skbs(vsk, &vsock->send_pkt_queue);
 
 	if (cnt) {
 		struct vhost_virtqueue *tx_vq = &vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_TX];
@@ -318,12 +288,14 @@ vhost_transport_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct virtio_vsock_pkt *
-vhost_vsock_alloc_pkt(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+static struct sk_buff *
+vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		      unsigned int out, unsigned int in)
 {
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
 	struct iov_iter iov_iter;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	size_t payload_len;
 	size_t nbytes;
 	size_t len;
 
@@ -332,51 +304,48 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_pkt(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	pkt = kzalloc(sizeof(*pkt), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pkt)
+	len = iov_length(vq->iov, out);
+
+	/* len contains both payload and hdr */
+	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	len = iov_length(vq->iov, out);
 	iov_iter_init(&iov_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vq->iov, out, len);
 
-	nbytes = copy_from_iter(&pkt->hdr, sizeof(pkt->hdr), &iov_iter);
-	if (nbytes != sizeof(pkt->hdr)) {
+	hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
+	nbytes = copy_from_iter(hdr, sizeof(*hdr), &iov_iter);
+	if (nbytes != sizeof(*hdr)) {
 		vq_err(vq, "Expected %zu bytes for pkt->hdr, got %zu bytes\n",
-		       sizeof(pkt->hdr), nbytes);
-		kfree(pkt);
+		       sizeof(*hdr), nbytes);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.type) == VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_STREAM)
-		pkt->len = le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.len);
+	payload_len = le32_to_cpu(hdr->len);
 
 	/* No payload */
-	if (!pkt->len)
-		return pkt;
-
-	/* The pkt is too big */
-	if (pkt->len > VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE) {
-		kfree(pkt);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	if (!payload_len)
+		return skb;
 
-	pkt->buf = kvmalloc(pkt->len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pkt->buf) {
-		kfree(pkt);
+	/* The pkt is too big or the length in the header is invalid */
+	if (payload_len > VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE ||
+	    payload_len + sizeof(*hdr) > len) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	pkt->buf_len = pkt->len;
+	virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(skb);
 
-	nbytes = copy_from_iter(pkt->buf, pkt->len, &iov_iter);
-	if (nbytes != pkt->len) {
-		vq_err(vq, "Expected %u byte payload, got %zu bytes\n",
-		       pkt->len, nbytes);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+	nbytes = copy_from_iter(skb->data, payload_len, &iov_iter);
+	if (nbytes != payload_len) {
+		vq_err(vq, "Expected %zu byte payload, got %zu bytes\n",
+		       payload_len, nbytes);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return pkt;
+	return skb;
 }
 
 /* Is there space left for replies to rx packets? */
@@ -440,9 +409,9 @@ static void vhost_vsock_handle_tx_kick(struct vhost_work *work)
 						  poll.work);
 	struct vhost_vsock *vsock = container_of(vq->dev, struct vhost_vsock,
 						 dev);
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
 	int head, pkts = 0, total_len = 0;
 	unsigned int out, in;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	bool added = false;
 
 	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
@@ -452,7 +421,7 @@ static void vhost_vsock_handle_tx_kick(struct vhost_work *work)
 
 	vhost_disable_notify(&vsock->dev, vq);
 	do {
-		u32 len;
+		struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
 
 		if (!vhost_vsock_more_replies(vsock)) {
 			/* Stop tx until the device processes already
@@ -475,28 +444,28 @@ static void vhost_vsock_handle_tx_kick(struct vhost_work *work)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		pkt = vhost_vsock_alloc_pkt(vq, out, in);
-		if (!pkt) {
+		skb = vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(vq, out, in);
+		if (!skb) {
 			vq_err(vq, "Faulted on pkt\n");
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		len = pkt->len;
+		total_len += sizeof(*hdr) + skb->len;
 
 		/* Deliver to monitoring devices all received packets */
-		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(pkt);
+		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(skb);
+
+		hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 
 		/* Only accept correctly addressed packets */
-		if (le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_cid) == vsock->guest_cid &&
-		    le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_cid) ==
+		if (le64_to_cpu(hdr->src_cid) == vsock->guest_cid &&
+		    le64_to_cpu(hdr->dst_cid) ==
 		    vhost_transport_get_local_cid())
-			virtio_transport_recv_pkt(&vhost_transport, pkt);
+			virtio_transport_recv_pkt(&vhost_transport, skb);
 		else
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 
-		len += sizeof(pkt->hdr);
 		vhost_add_used(vq, head, 0);
-		total_len += len;
 		added = true;
 	} while(likely(!vhost_exceeds_weight(vq, ++pkts, total_len)));
 
@@ -638,8 +607,7 @@ static int vhost_vsock_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		       VHOST_VSOCK_WEIGHT, true, NULL);
 
 	file->private_data = vsock;
-	spin_lock_init(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vsock->send_pkt_list);
+	skb_queue_head_init(&vsock->send_pkt_queue);
 	vhost_work_init(&vsock->send_pkt_work, vhost_transport_send_pkt_work);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -716,16 +684,7 @@ static int vhost_vsock_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	vhost_vsock_flush(vsock);
 	vhost_dev_stop(&vsock->dev);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	while (!list_empty(&vsock->send_pkt_list)) {
-		struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
-
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&vsock->send_pkt_list,
-				struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
-		list_del_init(&pkt->list);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
+	virtio_vsock_skb_queue_purge(&vsock->send_pkt_queue);
 
 	vhost_dev_cleanup(&vsock->dev);
 	kfree(vsock->dev.vqs);
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
index dc636b7271791..3c1aa0d1f023a 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
@@ -7,6 +7,109 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/af_vsock.h>
 
+#define VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM (sizeof(struct virtio_vsock_hdr))
+
+struct virtio_vsock_skb_cb {
+	bool reply;
+	bool tap_delivered;
+};
+
+#define VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb) ((struct virtio_vsock_skb_cb *)((skb)->cb))
+
+static inline struct virtio_vsock_hdr *virtio_vsock_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return (struct virtio_vsock_hdr *)skb->head;
+}
+
+static inline bool virtio_vsock_skb_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->reply;
+}
+
+static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_set_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->reply = true;
+}
+
+static inline bool virtio_vsock_skb_tap_delivered(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->tap_delivered;
+}
+
+static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_set_tap_delivered(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->tap_delivered = true;
+}
+
+static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_clear_tap_delivered(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->tap_delivered = false;
+}
+
+static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	u32 len;
+
+	len = le32_to_cpu(virtio_vsock_hdr(skb)->len);
+
+	if (len > 0)
+		skb_put(skb, len);
+}
+
+static inline struct sk_buff *virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t mask)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	if (size < VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM)
+		return NULL;
+
+	skb = alloc_skb(size, mask);
+	if (!skb)
+		return NULL;
+
+	skb_reserve(skb, VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM);
+	return skb;
+}
+
+static inline void
+virtio_vsock_skb_queue_head(struct sk_buff_head *list, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&list->lock);
+	__skb_queue_head(list, skb);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&list->lock);
+}
+
+static inline void
+virtio_vsock_skb_queue_tail(struct sk_buff_head *list, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&list->lock);
+	__skb_queue_tail(list, skb);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&list->lock);
+}
+
+static inline struct sk_buff *virtio_vsock_skb_dequeue(struct sk_buff_head *list)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&list->lock);
+	skb = __skb_dequeue(list);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&list->lock);
+
+	return skb;
+}
+
+static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_queue_purge(struct sk_buff_head *list)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&list->lock);
+	__skb_queue_purge(list);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&list->lock);
+}
+
+static inline size_t virtio_vsock_skb_len(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return (size_t)(skb_end_pointer(skb) - skb->head);
+}
+
 #define VIRTIO_VSOCK_DEFAULT_RX_BUF_SIZE	(1024 * 4)
 #define VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_BUF_SIZE		0xFFFFFFFFUL
 #define VIRTIO_VSOCK_MAX_PKT_BUF_SIZE		(1024 * 64)
@@ -35,20 +138,7 @@ struct virtio_vsock_sock {
 	u32 last_fwd_cnt;
 	u32 rx_bytes;
 	u32 buf_alloc;
-	struct list_head rx_queue;
-};
-
-struct virtio_vsock_pkt {
-	struct virtio_vsock_hdr	hdr;
-	struct list_head list;
-	/* socket refcnt not held, only use for cancellation */
-	struct vsock_sock *vsk;
-	void *buf;
-	u32 buf_len;
-	u32 len;
-	u32 off;
-	bool reply;
-	bool tap_delivered;
+	struct sk_buff_head rx_queue;
 };
 
 struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info {
@@ -67,7 +157,7 @@ struct virtio_transport {
 	struct vsock_transport transport;
 
 	/* Takes ownership of the packet */
-	int (*send_pkt)(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt);
+	int (*send_pkt)(struct sk_buff *skb);
 };
 
 ssize_t
@@ -139,11 +229,10 @@ virtio_transport_dgram_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 void virtio_transport_destruct(struct vsock_sock *vsk);
 
 void virtio_transport_recv_pkt(struct virtio_transport *t,
-			       struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt);
-void virtio_transport_free_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt);
-void virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt);
+			       struct sk_buff *skb);
+void virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, struct sk_buff *skb);
 u32 virtio_transport_get_credit(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, u32 wanted);
 void virtio_transport_put_credit(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, u32 credit);
-void virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt);
-
+void virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb);
+int virtio_transport_purge_skbs(void *vsk, struct sk_buff_head *list);
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_VSOCK_H */
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
index e131121533ad9..05c973a63a287 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ struct virtio_vsock {
 	bool tx_run;
 
 	struct work_struct send_pkt_work;
-	spinlock_t send_pkt_list_lock;
-	struct list_head send_pkt_list;
+	struct sk_buff_head send_pkt_queue;
 
 	atomic_t queued_replies;
 
@@ -100,41 +99,31 @@ virtio_transport_send_pkt_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_TX];
 
 	for (;;) {
-		struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
 		struct scatterlist hdr, buf, *sgs[2];
 		int ret, in_sg = 0, out_sg = 0;
+		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		bool reply;
 
-		spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-		if (list_empty(&vsock->send_pkt_list)) {
-			spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
+		skb = virtio_vsock_skb_dequeue(&vsock->send_pkt_queue);
+		if (!skb)
 			break;
-		}
-
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&vsock->send_pkt_list,
-				       struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
-		list_del_init(&pkt->list);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
 
-		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(pkt);
+		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(skb);
+		reply = virtio_vsock_skb_reply(skb);
 
-		reply = pkt->reply;
-
-		sg_init_one(&hdr, &pkt->hdr, sizeof(pkt->hdr));
+		sg_init_one(&hdr, virtio_vsock_hdr(skb), sizeof(*virtio_vsock_hdr(skb)));
 		sgs[out_sg++] = &hdr;
-		if (pkt->buf) {
-			sg_init_one(&buf, pkt->buf, pkt->len);
+		if (skb->len > 0) {
+			sg_init_one(&buf, skb->data, skb->len);
 			sgs[out_sg++] = &buf;
 		}
 
-		ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, out_sg, in_sg, pkt, GFP_KERNEL);
+		ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, out_sg, in_sg, skb, GFP_KERNEL);
 		/* Usually this means that there is no more space available in
 		 * the vq
 		 */
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-			list_add(&pkt->list, &vsock->send_pkt_list);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
+			virtio_vsock_skb_queue_head(&vsock->send_pkt_queue, skb);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -163,32 +152,32 @@ virtio_transport_send_pkt_work(struct work_struct *work)
 }
 
 static int
-virtio_transport_send_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+virtio_transport_send_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
 	struct virtio_vsock *vsock;
-	int len = pkt->len;
+	int len = skb->len;
+
+	hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	vsock = rcu_dereference(the_virtio_vsock);
 	if (!vsock) {
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		len = -ENODEV;
 		goto out_rcu;
 	}
 
-	if (le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_cid) == vsock->guest_cid) {
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+	if (le64_to_cpu(hdr->dst_cid) == vsock->guest_cid) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		len = -ENODEV;
 		goto out_rcu;
 	}
 
-	if (pkt->reply)
+	if (virtio_vsock_skb_reply(skb))
 		atomic_inc(&vsock->queued_replies);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&pkt->list, &vsock->send_pkt_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-
+	virtio_vsock_skb_queue_tail(&vsock->send_pkt_queue, skb);
 	queue_work(virtio_vsock_workqueue, &vsock->send_pkt_work);
 
 out_rcu:
@@ -200,9 +189,7 @@ static int
 virtio_transport_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock *vsock;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt, *n;
 	int cnt = 0, ret;
-	LIST_HEAD(freeme);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	vsock = rcu_dereference(the_virtio_vsock);
@@ -211,20 +198,7 @@ virtio_transport_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 		goto out_rcu;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pkt, n, &vsock->send_pkt_list, list) {
-		if (pkt->vsk != vsk)
-			continue;
-		list_move(&pkt->list, &freeme);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pkt, n, &freeme, list) {
-		if (pkt->reply)
-			cnt++;
-		list_del(&pkt->list);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-	}
+	cnt = virtio_transport_purge_skbs(vsk, &vsock->send_pkt_queue);
 
 	if (cnt) {
 		struct virtqueue *rx_vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_RX];
@@ -245,38 +219,28 @@ virtio_transport_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 
 static void virtio_vsock_rx_fill(struct virtio_vsock *vsock)
 {
-	int buf_len = VIRTIO_VSOCK_DEFAULT_RX_BUF_SIZE;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
-	struct scatterlist hdr, buf, *sgs[2];
+	int total_len = VIRTIO_VSOCK_DEFAULT_RX_BUF_SIZE + VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM;
+	struct scatterlist pkt, *p;
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int ret;
 
 	vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_RX];
 
 	do {
-		pkt = kzalloc(sizeof(*pkt), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pkt)
+		skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(total_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!skb)
 			break;
 
-		pkt->buf = kmalloc(buf_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pkt->buf) {
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		memset(skb->head, 0, VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM);
+		sg_init_one(&pkt, virtio_vsock_hdr(skb), total_len);
+		p = &pkt;
+		ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, &p, 0, 1, skb, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			break;
 		}
 
-		pkt->buf_len = buf_len;
-		pkt->len = buf_len;
-
-		sg_init_one(&hdr, &pkt->hdr, sizeof(pkt->hdr));
-		sgs[0] = &hdr;
-
-		sg_init_one(&buf, pkt->buf, buf_len);
-		sgs[1] = &buf;
-		ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, 0, 2, pkt, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (ret) {
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-			break;
-		}
 		vsock->rx_buf_nr++;
 	} while (vq->num_free);
 	if (vsock->rx_buf_nr > vsock->rx_buf_max_nr)
@@ -298,12 +262,12 @@ static void virtio_transport_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		goto out;
 
 	do {
-		struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
+		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		unsigned int len;
 
 		virtqueue_disable_cb(vq);
-		while ((pkt = virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len)) != NULL) {
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		while ((skb = virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len)) != NULL) {
+			consume_skb(skb);
 			added = true;
 		}
 	} while (!virtqueue_enable_cb(vq));
@@ -506,7 +470,7 @@ static void virtio_transport_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	do {
 		virtqueue_disable_cb(vq);
 		for (;;) {
-			struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
+			struct sk_buff *skb;
 			unsigned int len;
 
 			if (!virtio_transport_more_replies(vsock)) {
@@ -517,23 +481,22 @@ static void virtio_transport_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			pkt = virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len);
-			if (!pkt) {
+			skb = virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len);
+			if (!skb)
 				break;
-			}
 
 			vsock->rx_buf_nr--;
 
 			/* Drop short/long packets */
-			if (unlikely(len < sizeof(pkt->hdr) ||
-				     len > sizeof(pkt->hdr) + pkt->len)) {
-				virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+			if (unlikely(len < sizeof(struct virtio_vsock_hdr) ||
+				     len > virtio_vsock_skb_len(skb))) {
+				kfree_skb(skb);
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			pkt->len = len - sizeof(pkt->hdr);
-			virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(pkt);
-			virtio_transport_recv_pkt(&virtio_transport, pkt);
+			virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(skb);
+			virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(skb);
+			virtio_transport_recv_pkt(&virtio_transport, skb);
 		}
 	} while (!virtqueue_enable_cb(vq));
 
@@ -592,8 +555,7 @@ static int virtio_vsock_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	mutex_init(&vsock->tx_lock);
 	mutex_init(&vsock->rx_lock);
 	mutex_init(&vsock->event_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vsock->send_pkt_list);
+	skb_queue_head_init(&vsock->send_pkt_queue);
 	INIT_WORK(&vsock->rx_work, virtio_transport_rx_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&vsock->tx_work, virtio_transport_tx_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&vsock->event_work, virtio_transport_event_work);
@@ -628,7 +590,7 @@ static int virtio_vsock_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 static void virtio_vsock_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock *vsock = vdev->priv;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	mutex_lock(&the_virtio_vsock_mutex);
 
@@ -661,23 +623,16 @@ static void virtio_vsock_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	vdev->config->reset(vdev);
 
 	mutex_lock(&vsock->rx_lock);
-	while ((pkt = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_RX])))
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+	while ((skb = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_RX])))
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 	mutex_unlock(&vsock->rx_lock);
 
 	mutex_lock(&vsock->tx_lock);
-	while ((pkt = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_TX])))
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+	while ((skb = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_TX])))
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 	mutex_unlock(&vsock->tx_lock);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
-	while (!list_empty(&vsock->send_pkt_list)) {
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&vsock->send_pkt_list,
-				       struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
-		list_del(&pkt->list);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->send_pkt_list_lock);
+	virtio_vsock_skb_queue_purge(&vsock->send_pkt_queue);
 
 	/* Delete virtqueues and flush outstanding callbacks if any */
 	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index cbe8d777d5119..96476230c29b7 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -40,45 +40,48 @@ virtio_transport_get_ops(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 	return container_of(t, struct virtio_transport, transport);
 }
 
-static struct virtio_vsock_pkt *
-virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
+/* Returns a new packet on success, otherwise returns NULL.
+ *
+ * If NULL is returned, errp is set to a negative errno.
+ */
+static struct sk_buff *
+virtio_transport_alloc_skb(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
 			   size_t len,
 			   u32 src_cid,
 			   u32 src_port,
 			   u32 dst_cid,
 			   u32 dst_port)
 {
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
+	const size_t skb_len = VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_HEADROOM + len;
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	void *payload;
 	int err;
 
-	pkt = kzalloc(sizeof(*pkt), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pkt)
+	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(skb_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	pkt->hdr.type		= cpu_to_le16(info->type);
-	pkt->hdr.op		= cpu_to_le16(info->op);
-	pkt->hdr.src_cid	= cpu_to_le64(src_cid);
-	pkt->hdr.dst_cid	= cpu_to_le64(dst_cid);
-	pkt->hdr.src_port	= cpu_to_le32(src_port);
-	pkt->hdr.dst_port	= cpu_to_le32(dst_port);
-	pkt->hdr.flags		= cpu_to_le32(info->flags);
-	pkt->len		= len;
-	pkt->hdr.len		= cpu_to_le32(len);
-	pkt->reply		= info->reply;
-	pkt->vsk		= info->vsk;
+	hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
+	hdr->type	= cpu_to_le16(info->type);
+	hdr->op		= cpu_to_le16(info->op);
+	hdr->src_cid	= cpu_to_le64(src_cid);
+	hdr->dst_cid	= cpu_to_le64(dst_cid);
+	hdr->src_port	= cpu_to_le32(src_port);
+	hdr->dst_port	= cpu_to_le32(dst_port);
+	hdr->flags	= cpu_to_le32(info->flags);
+	hdr->len	= cpu_to_le32(len);
 
 	if (info->msg && len > 0) {
-		pkt->buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pkt->buf)
-			goto out_pkt;
-
-		pkt->buf_len = len;
-
-		err = memcpy_from_msg(pkt->buf, info->msg, len);
+		payload = skb_put(skb, len);
+		err = memcpy_from_msg(payload, info->msg, len);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (info->reply)
+		virtio_vsock_skb_set_reply(skb);
+
 	trace_virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(src_cid, src_port,
 					 dst_cid, dst_port,
 					 len,
@@ -86,19 +89,18 @@ virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
 					 info->op,
 					 info->flags);
 
-	return pkt;
+	return skb;
 
 out:
-	kfree(pkt->buf);
-out_pkt:
-	kfree(pkt);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* Packet capture */
 static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 {
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt = opaque;
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *pkt_hdr;
+	struct sk_buff *pkt = opaque;
 	struct af_vsockmon_hdr *hdr;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	size_t payload_len;
@@ -108,10 +110,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 	 * the payload length from the header and the buffer pointer taking
 	 * care of the offset in the original packet.
 	 */
-	payload_len = le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.len);
-	payload_buf = pkt->buf + pkt->off;
+	pkt_hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(pkt);
+	payload_len = pkt->len;
+	payload_buf = pkt->data;
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*hdr) + sizeof(pkt->hdr) + payload_len,
+	skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*hdr) + sizeof(*pkt_hdr) + payload_len,
 			GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
@@ -119,16 +122,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 	hdr = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
 
 	/* pkt->hdr is little-endian so no need to byteswap here */
-	hdr->src_cid = pkt->hdr.src_cid;
-	hdr->src_port = pkt->hdr.src_port;
-	hdr->dst_cid = pkt->hdr.dst_cid;
-	hdr->dst_port = pkt->hdr.dst_port;
+	hdr->src_cid = pkt_hdr->src_cid;
+	hdr->src_port = pkt_hdr->src_port;
+	hdr->dst_cid = pkt_hdr->dst_cid;
+	hdr->dst_port = pkt_hdr->dst_port;
 
 	hdr->transport = cpu_to_le16(AF_VSOCK_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO);
-	hdr->len = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(pkt->hdr));
+	hdr->len = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*pkt_hdr));
 	memset(hdr->reserved, 0, sizeof(hdr->reserved));
 
-	switch (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op)) {
+	switch (le16_to_cpu(pkt_hdr->op)) {
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST:
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RESPONSE:
 		hdr->op = cpu_to_le16(AF_VSOCK_OP_CONNECT);
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	skb_put_data(skb, &pkt->hdr, sizeof(pkt->hdr));
+	skb_put_data(skb, pkt_hdr, sizeof(*pkt_hdr));
 
 	if (payload_len) {
 		skb_put_data(skb, payload_buf, payload_len);
@@ -158,13 +161,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 	return skb;
 }
 
-void virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+void virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (pkt->tap_delivered)
+	if (virtio_vsock_skb_tap_delivered(skb))
 		return;
 
-	vsock_deliver_tap(virtio_transport_build_skb, pkt);
-	pkt->tap_delivered = true;
+	vsock_deliver_tap(virtio_transport_build_skb, skb);
+	virtio_vsock_skb_set_tap_delivered(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt);
 
@@ -179,8 +182,8 @@ static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	u32 src_cid, src_port, dst_cid, dst_port;
 	const struct virtio_transport *t_ops;
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
 	u32 pkt_len = info->pkt_len;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	t_ops = virtio_transport_get_ops(vsk);
 	if (unlikely(!t_ops))
@@ -209,42 +212,47 @@ static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	if (pkt_len == 0 && info->op == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW)
 		return pkt_len;
 
-	pkt = virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(info, pkt_len,
+	skb = virtio_transport_alloc_skb(info, pkt_len,
 					 src_cid, src_port,
 					 dst_cid, dst_port);
-	if (!pkt) {
+	if (!skb) {
 		virtio_transport_put_credit(vvs, pkt_len);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(vvs, pkt);
+	virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(vvs, skb);
 
-	return t_ops->send_pkt(pkt);
+	return t_ops->send_pkt(skb);
 }
 
 static bool virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs,
-					struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+					struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (vvs->rx_bytes + pkt->len > vvs->buf_alloc)
+	if (vvs->rx_bytes + skb->len > vvs->buf_alloc)
 		return false;
 
-	vvs->rx_bytes += pkt->len;
+	vvs->rx_bytes += skb->len;
 	return true;
 }
 
 static void virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs,
-					struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+					struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	vvs->rx_bytes -= pkt->len;
-	vvs->fwd_cnt += pkt->len;
+	int len;
+
+	len = skb_headroom(skb) - sizeof(struct virtio_vsock_hdr) - skb->len;
+	vvs->rx_bytes -= len;
+	vvs->fwd_cnt += len;
 }
 
-void virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+void virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 	vvs->last_fwd_cnt = vvs->fwd_cnt;
-	pkt->hdr.fwd_cnt = cpu_to_le32(vvs->fwd_cnt);
-	pkt->hdr.buf_alloc = cpu_to_le32(vvs->buf_alloc);
+	hdr->fwd_cnt = cpu_to_le32(vvs->fwd_cnt);
+	hdr->buf_alloc = cpu_to_le32(vvs->buf_alloc);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt);
@@ -291,29 +299,29 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_peek(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 				size_t len)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
 	size_t bytes, total = 0, off;
+	struct sk_buff *skb, *tmp;
 	int err = -EFAULT;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(pkt, &vvs->rx_queue, list) {
-		off = pkt->off;
+	skb_queue_walk_safe(&vvs->rx_queue, skb,  tmp) {
+		off = 0;
 
 		if (total == len)
 			break;
 
-		while (total < len && off < pkt->len) {
+		while (total < len && off < skb->len) {
 			bytes = len - total;
-			if (bytes > pkt->len - off)
-				bytes = pkt->len - off;
+			if (bytes > skb->len - off)
+				bytes = skb->len - off;
 
 			/* sk_lock is held by caller so no one else can dequeue.
 			 * Unlock rx_lock since memcpy_to_msg() may sleep.
 			 */
 			spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
-			err = memcpy_to_msg(msg, pkt->buf + off, bytes);
+			err = memcpy_to_msg(msg, skb->data + off, bytes);
 			if (err)
 				goto out;
 
@@ -340,39 +348,40 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 				   size_t len)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
 	size_t bytes, total = 0;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int err = -EFAULT;
 	u32 free_space;
 	u32 fwd_cnt_delta;
 	bool low_rx_bytes;
-	int err = -EFAULT;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
-	while (total < len && !list_empty(&vvs->rx_queue)) {
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&vvs->rx_queue,
-				       struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
+	while (total < len && !skb_queue_empty(&vvs->rx_queue)) {
+		skb = __skb_dequeue(&vvs->rx_queue);
 
 		bytes = len - total;
-		if (bytes > pkt->len - pkt->off)
-			bytes = pkt->len - pkt->off;
+		if (bytes > skb->len)
+			bytes = skb->len;
 
 		/* sk_lock is held by caller so no one else can dequeue.
 		 * Unlock rx_lock since memcpy_to_msg() may sleep.
 		 */
 		spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
-		err = memcpy_to_msg(msg, pkt->buf + pkt->off, bytes);
+		err = memcpy_to_msg(msg, skb->data, bytes);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
 		total += bytes;
-		pkt->off += bytes;
-		if (pkt->off == pkt->len) {
-			virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(vvs, pkt);
-			list_del(&pkt->list);
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		skb_pull(skb, bytes);
+
+		if (skb->len == 0) {
+			virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(vvs, skb);
+			consume_skb(skb);
+		} else {
+			__skb_queue_head(&vvs->rx_queue, skb);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -490,7 +499,7 @@ int virtio_transport_do_socket_init(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&vvs->rx_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&vvs->tx_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vvs->rx_queue);
+	skb_queue_head_init(&vvs->rx_queue);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -697,17 +706,17 @@ void virtio_transport_destruct(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_destruct);
 
 static int virtio_transport_reset(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
-				  struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+				  struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info info = {
 		.op = VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST,
 		.type = VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_STREAM,
-		.reply = !!pkt,
+		.reply = !!skb,
 		.vsk = vsk,
 	};
 
 	/* Send RST only if the original pkt is not a RST pkt */
-	if (pkt && le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op) == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST)
+	if (skb && le16_to_cpu(virtio_vsock_hdr(skb)->op) == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST)
 		return 0;
 
 	return virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(vsk, &info);
@@ -717,29 +726,30 @@ static int virtio_transport_reset(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
  * attempt was made to connect to a socket that does not exist.
  */
 static int virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(const struct virtio_transport *t,
-					  struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+					  struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *reply;
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info info = {
 		.op = VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST,
-		.type = le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.type),
+		.type = le16_to_cpu(hdr->type),
 		.reply = true,
 	};
+	struct sk_buff *reply;
 
 	/* Send RST only if the original pkt is not a RST pkt */
-	if (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op) == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST)
+	if (le16_to_cpu(hdr->op) == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST)
 		return 0;
 
-	reply = virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(&info, 0,
-					   le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_cid),
-					   le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_port),
-					   le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_cid),
-					   le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_port));
+	reply = virtio_transport_alloc_skb(&info, 0,
+					   le64_to_cpu(hdr->dst_cid),
+					   le32_to_cpu(hdr->dst_port),
+					   le64_to_cpu(hdr->src_cid),
+					   le32_to_cpu(hdr->src_port));
 	if (!reply)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!t) {
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(reply);
+		kfree_skb(reply);
 		return -ENOTCONN;
 	}
 
@@ -750,16 +760,11 @@ static int virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(const struct virtio_transport *t,
 static void virtio_transport_remove_sock(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt, *tmp;
 
 	/* We don't need to take rx_lock, as the socket is closing and we are
 	 * removing it.
 	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pkt, tmp, &vvs->rx_queue, list) {
-		list_del(&pkt->list);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-	}
-
+	__skb_queue_purge(&vvs->rx_queue);
 	vsock_remove_sock(vsk);
 }
 
@@ -881,13 +886,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_release);
 
 static int
 virtio_transport_recv_connecting(struct sock *sk,
-				 struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+				 struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
-	int err;
 	int skerr;
+	int err;
 
-	switch (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op)) {
+	switch (le16_to_cpu(hdr->op)) {
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RESPONSE:
 		sk->sk_state = TCP_ESTABLISHED;
 		sk->sk_socket->state = SS_CONNECTED;
@@ -908,7 +914,7 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connecting(struct sock *sk,
 	return 0;
 
 destroy:
-	virtio_transport_reset(vsk, pkt);
+	virtio_transport_reset(vsk, skb);
 	sk->sk_state = TCP_CLOSE;
 	sk->sk_err = skerr;
 	sk->sk_error_report(sk);
@@ -917,17 +923,19 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connecting(struct sock *sk,
 
 static void
 virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
-			      struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+			      struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
 	bool can_enqueue, free_pkt = false;
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr;
+	u32 len;
 
-	pkt->len = le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.len);
-	pkt->off = 0;
+	hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
+	len = le32_to_cpu(hdr->len);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
-	can_enqueue = virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, pkt);
+	can_enqueue = virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, skb);
 	if (!can_enqueue) {
 		free_pkt = true;
 		goto out;
@@ -937,60 +945,60 @@ virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	 * to avoid wasting memory queueing the entire buffer with a small
 	 * payload.
 	 */
-	if (pkt->len <= GOOD_COPY_LEN && !list_empty(&vvs->rx_queue)) {
-		struct virtio_vsock_pkt *last_pkt;
+	if (len <= GOOD_COPY_LEN && !skb_queue_empty(&vvs->rx_queue)) {
+		struct virtio_vsock_hdr *last_hdr;
+		struct sk_buff *last_skb;
 
-		last_pkt = list_last_entry(&vvs->rx_queue,
-					   struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
+		last_skb = skb_peek_tail(&vvs->rx_queue);
+		last_hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(last_skb);
 
 		/* If there is space in the last packet queued, we copy the
 		 * new packet in its buffer.
 		 */
-		if (pkt->len <= last_pkt->buf_len - last_pkt->len) {
-			memcpy(last_pkt->buf + last_pkt->len, pkt->buf,
-			       pkt->len);
-			last_pkt->len += pkt->len;
+		if (skb->len < skb_tailroom(last_skb)) {
+			memcpy(skb_put(last_skb, skb->len), skb->data, skb->len);
 			free_pkt = true;
+			last_hdr->len = cpu_to_le32(last_skb->len);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
-	list_add_tail(&pkt->list, &vvs->rx_queue);
+	__skb_queue_tail(&vvs->rx_queue, skb);
 
 out:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 	if (free_pkt)
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
 static int
 virtio_transport_recv_connected(struct sock *sk,
-				struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+				struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 	int err = 0;
 
-	switch (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op)) {
+	switch (le16_to_cpu(hdr->op)) {
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW:
-		virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(vsk, pkt);
+		virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(vsk, skb);
 		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
 		return err;
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_CREDIT_UPDATE:
 		sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 		break;
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_SHUTDOWN:
-		if (le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.flags) & VIRTIO_VSOCK_SHUTDOWN_RCV)
+		if (le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags) & VIRTIO_VSOCK_SHUTDOWN_RCV)
 			vsk->peer_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
-		if (le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.flags) & VIRTIO_VSOCK_SHUTDOWN_SEND)
+		if (le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags) & VIRTIO_VSOCK_SHUTDOWN_SEND)
 			vsk->peer_shutdown |= SEND_SHUTDOWN;
 		if (vsk->peer_shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK &&
 		    vsock_stream_has_data(vsk) <= 0 &&
 		    !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE)) {
 			(void)virtio_transport_reset(vsk, NULL);
-
 			virtio_transport_do_close(vsk, true);
 		}
-		if (le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.flags))
+		if (le32_to_cpu(virtio_vsock_hdr(skb)->flags))
 			sk->sk_state_change(sk);
 		break;
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST:
@@ -1001,29 +1009,31 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connected(struct sock *sk,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static void
 virtio_transport_recv_disconnecting(struct sock *sk,
-				    struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+				    struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op) == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST)
+	if (le16_to_cpu(hdr->op) == VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST)
 		virtio_transport_do_close(vsk, true);
 }
 
 static int
 virtio_transport_send_response(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
-			       struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+			       struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info info = {
 		.op = VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RESPONSE,
 		.type = VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_STREAM,
-		.remote_cid = le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_cid),
-		.remote_port = le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_port),
+		.remote_cid = le64_to_cpu(hdr->src_cid),
+		.remote_port = le32_to_cpu(hdr->src_port),
 		.reply = true,
 		.vsk = vsk,
 	};
@@ -1032,8 +1042,9 @@ virtio_transport_send_response(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 }
 
 static bool virtio_transport_space_update(struct sock *sk,
-					  struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+					  struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
 	bool space_available;
@@ -1048,8 +1059,8 @@ static bool virtio_transport_space_update(struct sock *sk,
 
 	/* buf_alloc and fwd_cnt is always included in the hdr */
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
-	vvs->peer_buf_alloc = le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.buf_alloc);
-	vvs->peer_fwd_cnt = le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.fwd_cnt);
+	vvs->peer_buf_alloc = le32_to_cpu(hdr->buf_alloc);
+	vvs->peer_fwd_cnt = le32_to_cpu(hdr->fwd_cnt);
 	space_available = virtio_transport_has_space(vsk);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
 	return space_available;
@@ -1057,21 +1068,22 @@ static bool virtio_transport_space_update(struct sock *sk,
 
 /* Handle server socket */
 static int
-virtio_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt,
+virtio_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct virtio_transport *t)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 	struct vsock_sock *vchild;
 	struct sock *child;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op) != VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST) {
-		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+	if (le16_to_cpu(hdr->op) != VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST) {
+		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk)) {
-		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -1079,13 +1091,13 @@ virtio_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt,
 	 * Subsequent enqueues would lead to a memory leak.
 	 */
 	if (sk->sk_shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK) {
-		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 		return -ESHUTDOWN;
 	}
 
 	child = vsock_create_connected(sk);
 	if (!child) {
-		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -1096,10 +1108,10 @@ virtio_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt,
 	child->sk_state = TCP_ESTABLISHED;
 
 	vchild = vsock_sk(child);
-	vsock_addr_init(&vchild->local_addr, le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_cid),
-			le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_port));
-	vsock_addr_init(&vchild->remote_addr, le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_cid),
-			le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_port));
+	vsock_addr_init(&vchild->local_addr, le64_to_cpu(hdr->dst_cid),
+			le32_to_cpu(hdr->dst_port));
+	vsock_addr_init(&vchild->remote_addr, le64_to_cpu(hdr->src_cid),
+			le32_to_cpu(hdr->src_port));
 
 	ret = vsock_assign_transport(vchild, vsk);
 	/* Transport assigned (looking at remote_addr) must be the same
@@ -1107,17 +1119,17 @@ virtio_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt,
 	 */
 	if (ret || vchild->transport != &t->transport) {
 		release_sock(child);
-		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+		virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 		sock_put(child);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (virtio_transport_space_update(child, pkt))
+	if (virtio_transport_space_update(child, skb))
 		child->sk_write_space(child);
 
 	vsock_insert_connected(vchild);
 	vsock_enqueue_accept(sk, child);
-	virtio_transport_send_response(vchild, pkt);
+	virtio_transport_send_response(vchild, skb);
 
 	release_sock(child);
 
@@ -1129,29 +1141,30 @@ virtio_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt,
  * lock.
  */
 void virtio_transport_recv_pkt(struct virtio_transport *t,
-			       struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+			       struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct virtio_vsock_hdr *hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(skb);
 	struct sockaddr_vm src, dst;
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk;
 	struct sock *sk;
 	bool space_available;
 
-	vsock_addr_init(&src, le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_cid),
-			le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.src_port));
-	vsock_addr_init(&dst, le64_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_cid),
-			le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.dst_port));
+	vsock_addr_init(&src, le64_to_cpu(hdr->src_cid),
+			le32_to_cpu(hdr->src_port));
+	vsock_addr_init(&dst, le64_to_cpu(hdr->dst_cid),
+			le32_to_cpu(hdr->dst_port));
 
 	trace_virtio_transport_recv_pkt(src.svm_cid, src.svm_port,
 					dst.svm_cid, dst.svm_port,
-					le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.len),
-					le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.type),
-					le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op),
-					le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.flags),
-					le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.buf_alloc),
-					le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.fwd_cnt));
-
-	if (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.type) != VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_STREAM) {
-		(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+					le32_to_cpu(hdr->len),
+					le16_to_cpu(hdr->type),
+					le16_to_cpu(hdr->op),
+					le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags),
+					le32_to_cpu(hdr->buf_alloc),
+					le32_to_cpu(hdr->fwd_cnt));
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(hdr->type) != VIRTIO_VSOCK_TYPE_STREAM) {
+		(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 		goto free_pkt;
 	}
 
@@ -1162,7 +1175,7 @@ void virtio_transport_recv_pkt(struct virtio_transport *t,
 	if (!sk) {
 		sk = vsock_find_bound_socket(&dst);
 		if (!sk) {
-			(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+			(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 			goto free_pkt;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1176,13 +1189,13 @@ void virtio_transport_recv_pkt(struct virtio_transport *t,
 	 */
 	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE) ||
 	    (sk->sk_state != TCP_LISTEN && vsk->transport != &t->transport)) {
-		(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
+		(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
 		release_sock(sk);
 		sock_put(sk);
 		goto free_pkt;
 	}
 
-	space_available = virtio_transport_space_update(sk, pkt);
+	space_available = virtio_transport_space_update(sk, skb);
 
 	/* Update CID in case it has changed after a transport reset event */
 	if (vsk->local_addr.svm_cid != VMADDR_CID_ANY)
@@ -1193,23 +1206,23 @@ void virtio_transport_recv_pkt(struct virtio_transport *t,
 
 	switch (sk->sk_state) {
 	case TCP_LISTEN:
-		virtio_transport_recv_listen(sk, pkt, t);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		virtio_transport_recv_listen(sk, skb, t);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		break;
 	case TCP_SYN_SENT:
-		virtio_transport_recv_connecting(sk, pkt);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		virtio_transport_recv_connecting(sk, skb);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		break;
 	case TCP_ESTABLISHED:
-		virtio_transport_recv_connected(sk, pkt);
+		virtio_transport_recv_connected(sk, skb);
 		break;
 	case TCP_CLOSING:
-		virtio_transport_recv_disconnecting(sk, pkt);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		virtio_transport_recv_disconnecting(sk, skb);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		break;
 	default:
-		(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, pkt);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		(void)virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -1222,16 +1235,42 @@ void virtio_transport_recv_pkt(struct virtio_transport *t,
 	return;
 
 free_pkt:
-	virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_recv_pkt);
 
-void virtio_transport_free_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+/* Remove skbs found in a queue that have a vsk that matches.
+ *
+ * Each skb is freed.
+ *
+ * Returns the count of skbs that were reply packets.
+ */
+int virtio_transport_purge_skbs(void *vsk, struct sk_buff_head *queue)
 {
-	kvfree(pkt->buf);
-	kfree(pkt);
+	struct sk_buff_head freeme;
+	struct sk_buff *skb, *tmp;
+	int cnt = 0;
+
+	skb_queue_head_init(&freeme);
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&queue->lock);
+	skb_queue_walk_safe(queue, skb, tmp) {
+		if (vsock_sk(skb->sk) != vsk)
+			continue;
+
+		__skb_unlink(skb, queue);
+		__skb_queue_tail(&freeme, skb);
+
+		if (virtio_vsock_skb_reply(skb))
+			cnt++;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
+
+	__skb_queue_purge(&freeme);
+
+	return cnt;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_free_pkt);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_purge_skbs);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Asias He");
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c
index a45f7ffca8c56..0db38373bae94 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct vsock_loopback {
 	struct workqueue_struct *workqueue;
 
 	spinlock_t pkt_list_lock; /* protects pkt_list */
-	struct list_head pkt_list;
+	struct sk_buff_head pkt_queue;
 	struct work_struct pkt_work;
 };
 
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ static u32 vsock_loopback_get_local_cid(void)
 	return VMADDR_CID_LOCAL;
 }
 
-static int vsock_loopback_send_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+static int vsock_loopback_send_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct vsock_loopback *vsock = &the_vsock_loopback;
-	int len = pkt->len;
+	int len = skb->len;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&pkt->list, &vsock->pkt_list);
+	skb_queue_tail(&vsock->pkt_queue, skb);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
 
 	queue_work(vsock->workqueue, &vsock->pkt_work);
@@ -44,21 +44,8 @@ static int vsock_loopback_send_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
 static int vsock_loopback_cancel_pkt(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 {
 	struct vsock_loopback *vsock = &the_vsock_loopback;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt, *n;
-	LIST_HEAD(freeme);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pkt, n, &vsock->pkt_list, list) {
-		if (pkt->vsk != vsk)
-			continue;
-		list_move(&pkt->list, &freeme);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pkt, n, &freeme, list) {
-		list_del(&pkt->list);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-	}
+	virtio_transport_purge_skbs(vsk, &vsock->pkt_queue);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -109,20 +96,18 @@ static void vsock_loopback_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct vsock_loopback *vsock =
 		container_of(work, struct vsock_loopback, pkt_work);
-	LIST_HEAD(pkts);
+	struct sk_buff_head pkts;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	skb_queue_head_init(&pkts);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
-	list_splice_init(&vsock->pkt_list, &pkts);
+	skb_queue_splice_init(&vsock->pkt_queue, &pkts);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
 
-	while (!list_empty(&pkts)) {
-		struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
-
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&pkts, struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
-		list_del_init(&pkt->list);
-
-		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(pkt);
-		virtio_transport_recv_pkt(&loopback_transport, pkt);
+	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&pkts))) {
+		virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(skb);
+		virtio_transport_recv_pkt(&loopback_transport, skb);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +121,7 @@ static int __init vsock_loopback_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vsock->pkt_list);
+	skb_queue_head_init(&vsock->pkt_queue);
 	INIT_WORK(&vsock->pkt_work, vsock_loopback_work);
 
 	ret = vsock_core_register(&loopback_transport.transport,
@@ -154,19 +139,13 @@ static int __init vsock_loopback_init(void)
 static void __exit vsock_loopback_exit(void)
 {
 	struct vsock_loopback *vsock = &the_vsock_loopback;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
 
 	vsock_core_unregister(&loopback_transport.transport);
 
 	flush_work(&vsock->pkt_work);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
-	while (!list_empty(&vsock->pkt_list)) {
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&vsock->pkt_list,
-				       struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
-		list_del(&pkt->list);
-		virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
-	}
+	virtio_vsock_skb_queue_purge(&vsock->pkt_queue);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsock->pkt_list_lock);
 
 	destroy_workqueue(vsock->workqueue);
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH 5.10.y 3/4] virtio/vsock: don't use skbuff state to account credit
  2026-05-30 14:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/4] use less confusing names for iov_iter direction initializers Sasha Levin
  2026-05-30 14:19   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 2/4] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff Sasha Levin
@ 2026-05-30 14:19   ` Sasha Levin
  2026-05-30 14:19   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 4/4] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow Sasha Levin
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-05-30 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable
  Cc: Arseniy Krasnov, Arseniy Krasnov, Stefano Garzarella,
	Bobby Eshleman, David S. Miller, Sasha Levin

From: Arseniy Krasnov <avkrasnov@sberdevices.ru>

[ Upstream commit 077706165717686a2a6a71405fef036cd5b37ae0 ]

'skb->len' can vary when we partially read the data, this complicates the
calculation of credit to be updated in 'virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt()/
virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt()'.

Also in 'virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt()' we were miscalculating the
credit since 'skb->len' was redundant.

For these reasons, let's replace the use of skbuff state to calculate new
'rx_bytes'/'fwd_cnt' values with explicit value as input argument. This
makes code more simple, because it is not needed to change skbuff state
before each call to update 'rx_bytes'/'fwd_cnt'.

Fixes: 71dc9ec9ac7d ("virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff")
Signed-off-by: Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@sberdevices.ru>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Stable-dep-of: a4f0b001782b ("vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 96476230c29b7..52a8a7ffacf5c 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -226,21 +226,18 @@ static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 }
 
 static bool virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs,
-					struct sk_buff *skb)
+					u32 len)
 {
-	if (vvs->rx_bytes + skb->len > vvs->buf_alloc)
+	if (vvs->rx_bytes + len > vvs->buf_alloc)
 		return false;
 
-	vvs->rx_bytes += skb->len;
+	vvs->rx_bytes += len;
 	return true;
 }
 
 static void virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs,
-					struct sk_buff *skb)
+					u32 len)
 {
-	int len;
-
-	len = skb_headroom(skb) - sizeof(struct virtio_vsock_hdr) - skb->len;
 	vvs->rx_bytes -= len;
 	vvs->fwd_cnt += len;
 }
@@ -378,7 +375,9 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 		skb_pull(skb, bytes);
 
 		if (skb->len == 0) {
-			virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(vvs, skb);
+			u32 pkt_len = le32_to_cpu(virtio_vsock_hdr(skb)->len);
+
+			virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(vvs, pkt_len);
 			consume_skb(skb);
 		} else {
 			__skb_queue_head(&vvs->rx_queue, skb);
@@ -935,7 +934,7 @@ virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
-	can_enqueue = virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, skb);
+	can_enqueue = virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, len);
 	if (!can_enqueue) {
 		free_pkt = true;
 		goto out;
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH 5.10.y 4/4] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow
  2026-05-30 14:19 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/4] use less confusing names for iov_iter direction initializers Sasha Levin
  2026-05-30 14:19   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 2/4] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff Sasha Levin
  2026-05-30 14:19   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 3/4] virtio/vsock: don't use skbuff state to account credit Sasha Levin
@ 2026-05-30 14:19   ` Sasha Levin
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-05-30 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable; +Cc: Stefano Garzarella, Paolo Abeni, Sasha Levin

From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>

[ Upstream commit a4f0b001782b21663d10df983b4b208195bec66c ]

When there is no more space to queue an incoming packet, the packet is
silently dropped. This causes data loss without any notification to
either peer, since there is no retransmission.

Under normal circumstances, this should never happen. However, it could
happen if the other peer doesn't respect the credit, or if the skb
overhead, which we recently began to take into account with commit
059b7dbd20a6 ("vsock/virtio: fix potential unbounded skb queue"),
is too high.

Fix this by resetting the connection and setting the local socket error
to ENOBUFS when virtio_transport_recv_enqueue() can no longer queue a
packet, so both peers are explicitly notified of the failure rather than
silently losing data.

Fixes: ae6fcfbf5f03 ("vsock/virtio: discard packets if credit is not respected")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260518090656.134588-2-sgarzare@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 52a8a7ffacf5c..966a20262d46d 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connecting(struct sock *sk,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void
+static bool
 virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 			      struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -935,10 +935,8 @@ virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
 	can_enqueue = virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, len);
-	if (!can_enqueue) {
-		free_pkt = true;
+	if (!can_enqueue)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	/* Try to copy small packets into the buffer of last packet queued,
 	 * to avoid wasting memory queueing the entire buffer with a small
@@ -968,6 +966,8 @@ virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 	if (free_pkt)
 		kfree_skb(skb);
+
+	return can_enqueue;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -980,7 +980,17 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connected(struct sock *sk,
 
 	switch (le16_to_cpu(hdr->op)) {
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW:
-		virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(vsk, skb);
+		if (!virtio_transport_recv_enqueue(vsk, skb)) {
+			/* There is no more space to queue the packet, so let's
+			 * close the connection; otherwise, we'll lose data.
+			 */
+			(void)virtio_transport_reset(vsk, skb);
+			virtio_transport_do_close(vsk, true);
+			sk->sk_err = ENOBUFS;
+			sk->sk_error_report(sk);
+			vsock_remove_sock(vsk);
+			break;
+		}
 		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
 		return err;
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_CREDIT_UPDATE:
-- 
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