FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net: airoha: Fix skb->priority underflow in" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net: airoha: Fix skb->priority underflow in" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 86e51aa24686cc95bb35613059e8b94b9b81e3f0
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026072154-partly-effective-6632@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 86e51aa24686cc95bb35613059e8b94b9b81e3f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wayen Yan <win847@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:17:44 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] net: airoha: Fix skb->priority underflow in
 airoha_dev_select_queue()
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In airoha_dev_select_queue(), the expression:

  queue = (skb->priority - 1) % AIROHA_NUM_QOS_QUEUES;

implicitly converts to unsigned arithmetic: when skb->priority is 0
(the default for unclassified traffic), (0u - 1u) wraps to UINT_MAX,
and UINT_MAX % 8 = 7, routing default best-effort packets to the
highest-priority QoS queue. This causes QoS inversion where the
majority of traffic on a PON gateway starves actual high-priority
flows (VoIP, gaming, etc.).

The "- 1" offset was a leftover from the ETS offload implementation
that has since been removed. The correct mapping is a direct modulo:

  queue = skb->priority % AIROHA_NUM_QOS_QUEUES;

This maps priority 0 → queue 0 (lowest), priority 7 → queue 7
(highest), with higher priorities wrapping around. This is the
standard Linux sk_prio → HW queue mapping used by other drivers.

Fixes: 2b288b81560b ("net: airoha: Introduce ndo_select_queue callback")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/178185573207.2378135.3729126358670287878@gmail.com/
Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <joe@dama.to>
Signed-off-by: Wayen Yan <win847@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178194366700.2485734.5368768965976693502@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index 64dde6464f3f..3370c3df7c10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ static u16 airoha_dev_select_queue(struct net_device *netdev,
 	 */
 	channel = netdev_uses_dsa(netdev) ? skb_get_queue_mapping(skb) : port->id;
 	channel = channel % AIROHA_NUM_QOS_CHANNELS;
-	queue = (skb->priority - 1) % AIROHA_NUM_QOS_QUEUES; /* QoS queue */
+	queue = skb->priority % AIROHA_NUM_QOS_QUEUES;
 	queue = channel * AIROHA_NUM_QOS_QUEUES + queue;
 
 	return queue < netdev->num_tx_queues ? queue : 0;

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net: airoha: Fix skb->priority underflow in" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[Sasha Levin]

> The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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>.

Queued for 6.12 (the driver still lives under ethernet/mediatek there,
so only the path needed adjusting), thanks.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha