From 18666c73afe95eeca8707c699b63f96ce3acda42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:59:36 +0000 Subject: tcp: use GFP_ATOMIC in tcp_send_active_reset() tcp_send_active_reset() can be called from contexts where gfp_any() (in tcp_disconnect()) or sk->sk_allocation (in __tcp_close() and mptcp_do_fastclose()) evaluates to GFP_KERNEL, which includes __GFP_FS and __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM. Allocating with GFP_KERNEL while holding the socket lock (sk_lock) creates a lockdep dependency: sk_lock -> fs_reclaim This causes false-positive lockdep circular locking warnings with storage subsystems (such as nvme-tcp) that acquire socket locks in block I/O paths and invoke tcp_disconnect() or close sockets upon teardown: set->srcu -> sk_lock -> fs_reclaim -> elevator_lock -> set->srcu Active resets are small RST packet headers that should never enter direct reclaim or block while holding socket locks. Use sk_gfp_mask(sk, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN) inside tcp_send_active_reset() and remove its priority argument. This preserves __GFP_MEMALLOC access for SOCK_MEMALLOC sockets, suppresses allocation failure warnings, and aligns with other control packet allocations (e.g. tcp_send_fin(), __tcp_send_ack(), tcp_xmit_probe_skb()). Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260827095936.551524-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- include/net/tcp.h | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/net') diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h index 670c20876f26..436495ff2271 100644 --- a/include/net/tcp.h +++ b/include/net/tcp.h @@ -765,8 +765,7 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_queue tcp_queue, void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *); int tcp_write_wakeup(struct sock *, int mib); void tcp_send_fin(struct sock *sk); -void tcp_send_active_reset(struct sock *sk, gfp_t priority, - enum sk_rst_reason reason); +void tcp_send_active_reset(struct sock *sk, enum sk_rst_reason reason); int tcp_send_synack(struct sock *); void tcp_push_one(struct sock *, unsigned int mss_now); void __tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk, u32 rcv_nxt, u16 flags); -- cgit