NIPA Branch net-next-2025-09-18--09-00

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[+] tcp: AccECN core
[+] tcp: accecn: AccECN negotiation
[+] tcp: accecn: add AccECN rx byte counters
[+] tcp: accecn: AccECN needs to know delivered bytes
[+] tcp: sack option handling improvements
[+] tcp: accecn: AccECN option
[+] tcp: accecn: AccECN option send control
[+] tcp: accecn: AccECN option failure handling
[+] tcp: accecn: AccECN option ceb/cep and ACE field multi-wrap heuristics
[+] tcp: accecn: try to fit AccECN option with SACK
[+] Merge branch 'accecn-protocol-patch-series'
[+] eth: fbnic: support devmem Tx
[+] ipv6: make ipv6_pinfo.saddr_cache a boolean
[+] ipv6: make ipv6_pinfo.daddr_cache a boolean
[+] ipv6: np->rxpmtu race annotation
[+] ipv6: reorganise struct ipv6_pinfo
[+] udp: refine __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb() test
[+] udp: update sk_rmem_alloc before busylock acquisition
[+] net: group sk_backlog and sk_receive_queue
[+] udp: add udp_drops_inc() helper
[+] udp: make busylock per socket
[+] udp: use skb_attempt_defer_free()
[+] Merge branch 'udp-increase-rx-performance-under-stress'
[+] net: renesas: rswitch: simplify rswitch_stop()
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 55 +- .../networking/net_cachelines/tcp_sock.rst | 12 + drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_netdev.c | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_txrx.c | 15 +- drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch_main.c | 4 +- include/linux/ipv6.h | 37 +- include/linux/tcp.h | 28 +- include/linux/udp.h | 1 + include/net/ip6_route.h | 8 +- include/net/netns/ipv4.h | 2 + include/net/sock.h | 4 +- include/net/tcp.h | 33 ++ include/net/tcp_ecn.h | 554 ++++++++++++++++++++- include/net/udp.h | 6 + include/uapi/linux/tcp.h | 9 + net/core/sock.c | 1 - net/ipv4/syncookies.c | 4 + net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 19 + net/ipv4/tcp.c | 30 +- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 318 +++++++++++- net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 8 +- net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c | 40 +- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 239 ++++++++- net/ipv4/udp.c | 50 +- net/ipv6/af_inet6.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 6 +- net/ipv6/raw.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/route.c | 7 +- net/ipv6/syncookies.c | 2 + net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 5 +- net/ipv6/udp.c | 8 +- 32 files changed, 1363 insertions(+), 149 deletions(-)
New patches
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nipa: config: disable kmemleak auto scan
selftests: net: fix server bind failure in sctp_vrf.sh
nipa: config: x86: disable GPUs and sound
nipa: drv: net: add timeout
nipa: forwarding: set timeout to 3 hours
nipa: config: disable CPU_MITIGATIONS
nipa: tc_action dbg
nipa: selftests: net: enable profiling
nipa: dbg: tests: bonding: print info on failure
nipa: timestamp - try waking
nipa: profile (time) test output
nipa: config: x86: use periodic HZ tick
nipa: disable 6.17's merge window kunit tests
nipa: disable random kunit tests
[+] net/mlx5e: Add flow rules for the decrypted ESP packets
[+] net/mlx5e: Add flow groups for the packets decrypted by crypto offload
[+] net/mlx5e: Recirculate decrypted packets into TTC table
[+] net/mlx5: Change TTC rules to match on undecrypted ESP packets
[+] net: airoha: Fix PPE_IP_PROTO_CHK register definitions
[+] net: dsa: dsa_loop: remove duplicated definition of NUM_FIXED_PHYS
[+] Documentation: net: add flow control guide and document ethtool API
r8169: set EEE speed down ratio to 1
net/smc: fix warning in smc_rx_splice() when calling get_page()
net: liquidio: fix overflow in octeon_init_instr_queue()
net: stmmac: remove mac_interface
net: stmmac: thead: convert to use phy_interface
net: stmmac: sun8i: convert to use phy_interface
net: stmmac: stm32: convert to use phy_interface
net: stmmac: starfive: convert to use phy_interface
net: stmmac: socfpga: convert to use phy_interface
net: stmmac: ingenic: convert to use phy_interface
net: stmmac: imx: convert to use phy_interface
net: stmmac: use phy_interface in stmmac_check_pcs_mode()
net: stmmac: rework mac_interface and phy_interface documentation
net: clear sk->sk_ino in sk_set_socket(sk, NULL)
Revert "net/mlx5e: Update and set Xon/Xoff upon port speed set"
selftests/net: Test tcp port reuse after unbinding a socket
tcp: Update bind bucket state on port release
net: xilinx: axienet: Fix kernel-doc warning for axienet_free_tx_chain return value
net: sparx5/lan969x: Add support for ethtool pause parameters
phy: mscc: Fix PTP for vsc8574 and VSC8572
net: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process
net: ethernet: microchip: sparx5: make it selectable for ARCH_LAN969X
net: phy: micrel: Add Fast link failure support for lan8842
Merge tag 'mlx5-next-09-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mellanox/linux
net: virtio_net: add get_rxrings ethtool callback for RX ring queries
net: ethtool: use the new helper in rss_set_prep_indir()
net: ethtool: update set_rxfh_indir to use ethtool_get_rx_ring_count helper
net: ethtool: update set_rxfh to use ethtool_get_rx_ring_count helper
net: ethtool: add get_rx_ring_count callback to optimize RX ring queries
net: ethtool: remove the duplicated handling from ethtool_get_rxrings
net: ethtool: add support for ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS ioctl
net: ethtool: pass the num of RX rings directly to ethtool_copy_validate_indir
rtnetlink: specs: Add {head,tail}room to rt-link.yaml
rtnetlink: add needed_{head,tail}room attributes
net: phy: clear link parameters on admin link down
net: wan: framer: Add version sysfs attribute for the Lantiq PEF2256 framer
octeontx2-pf: Fix use-after-free bugs in otx2_sync_tstamp()
cnic: Fix use-after-free bugs in cnic_delete_task
net: ti: am65-cpsw: Update hw timestamping filter for PTPv1 RX packets
bnxt_en: Implement ethtool .set_tunable() for ETHTOOL_PFC_PREVENTION_TOUT
bnxt_en: Implement ethtool .get_tunable() for ETHTOOL_PFC_PREVENTION_TOUT
bnxt_en: Use VLAN_ETH_HLEN when possible
bnxt_en: Support for RoCE resources dynamically shared within VFs.
bnxt_en: Add err_qpc backing store handling
bnxt_en: Add fw log trace support for 5731X/5741X chips
bnxt_en: Improve bnxt_backing_store_cfg_v2()
bnxt_en: Optimize bnxt_sriov_disable()
bnxt_en: Remove unnecessary VF check in bnxt_hwrm_nvm_req()
bnxt_en: Drop redundant if block in bnxt_dl_flash_update()
selftests: tls: test skb copy under mem pressure and OOB
tls: make sure to abort the stream if headers are bogus
eth: fbnic: add OTP health reporter
eth: fbnic: report FW uptime in health diagnose
eth: fbnic: add FW health reporter
eth: fbnic: support FW communication for core dump
eth: fbnic: support allocating FW completions with extra space
eth: fbnic: reprogram TCAMs after FW crash
eth: fbnic: factor out clearing the action TCAM
eth: fbnic: use fw uptime to detect fw crashes
eth: fbnic: make fbnic_fw_log_write() parameter const
net: sfp: remove old sfp_parse_* functions
net: phy: update all PHYs to use sfp_get_module_caps()
net: phylink: use sfp_get_module_caps()
net: sfp: provide sfp_get_module_caps()
net: sfp: convert sfp quirks to modify struct sfp_module_support
net: sfp: pre-parse the module support
net: phy: add phy_interface_copy()
[c] net: renesas: rswitch: simplify rswitch_stop()
[c] udp: use skb_attempt_defer_free()
[c] udp: make busylock per socket
[c] udp: add udp_drops_inc() helper
[c] net: group sk_backlog and sk_receive_queue
[c] udp: update sk_rmem_alloc before busylock acquisition
[c] udp: refine __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb() test
[c] ipv6: reorganise struct ipv6_pinfo
[c] ipv6: np->rxpmtu race annotation
[c] ipv6: make ipv6_pinfo.daddr_cache a boolean
[c] ipv6: make ipv6_pinfo.saddr_cache a boolean
[c] eth: fbnic: support devmem Tx
[-] selftests/net: test ipip packets in gro.sh
[-] net: gro: remove unnecessary df checks
[-] net: gso: restore ids of outer ip headers correctly
[-] net: gro: only merge packets with incrementing or fixed outer ids
[-] net: gro: remove is_ipv6 from napi_gro_cb
[c] tcp: accecn: try to fit AccECN option with SACK
[c] tcp: accecn: AccECN option ceb/cep and ACE field multi-wrap heuristics
[c] tcp: accecn: AccECN option failure handling
[c] tcp: accecn: AccECN option send control
[c] tcp: accecn: AccECN option
[c] tcp: sack option handling improvements
[c] tcp: accecn: AccECN needs to know delivered bytes
[c] tcp: accecn: add AccECN rx byte counters
[c] tcp: accecn: AccECN negotiation
[c] tcp: AccECN core
net/mlx5e: Prevent WQE metadata conflicts between timestamping and offloads
net/mlx5: Refactor MACsec WQE metadata shifts
net/mlx5: Remove VLAN insertion fields from WQE Ether segment
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