Subject: [PATCH net 02/12] net: shaper: flip the polarity of the valid flag

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 17:06:18 -0700

The usual way of inserting entries which are not yet fully ready
into XArray is to have a VALID flag. The shaper code has a NOT_VALID
flag. Since XArray code does not let us create entries with a marks
already set - the creation of entries is currently not atomic.

Flip the polarity of the VALID flag. This closes the tiny race
in net_shaper_pre_insert() of entries being created without
the NOT_VALID flag.

Fixes: 93954b40f6a4 ("net-shapers: implement NL set and delete operations")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
---
 net/shaper/shaper.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/shaper/shaper.c b/net/shaper/shaper.c
index e28d20774713..c5cf10543af0 100644
--- a/net/shaper/shaper.c
+++ b/net/shaper/shaper.c
@@ -275,11 +275,13 @@ static void net_shaper_default_parent(const struct net_shaper_handle *handle,
 	parent->id = 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * MARK_0 is already in use due to XA_FLAGS_ALLOC, can't reuse such flag as
- * it's cleared by xa_store().
+/* MARK_0 is already in use due to XA_FLAGS_ALLOC. The VALID mark is set on
+ * an entry only after the device-side configuration has completed
+ * successfully (see net_shaper_commit()). Lookups and dumps must filter on
+ * this mark to avoid exposing tentative entries inserted by
+ * net_shaper_pre_insert() while the driver call is still in flight.
  */
-#define NET_SHAPER_NOT_VALID XA_MARK_1
+#define NET_SHAPER_VALID	XA_MARK_1
 
 static struct net_shaper *
 net_shaper_lookup(struct net_shaper_binding *binding,
@@ -289,8 +291,8 @@ net_shaper_lookup(struct net_shaper_binding *binding,
 	struct net_shaper_hierarchy *hierarchy;
 
 	hierarchy = net_shaper_hierarchy_rcu(binding);
-	if (!hierarchy || xa_get_mark(&hierarchy->shapers, index,
-				      NET_SHAPER_NOT_VALID))
+	if (!hierarchy || !xa_get_mark(&hierarchy->shapers, index,
+				       NET_SHAPER_VALID))
 		return NULL;
 
 	return xa_load(&hierarchy->shapers, index);
@@ -370,11 +372,10 @@ static int net_shaper_pre_insert(struct net_shaper_binding *binding,
 		goto free_id;
 	}
 
-	/* Mark 'tentative' shaper inside the hierarchy container.
-	 * xa_set_mark is a no-op if the previous store fails.
+	/* Insert as 'tentative' (no VALID mark). The mark will be set by
+	 * net_shaper_commit() once the driver-side configuration succeeds.
 	 */
 	prev = xa_store(&hierarchy->shapers, index, cur, GFP_KERNEL);
-	xa_set_mark(&hierarchy->shapers, index, NET_SHAPER_NOT_VALID);
 	if (xa_err(prev)) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Can't insert shaper into device store");
 		kfree_rcu(cur, rcu);
@@ -410,8 +411,7 @@ static void net_shaper_commit(struct net_shaper_binding *binding,
 		/* Successful update: drop the tentative mark
 		 * and update the hierarchy container.
 		 */
-		xa_clear_mark(&hierarchy->shapers, index,
-			      NET_SHAPER_NOT_VALID);
+		xa_set_mark(&hierarchy->shapers, index, NET_SHAPER_VALID);
 		*cur = shapers[i];
 	}
 }
@@ -426,8 +426,9 @@ static void net_shaper_rollback(struct net_shaper_binding *binding)
 	if (!hierarchy)
 		return;
 
-	xa_for_each_marked(&hierarchy->shapers, index, cur,
-			   NET_SHAPER_NOT_VALID) {
+	xa_for_each(&hierarchy->shapers, index, cur) {
+		if (xa_get_mark(&hierarchy->shapers, index, NET_SHAPER_VALID))
+			continue;
 		xa_erase(&hierarchy->shapers, index);
 		kfree(cur);
 	}
@@ -830,7 +831,8 @@ int net_shaper_nl_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	for (; (shaper = xa_find(&hierarchy->shapers, &ctx->start_index,
-				 U32_MAX, XA_PRESENT)); ctx->start_index++) {
+				 U32_MAX, NET_SHAPER_VALID));
+	     ctx->start_index++) {
 		ret = net_shaper_fill_one(skb, binding, shaper, info);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
-- 
2.54.0