Commit 28b225282d44 for kernel
commit 28b225282d44e2ef40e7f46cfdbd5d1b20b8874f
Author: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: Mon Mar 9 17:39:07 2026 -0700
page_pool: store detach_time as ktime_t to avoid false-negatives
While testing other changes in vng I noticed that
nl_netdev.page_pool_check flakes. This never happens in real CI.
Turns out vng may boot and get to that test in less than a second.
page_pool_detached() records the detach time in seconds, so if
vng is fast enough detach time is set to 0. Other code treats
0 as "not detached". detach_time is only used to report the state
to the user, so it's not a huge deal in practice but let's fix it.
Store the raw ktime_t (nanoseconds) instead. A nanosecond value
of 0 is practically impossible.
Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
Fixes: 69cb4952b6f6 ("net: page_pool: report when page pool was destroyed")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310003907.3540019-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
diff --git a/include/net/page_pool/types.h b/include/net/page_pool/types.h
index 0d453484a585..cdd95477af7a 100644
--- a/include/net/page_pool/types.h
+++ b/include/net/page_pool/types.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ struct page_pool {
/* User-facing fields, protected by page_pools_lock */
struct {
struct hlist_node list;
- u64 detach_time;
+ ktime_t detach_time;
u32 id;
} user;
};
diff --git a/net/core/page_pool_user.c b/net/core/page_pool_user.c
index c82a95beceff..ee5060d8eec0 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool_user.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool_user.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ page_pool_nl_fill(struct sk_buff *rsp, const struct page_pool *pool,
goto err_cancel;
if (pool->user.detach_time &&
nla_put_uint(rsp, NETDEV_A_PAGE_POOL_DETACH_TIME,
- pool->user.detach_time))
+ ktime_divns(pool->user.detach_time, NSEC_PER_SEC)))
goto err_cancel;
if (pool->mp_ops && pool->mp_ops->nl_fill(pool->mp_priv, rsp, NULL))
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ int page_pool_list(struct page_pool *pool)
void page_pool_detached(struct page_pool *pool)
{
mutex_lock(&page_pools_lock);
- pool->user.detach_time = ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
+ pool->user.detach_time = ktime_get_boottime();
netdev_nl_page_pool_event(pool, NETDEV_CMD_PAGE_POOL_CHANGE_NTF);
mutex_unlock(&page_pools_lock);
}