Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2026-01-31 03:40:12
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From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2026-01-31 03:40:12
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linux-rdma, linux-s390, lkml
Hello: This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]: On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:54:52 +0800 you wrote:
This reverts commit d7cd421da9da2cc7b4d25b8537f66db5c8331c40. As reported by Al Viro, the TCP ULP support for SMC is fundamentally broken. The implementation attempts to convert an active TCP socket into an SMC socket by modifying the underlying `struct file`, dentry, and inode in-place, which violates core VFS invariants that assume these structures are immutable for an open file, creating a risk of use after free errors and general system instability. [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/df31a6b0a305
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