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d=redhat.com;\n\ts=mimecast20190719; t=1774975850;\n\th=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id:\n\t to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:\n\t content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding;\n\tbh=MbsngGMGgFXF4FxRKphAmfS3uQOFO0oUmRUWkib1ynE=;\n\tb=IzBwlvLtYS78rtjV4Xi4DGrlumdigQXySiB+5KN+PNzH2NU/Oa9CC5Dp0fywEP3RAY2/ST\n\t50rre3epeWiQ1B9KIze0/3JMGk6z/up08KY3bXQVBoafJ1sdCVcbTRSgHGaPE3EvzubeAr\n\t5/oMrwYTjfYRSDe4KYbCYD15b4WRDeo=", "X-MC-Unique": "Kn7xVzZcMV6J3_O8pKezog-1", "X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID": "Kn7xVzZcMV6J3_O8pKezog_1774975837", "From": "Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>", "To": "Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>,\n\tJulian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>,\n\t\"David S. Miller\" <davem@davemloft.net>,\n\tDavid Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,\n\tEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,\n\tJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,\n\tPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,\n\tPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,\n\tFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,\n\tPhil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,\n\tFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,\n\tChen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>,\n\tPhil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>", "Cc": "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,\n\tnetdev@vger.kernel.org,\n\tlvs-devel@vger.kernel.org,\n\tnetfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,\n\tcoreteam@netfilter.org,\n\tsheviks <sheviks@gmail.com>,\n\tWaiman Long <longman@redhat.com>", "Subject": "[PATCH-next v2 0/2] ipvs: Fix incorrect use of HK_TYPE_KTHREAD\n housekeeping cpumask", "Date": "Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:50:13 -0400", "Message-ID": "<20260331165015.2777765-1-longman@redhat.com>", "Precedence": "bulk", "X-Mailing-List": "netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org", "List-Id": "<netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org>", "List-Subscribe": "<mailto:netfilter-devel+subscribe@vger.kernel.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<mailto:netfilter-devel+unsubscribe@vger.kernel.org>", "MIME-Version": "1.0", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "X-Scanned-By": "MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.93" }, "content": "v2:\n - Rebased on top of linux-next\n\nSince commit 041ee6f3727a (\"kthread: Rely on HK_TYPE_DOMAIN for preferred\naffinity management\"), the HK_TYPE_KTHREAD housekeeping cpumask may no\nlonger be correct in showing the actual CPU affinity of kthreads that\nhave no predefined CPU affinity. As the ipvs networking code is still\nusing HK_TYPE_KTHREAD, we need to make HK_TYPE_KTHREAD reflect the\nreality.\n\nThis patch series makes HK_TYPE_KTHREAD an alias of HK_TYPE_DOMAIN\nand uses RCU to protect access to the HK_TYPE_KTHREAD housekeeping\ncpumask.\n\nWaiman Long (2):\n sched/isolation: Make HK_TYPE_KTHREAD an alias of HK_TYPE_DOMAIN\n ipvs: Guard access of HK_TYPE_KTHREAD cpumask with RCU\n\n include/linux/sched/isolation.h | 6 +++++-\n include/net/ip_vs.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++----\n net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 13 ++++++++-----\n 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)" }