[PATCH 08/19] smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available

Stefan Metzmacher metze at samba.org
Wed Jan 21 19:50:18 UTC 2026


The logic off managing recv credits by counting posted recv_io and
granted credits is racy.

That's because the peer might already consumed a credit,
but between receiving the incoming recv at the hardware
and processing the completion in the 'recv_done' functions
we likely have a window where we grant credits, which
don't really exist.

So we better have a decicated counter for the
available credits, which will be incremented
when we posted new recv buffers and drained when
we grant the credits to the peer.

Fixes: 5fb9b459b368 ("smb: client: count the number of posted recv_io messages in order to calculated credits")
Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # 6.18.x
Cc: Steve French <smfrench at gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Talpey <tom at talpey.com>
Cc: Long Li <longli at microsoft.com>
Cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon at kernel.org>
Cc: linux-cifs at vger.kernel.org
Cc: samba-technical at lists.samba.org
Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze at samba.org>
---
 fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
index 788a0670c4a8..797dcf6e29bc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ static void smbd_post_send_credits(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct smbdirect_recv_io *response;
 	struct smbdirect_socket *sc =
 		container_of(work, struct smbdirect_socket, recv_io.posted.refill_work);
+	int posted = 0;
 
 	if (sc->status != SMBDIRECT_SOCKET_CONNECTED) {
 		return;
@@ -640,9 +641,12 @@ static void smbd_post_send_credits(struct work_struct *work)
 			}
 
 			atomic_inc(&sc->recv_io.posted.count);
+			posted += 1;
 		}
 	}
 
+	atomic_add(posted, &sc->recv_io.credits.available);
+
 	/* Promptly send an immediate packet as defined in [MS-SMBD] 3.1.1.1 */
 	if (atomic_read(&sc->recv_io.credits.count) <
 		sc->recv_io.credits.target - 1) {
@@ -1033,19 +1037,38 @@ static int smbd_post_send_negotiate_req(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
  */
 static int manage_credits_prior_sending(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
+	int missing;
+	int available;
 	int new_credits;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&sc->recv_io.credits.count) >= sc->recv_io.credits.target)
 		return 0;
 
-	new_credits = atomic_read(&sc->recv_io.posted.count);
-	if (new_credits == 0)
+	missing = (int)sc->recv_io.credits.target - atomic_read(&sc->recv_io.credits.count);
+	available = atomic_xchg(&sc->recv_io.credits.available, 0);
+	new_credits = (u16)min3(U16_MAX, missing, available);
+	if (new_credits <= 0) {
+		/*
+		 * If credits are available, but not granted
+		 * we need to re-add them again.
+		 */
+		if (available)
+			atomic_add(available, &sc->recv_io.credits.available);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
-	new_credits -= atomic_read(&sc->recv_io.credits.count);
-	if (new_credits <= 0)
-		return 0;
+	if (new_credits < available) {
+		/*
+		 * Readd the remaining available again.
+		 */
+		available -= new_credits;
+		atomic_add(available, &sc->recv_io.credits.available);
+	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Remember we granted the credits
+	 */
+	atomic_add(new_credits, &sc->recv_io.credits.count);
 	return new_credits;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0




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