[PATCH net v9 01/14] afs: Fix lack of loop around sendmsg() to rxrpc

From: David Howells

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 07:46:26 EST


Fix the afs callers of sendmsg() to send data through an rxrpc socket to
call again if a short send occurs.

Note that this is also a prerequisite for changing the way rxrpc_send_data()
works to return a short send rather than an error if some data was buffered.

Fixes: 08e0e7c82eea ("[AF_RXRPC]: Make the in-kernel AFS filesystem use AF_RXRPC.")
Link: https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/#/patchset/20260824091645.415423-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/afs/rxrpc.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index d82916657a3d..a80b043d36be 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -412,26 +412,32 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_call *call, gfp_t gfp)
msg.msg_controllen = 0;
msg.msg_flags = MSG_WAITALL | (call->write_iter ? MSG_MORE : 0);

- ret = rxrpc_kernel_send_data(call->net->socket, rxcall,
- &msg, call->request_size,
- afs_notify_end_request_tx);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto error_do_abort;
+ do {
+ ret = rxrpc_kernel_send_data(call->net->socket, rxcall, &msg,
+ msg_data_left(&msg),
+ afs_notify_end_request_tx);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto error_do_abort;
+ } while (msg_data_left(&msg) > 0);

if (call->write_iter) {
msg.msg_iter = *call->write_iter;
msg.msg_flags &= ~MSG_MORE;
trace_afs_send_data(call, &msg);

- ret = rxrpc_kernel_send_data(call->net->socket,
- call->rxcall, &msg,
- iov_iter_count(&msg.msg_iter),
- afs_notify_end_request_tx);
+ do {
+ ret = rxrpc_kernel_send_data(call->net->socket,
+ call->rxcall, &msg,
+ msg_data_left(&msg),
+ afs_notify_end_request_tx);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ trace_afs_sent_data(call, &msg, ret);
+ goto error_do_abort;
+ }
+ } while (msg_data_left(&msg) > 0);
*call->write_iter = msg.msg_iter;

- trace_afs_sent_data(call, &msg, ret);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto error_do_abort;
+ trace_afs_sent_data(call, &msg, 0);
}

/* Note that at this point, we may have received the reply or an abort
@@ -912,8 +918,12 @@ void afs_send_simple_reply(struct afs_call *call, const void *buf, size_t len)
msg.msg_controllen = 0;
msg.msg_flags = 0;

- n = rxrpc_kernel_send_data(net->socket, call->rxcall, &msg, len,
- afs_notify_end_reply_tx);
+ do {
+ n = rxrpc_kernel_send_data(net->socket, call->rxcall,
+ &msg, msg_data_left(&msg),
+ afs_notify_end_reply_tx);
+ } while (n >= 0 && msg_data_left(&msg) > 0);
+
if (n >= 0) {
/* Success */
_leave(" [replied]");