Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Randy Dunlap]

[might be network related, so adding netdev mailing list]

On 2/1/20 4:08 PM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc).
> 
> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 
> Could you please test the latest Git kernel?
> 
> It is possible to deactivate the avahi daemon with the following lines in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf":
> 
> use-ipv4=no
> use-ipv6=no
> 
> But this is only a temporary solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> Christian


-- 
~Randy

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Christian Zigotzky]

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On 02 February 2020 at 09:19 am, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Le 02/02/2020 à 01:08, Christian Zigotzky a écrit :
>> Hello,
>>
>> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the 
>> merge window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of 
>> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc).
>>
>> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for 
>> device
>
> Do you know which ioctl, on which device ?
> Can you take a trace of running avahi-daemon with 'strace' ?
>
> Can you bisect ?
>
> Christophe
Hi Christophe,
Hi All,

I figured out that the avahi-daemon has a problem with the IPv6 address 
of a network interface since the Git kernel from Thursday. (Log attached)
This generates high CPU usage because the avahi-daemon tries to access 
the IPv6 address again and again and thereby it produces a lot of log 
messages.

We figured out that the networking updates aren't responsible for this 
issue because we created a test kernel on Wednesday. The issue is 
somewhere in the commits from Wednesday night to Thursday (CET).

Please compile the latest Git kernel and test it with a desktop linux 
distribution for example Ubuntu. In my point of view there are many 
desktop machines affected. Many server systems don't use the avahi 
daemon so they aren't affected.

It's possible to deactivate the access to the IPv6 address with the 
following line in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf":

use-ipv6=no

After a reboot the CPU usage is normal again. This is only a temporary 
solution.

Unfortunately I don't have the time for bisecting next week. I have a 
lot of other work to do. In my point of view it is very important that 
you also compile the latest Git kernels. Then you will see the issue and 
then you have a better possibility to fix the issue.

Thanks,
Christian

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Kernel 5.5.0: journalctl | grep -i avahi
Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Listening on Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket.
Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 112) and group 'avahi' (GID 122).
Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
Feb 02 13:57:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: avahi-daemon 0.6.32-rc starting up.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 systemd[1]: Started Avahi DNS Configuration Daemon.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Successfully called chroot().
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Server startup complete. Host name is DC1.local. Local service cookie is 3202921551.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Failed to parse address 'localhost', ignoring.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 avahi-dnsconfd[4487]: Successfully connected to Avahi daemon.
Feb 02 13:57:06 DC1 systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 root[4749]: /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/avahi-autoipd returned non-zero exit status 1
Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv4 with address 192.168.178.47.
Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: New relevant interface enP4096p4s4.IPv4 for mDNS.
Feb 02 13:57:07 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Registering new address record for 192.168.178.47 on enP4096p4s4.IPv4.
Feb 02 13:57:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181.
Feb 02 13:57:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: New relevant interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 for mDNS.
Feb 02 13:57:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Registering new address record for fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.*.
Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181.
Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address 2a02:8109:89c0:ebfc:250:fcff:fecb:5181.
Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Registering new address record for 2a02:8109:89c0:ebfc:250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.*.
Feb 02 13:57:10 DC1 avahi-daemon[4314]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.


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Latest Git kernel (5.6): journalctl | grep -i avahi

Feb 02 14:04:04 DC1 systemd[1]: Listening on Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Started Avahi DNS Configuration Daemon.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 systemd[1]: Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 112) and group 'avahi' (GID 122).
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: avahi-daemon 0.6.32-rc starting up.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Successfully called chroot().
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Server startup complete. Host name is DC1.local. Local service cookie is 285370789.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Failed to parse address 'localhost', ignoring.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 avahi-dnsconfd[4425]: Successfully connected to Avahi daemon.
Feb 02 14:04:05 DC1 root[4642]: /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/avahi-autoipd returned non-zero exit status 1
Feb 02 14:04:06 DC1 systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
Feb 02 14:04:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv4 with address 192.168.178.47.
Feb 02 14:04:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: New relevant interface enP4096p4s4.IPv4 for mDNS.
Feb 02 14:04:06 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Registering new address record for 192.168.178.47 on enP4096p4s4.IPv4.
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181.
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: New relevant interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 for mDNS.
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Registering new address record for fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.*.
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
...
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:08 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181.
Feb 02 14:04:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enP4096p4s4.IPv6 with address 2a02:8109:89c0:ebfc:250:fcff:fecb:5181.
Feb 02 14:04:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Registering new address record for 2a02:8109:89c0:ebfc:250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.*.
Feb 02 14:04:09 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::250:fcff:fecb:5181 on enP4096p4s4.
Feb 02 14:04:28 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:28 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:28 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:28 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:28 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:28 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
...
Feb 02 14:04:29 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:29 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:29 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:35 DC1 systemd-journald[2489]: Suppressed 513915 messages from /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
Feb 02 14:04:35 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:35 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:04:35 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device


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Latest Git kernel (5.6): systemctl status avahi-daemon
● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-02-02 14:04:06 CET; 11min ago
 Main PID: 4573 (avahi-daemon)
   Status: "avahi-daemon 0.6.32-rc starting up."
   CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
           ├─4573 avahi-daemon: running [DC1.local]
           └─4581 avahi-daemon: chroot helper

Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Feb 02 14:15:34 DC1 avahi-daemon[4573]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device


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Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 16:02:18 +0100, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> On 02 February 2020 at 09:19 am, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Le 02/02/2020 à 01:08, Christian Zigotzky a écrit :  
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the 
> >> merge window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of 
> >> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc).
> >>
> >> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for 
> >> device  
> >
> > Do you know which ioctl, on which device ?
> > Can you take a trace of running avahi-daemon with 'strace' ?
> >
> > Can you bisect ?
> >
> > Christophe  
> Hi Christophe,
> Hi All,
> 
> I figured out that the avahi-daemon has a problem with the IPv6 address 
> of a network interface since the Git kernel from Thursday. (Log attached)
> This generates high CPU usage because the avahi-daemon tries to access 
> the IPv6 address again and again and thereby it produces a lot of log 
> messages.
> 
> We figured out that the networking updates aren't responsible for this 
> issue because we created a test kernel on Wednesday. The issue is 
> somewhere in the commits from Wednesday night to Thursday (CET).

FWIW Thursday is when the latest networking pull came in, so could well
be networking related..

> Please compile the latest Git kernel and test it with a desktop linux 
> distribution for example Ubuntu. In my point of view there are many 
> desktop machines affected. Many server systems don't use the avahi 
> daemon so they aren't affected.
> 
> It's possible to deactivate the access to the IPv6 address with the 
> following line in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf":
> 
> use-ipv6=no
> 
> After a reboot the CPU usage is normal again. This is only a temporary 
> solution.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't have the time for bisecting next week. I have a 
> lot of other work to do. In my point of view it is very important that 
> you also compile the latest Git kernels. Then you will see the issue and 
> then you have a better possibility to fix the issue.

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Christian Zigotzky]

On 03 February 2020 at 6:53 pm, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 16:02:18 +0100, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>> On 02 February 2020 at 09:19 am, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Le 02/02/2020 à 01:08, Christian Zigotzky a écrit :
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the
>>>> merge window. Since Thursday we have very high CPU loads because of
>>>> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc).
>>>>
>>>> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for
>>>> device
>>> Do you know which ioctl, on which device ?
>>> Can you take a trace of running avahi-daemon with 'strace' ?
>>>
>>> Can you bisect ?
>>>
>>> Christophe
>> Hi Christophe,
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I figured out that the avahi-daemon has a problem with the IPv6 address
>> of a network interface since the Git kernel from Thursday. (Log attached)
>> This generates high CPU usage because the avahi-daemon tries to access
>> the IPv6 address again and again and thereby it produces a lot of log
>> messages.
>>
>> We figured out that the networking updates aren't responsible for this
>> issue because we created a test kernel on Wednesday. The issue is
>> somewhere in the commits from Wednesday night to Thursday (CET).
> FWIW Thursday is when the latest networking pull came in, so could well
> be networking related..
>
>> Please compile the latest Git kernel and test it with a desktop linux
>> distribution for example Ubuntu. In my point of view there are many
>> desktop machines affected. Many server systems don't use the avahi
>> daemon so they aren't affected.
>>
>> It's possible to deactivate the access to the IPv6 address with the
>> following line in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf":
>>
>> use-ipv6=no
>>
>> After a reboot the CPU usage is normal again. This is only a temporary
>> solution.
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't have the time for bisecting next week. I have a
>> lot of other work to do. In my point of view it is very important that
>> you also compile the latest Git kernels. Then you will see the issue and
>> then you have a better possibility to fix the issue.
Hi All,

The issue still exist in the latest Git kernel. It's a PowerPC issue. I 
compiled the latest Git kernel on a PC today and there aren't any issues 
with the avahi daemon. Another Power Mac user reported the same issue on 
his G5. I tested with the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 in the last days.

I bisected today but I think the result isn't correct because it founds 
the other problem with ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum. I 
don't know how to bisect if there is another issue at the same time. 
Maybe "git bisect skip"?

2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 is the first bad commit
commit 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493
Author: Kars de Jong <jongk@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 19 21:20:20 2019 +0100

     scsi: esp_scsi: Correct ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum

     The order of the definitions in the esp_rev enum is important. The 
values
     are used in comparisons for chip features.

     Add a comment to the enum explaining this.

     Also, the actual values for the enum fields are irrelevant, so 
remove the
     explicit values (suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven). This makes 
adding a new
     field in the middle of the enum easier.

     Finally, move the PCSCSI definition to the right place in the enum. 
In its
     previous location, at the end of the enum, the wrong values are 
written to
     the CONFIG3 register when used with FAST-SCSI targets.

     Link: 
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119202021.28720-2-jongk@linux-m68k.org
     Signed-off-by: Kars de Jong <jongk@linux-m68k.org>
     Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>

:040000 040000 cdc128596e33fb60406b5de9b17b79623c187c1a 
48ceab06439f95285e8b30181e75f9a68c25fcb5 M    drivers

Cheers,
Christian

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Michael Ellerman]

Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> writes:
> Kernel 5.5 PowerPC is also affected.

I don't know what you mean by that. What sha are you talking about?

I have a system with avahi running and everything's fine.

  # grep use- /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf 
  use-ipv4=yes
  use-ipv6=yes
  
  # systemctl status -l --no-pager avahi-daemon
  ● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-02-06 14:55:34 AEDT; 38min ago
   Main PID: 1884 (avahi-daemon)
     Status: "avahi-daemon 0.7 starting up."
     CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
             ├─1884 avahi-daemon: running [mpe-ubuntu-le.local]
             └─1888 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
  
  Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
  Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 10.61.141.81 on eth0.IPv4.
  Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for ::1 on lo.*.
  Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
  Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
  Feb 06 14:55:35 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Server startup complete. Host name is mpe-ubuntu-le.local. Local service cookie is 3972418141.
  Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
  Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
  Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
  Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.
  
  # uname -r
  5.5.0-gcc-8.2.0


The key question is what ioctl is it complaining about. You should be
able to find that via strace.

cheers

> Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> The issue with the avahi-daemon still exist in the latest Git kernel. It's a PowerPC issue. I compiled the latest Git kernel on a PC today and there aren't any issues with the avahi daemon. Another Power Mac user reported the same issue on his G5. I tested with the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 in the last days.
>
> I bisected today but I think the result isn't correct because it found the other problem with ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum. I don't know how to bisect if there is another issue at the same time. Maybe "git bisect skip"?
>
> 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493 is the first bad commit
> commit 2086faae3c55a652cfbd369e18ecdb703aacc493
> Author: Kars de Jong <jongk@linux-m68k.org>
> Date:   Tue Nov 19 21:20:20 2019 +0100
>
>     scsi: esp_scsi: Correct ordering of PCSCSI definition in esp_rev enum
>
>     The order of the definitions in the esp_rev enum is important. The values
>     are used in comparisons for chip features.
>
>     Add a comment to the enum explaining this.
>
>     Also, the actual values for the enum fields are irrelevant, so remove the
>     explicit values (suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven). This makes adding a new
>     field in the middle of the enum easier.
>
>     Finally, move the PCSCSI definition to the right place in the enum. In its
>     previous location, at the end of the enum, the wrong values are written to
>     the CONFIG3 register when used with FAST-SCSI targets.
>
>     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119202021.28720-2-jongk@linux-m68k.org
>     Signed-off-by: Kars de Jong <jongk@linux-m68k.org>
>     Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
>
> :040000 040000 cdc128596e33fb60406b5de9b17b79623c187c1a 48ceab06439f95285e8b30181e75f9a68c25fcb5 M    drivers

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Christian Zigotzky]

On 06 February 2020 at 05:35 am, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> writes:
>> Kernel 5.5 PowerPC is also affected.
> I don't know what you mean by that. What sha are you talking about?
>
> I have a system with avahi running and everything's fine.
>
>    # grep use- /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
>    use-ipv4=yes
>    use-ipv6=yes
>    
>    # systemctl status -l --no-pager avahi-daemon
>    ● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
>       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
>       Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-02-06 14:55:34 AEDT; 38min ago
>     Main PID: 1884 (avahi-daemon)
>       Status: "avahi-daemon 0.7 starting up."
>       CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
>               ├─1884 avahi-daemon: running [mpe-ubuntu-le.local]
>               └─1888 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
>    
>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 10.61.141.81 on eth0.IPv4.
>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for ::1 on lo.*.
>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
>    Feb 06 14:55:35 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Server startup complete. Host name is mpe-ubuntu-le.local. Local service cookie is 3972418141.
>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.
>    
>    # uname -r
>    5.5.0-gcc-8.2.0
>
>
> The key question is what ioctl is it complaining about. You should be
> able to find that via strace.
>
> cheers
>
Hello Michael,

Sorry it isn't true that the kernel 5.5 is also affected. A Power Mac G5 
user told me that but this isn't correct. I compiled and tested the 
stable kernel 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 today and both kernels don't have the 
issue with the avahi daemon.
Could you please also test the latest Git kernel?

strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon

...
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=15, 
events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, 
events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, 
events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}, {fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 11, 65) = 
2 ([{fd=12, revents=POLLIN}, {fd=9, revents=POLLIN}])
ioctl(12, FIONREAD, 0xffba6f24)         = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl 
for device)
write(2, "ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for"..., 39ioctl(): Inappropriate 
ioctl for device) = 39
write(2, "\n", 1
)                       = 1
...

Thanks,
Christian

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Michael Ellerman]

Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> writes:
> On 06 February 2020 at 05:35 am, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> writes:
>>> Kernel 5.5 PowerPC is also affected.
>> I don't know what you mean by that. What sha are you talking about?
>>
>> I have a system with avahi running and everything's fine.
>>
>>    # grep use- /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
>>    use-ipv4=yes
>>    use-ipv6=yes
>>    
>>    # systemctl status -l --no-pager avahi-daemon
>>    ● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
>>       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
>>       Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-02-06 14:55:34 AEDT; 38min ago
>>     Main PID: 1884 (avahi-daemon)
>>       Status: "avahi-daemon 0.7 starting up."
>>       CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
>>               ├─1884 avahi-daemon: running [mpe-ubuntu-le.local]
>>               └─1888 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
>>    
>>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 10.61.141.81 on eth0.IPv4.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for ::1 on lo.*.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:34 mpe-ubuntu-le systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:35 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Server startup complete. Host name is mpe-ubuntu-le.local. Local service cookie is 3972418141.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Registering new address record for fd69:d75f:b8b5:61:5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.*.
>>    Feb 06 14:55:38 mpe-ubuntu-le avahi-daemon[1884]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::5054:ff:fe66:2a19 on eth0.
>>    
>>    # uname -r
>>    5.5.0-gcc-8.2.0
>>
>>
>> The key question is what ioctl is it complaining about. You should be
>> able to find that via strace.
>>
>> cheers
>>
> Hello Michael,
>
> Sorry it isn't true that the kernel 5.5 is also affected. A Power Mac G5 
> user told me that but this isn't correct. I compiled and tested the 
> stable kernel 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 today and both kernels don't have the 
> issue with the avahi daemon.

OK good to know.

> Could you please also test the latest Git kernel?

That's literally all I ever do.

The problem here is you didn't tell me you were running a big endian
distro, which uses compat mode.

In hindsight I should have thought of that.

Now that I know that, I can reproduce the bug:

  Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
  Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
  Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
  Feb 08 23:31:12 mpe-ubuntu-be avahi-daemon[24819]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device


But it seems you've already identified the problem commit, thanks for
bisecting.

I'm sure Arnd will be able to fix it now that you've identified the
problematic commit.

cheers


> strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon
>
> ...
> poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=15, 
> events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, 
> events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, 
> events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}, {fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 11, 65) = 
> 2 ([{fd=12, revents=POLLIN}, {fd=9, revents=POLLIN}])
> ioctl(12, FIONREAD, 0xffba6f24)         = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl 
> for device)
> write(2, "ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for"..., 39ioctl(): Inappropriate 
> ioctl for device) = 39
> write(2, "\n", 1
> )                       = 1
> ...
>
> Thanks,
> Christian

Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Christian Zigotzky]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3295 bytes --]

Hello Arnd,

We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge 
window. Since Thursday last week we have very high CPU usage because of 
the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). The 
avahi daemon produces a lot of the following log message. This generates 
high CPU usage.

Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon:

poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=15, 
events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, 
events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN}, {fd=9, 
events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN}, {fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 11, 65) = 
2 ([{fd=12, revents=POLLIN}, {fd=9, revents=POLLIN}])
ioctl(12, FIONREAD, 0xffba6f24)         = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl 
for device)
write(2, "ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for"..., 39ioctl(): Inappropriate 
ioctl for device) = 39
write(2, "\n", 1
)                       = 1

----------------------

I bisected the latest kernel source code today.

Result:

77b9040195dea3fcddf19e136c9e99a501351778 is the first bad commit
commit 77b9040195dea3fcddf19e136c9e99a501351778
Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date:   Wed Nov 27 21:25:36 2019 +0100

     compat_ioctl: simplify the implementation

     Now that both native and compat ioctl syscalls are
     in the same file, a couple of simplifications can
     be made, bringing the implementation closer together:

     - do_vfs_ioctl(), ioctl_preallocate(), and compat_ioctl_preallocate()
       can become static, allowing the compiler to optimize better

     - slightly update the coding style for consistency between
       the functions.

     - rather than listing each command in two switch statements
       for the compat case, just call a single function that has
       all the common commands.

     As a side-effect, FS_IOC_RESVSP/FS_IOC_RESVSP64 are now available
     to x86 compat tasks, along with FS_IOC_RESVSP_32/FS_IOC_RESVSP64_32.
     This is harmless for i386 emulation, and can be considered a bugfix
     for x32 emulation, which never supported these in the past.

     Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk>
     Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

:040000 040000 5c4b62f4d1bfe643d3bbf9d9a3b50ee50ae0f159 
5ca610e3197df96adfcae4f94fceeb496756609b M    fs
:040000 040000 086f2e2ac49384988733cbb706243943748c4ce7 
b906926e53dfa2e8927629e77a0708dda6f49d31 M    include

----------------------

Link to the first bad commit: 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77b9040195dea3fcddf19e136c9e99a501351778

I was able to revert the first bad commit.

git revert 77b9040195dea3fcddf19e136c9e99a501351778

[master a91dcf9dc14c] Revert "compat_ioctl: simplify the implementation"
  4 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

After that the avahi daemon works without any problems again.

I created a patch today. (attached)

It is also possible to deactivate the avahi daemon with the following lines
in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf":

use-ipv4=no
use-ipv6=no

Could you please check your commit?

Thanks,
Christian

[-- Attachment #2: compat_ioctl-v1.patch --]
[-- Type: text/x-patch, Size: 9092 bytes --]

diff -rupN a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
--- a/fs/internal.h	2020-02-07 13:20:46.294317088 +0100
+++ b/fs/internal.h	2020-02-07 13:16:06.731416797 +0100
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ extern void mnt_pin_kill(struct mount *m
  */
 extern const struct dentry_operations ns_dentry_operations;
 
+/*
+ * fs/ioctl.c
+ */
+extern int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
+		    unsigned long arg);
+
 /* direct-io.c: */
 int sb_init_dio_done_wq(struct super_block *sb);
 
diff -rupN a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
--- a/fs/ioctl.c	2020-02-07 13:20:46.294317088 +0100
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c	2020-02-07 13:16:06.331418365 +0100
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_block_fiemap);
  * Only the l_start, l_len and l_whence fields of the 'struct space_resv'
  * are used here, rest are ignored.
  */
-static int ioctl_preallocate(struct file *filp, int mode, void __user *argp)
+int ioctl_preallocate(struct file *filp, int mode, void __user *argp)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct space_resv sr;
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ static int ioctl_preallocate(struct file
 /* on ia32 l_start is on a 32-bit boundary */
 #if defined CONFIG_COMPAT && defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 /* just account for different alignment */
-static int compat_ioctl_preallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
-				    struct space_resv_32 __user *argp)
+int compat_ioctl_preallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
+				struct space_resv_32 __user *argp)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct space_resv_32 sr;
@@ -521,9 +521,11 @@ static int compat_ioctl_preallocate(stru
 }
 #endif
 
-static int file_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, int __user *p)
+static int file_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
+		unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	int __user *p = (int __user *)arg;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case FIBMAP:
@@ -540,7 +542,7 @@ static int file_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		return ioctl_preallocate(filp, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE, p);
 	}
 
-	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+	return vfs_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
 }
 
 static int ioctl_fionbio(struct file *filp, int __user *argp)
@@ -659,48 +661,53 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
+ * When you add any new common ioctls to the switches above and below
+ * please update compat_sys_ioctl() too.
+ *
  * do_vfs_ioctl() is not for drivers and not intended to be EXPORT_SYMBOL()'d.
  * It's just a simple helper for sys_ioctl and compat_sys_ioctl.
- *
- * When you add any new common ioctls to the switches above and below,
- * please ensure they have compatible arguments in compat mode.
  */
-static int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd,
-			unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
+	     unsigned long arg)
 {
+	int error = 0;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case FIOCLEX:
 		set_close_on_exec(fd, 1);
-		return 0;
+		break;
 
 	case FIONCLEX:
 		set_close_on_exec(fd, 0);
-		return 0;
+		break;
 
 	case FIONBIO:
-		return ioctl_fionbio(filp, argp);
+		error = ioctl_fionbio(filp, argp);
+		break;
 
 	case FIOASYNC:
-		return ioctl_fioasync(fd, filp, argp);
+		error = ioctl_fioasync(fd, filp, argp);
+		break;
 
 	case FIOQSIZE:
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 		    S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
 			loff_t res = inode_get_bytes(inode);
-			return copy_to_user(argp, &res, sizeof(res)) ?
-					    -EFAULT : 0;
-		}
-
-		return -ENOTTY;
+			error = copy_to_user(argp, &res, sizeof(res)) ?
+					-EFAULT : 0;
+		} else
+			error = -ENOTTY;
+		break;
 
 	case FIFREEZE:
-		return ioctl_fsfreeze(filp);
+		error = ioctl_fsfreeze(filp);
+		break;
 
 	case FITHAW:
-		return ioctl_fsthaw(filp);
+		error = ioctl_fsthaw(filp);
+		break;
 
 	case FS_IOC_FIEMAP:
 		return ioctl_fiemap(filp, argp);
@@ -709,7 +716,6 @@ static int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *fil
 		/* anon_bdev filesystems may not have a block size */
 		if (!inode->i_sb->s_blocksize)
 			return -EINVAL;
-
 		return put_user(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize, (int __user *)argp);
 
 	case FICLONE:
@@ -723,30 +729,24 @@ static int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *fil
 
 	default:
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-			return file_ioctl(filp, cmd, argp);
+			error = file_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
+		else
+			error = vfs_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
 		break;
 	}
-
-	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+	return error;
 }
 
 int ksys_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct fd f = fdget(fd);
 	int error;
+	struct fd f = fdget(fd);
 
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
-
 	error = security_file_ioctl(f.file, cmd, arg);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
-
-	error = do_vfs_ioctl(f.file, fd, cmd, arg);
-	if (error == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
-		error = vfs_ioctl(f.file, cmd, arg);
-
-out:
+	if (!error)
+		error = do_vfs_ioctl(f.file, fd, cmd, arg);
 	fdput(f);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -790,63 +790,92 @@ long compat_ptr_ioctl(struct file *file,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(compat_ptr_ioctl);
 
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(ioctl, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, cmd,
-		       compat_ulong_t, arg)
+		       compat_ulong_t, arg32)
 {
+	unsigned long arg = arg32;
 	struct fd f = fdget(fd);
-	int error;
-
+	int error = -EBADF;
 	if (!f.file)
-		return -EBADF;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* RED-PEN how should LSM module know it's handling 32bit? */
 	error = security_file_ioctl(f.file, cmd, arg);
 	if (error)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_fput;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
-	/* FICLONE takes an int argument, so don't use compat_ptr() */
+	/* these are never seen by ->ioctl(), no argument or int argument */
+	case FIOCLEX:
+	case FIONCLEX:
+	case FIFREEZE:
+	case FITHAW:
 	case FICLONE:
-		error = ioctl_file_clone(f.file, arg, 0, 0, 0);
-		break;
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
+		goto do_ioctl;
+	/* these are never seen by ->ioctl(), pointer argument */
+	case FIONBIO:
+	case FIOASYNC:
+	case FIOQSIZE:
+	case FS_IOC_FIEMAP:
+	case FIGETBSZ:
+	case FICLONERANGE:
+	case FIDEDUPERANGE:
+		goto found_handler;
+	/*
+	 * The next group is the stuff handled inside file_ioctl().
+	 * For regular files these never reach ->ioctl(); for
+	 * devices, sockets, etc. they do and one (FIONREAD) is
+	 * even accepted in some cases.  In all those cases
+	 * argument has the same type, so we can handle these
+	 * here, shunting them towards do_vfs_ioctl().
+	 * ->compat_ioctl() will never see any of those.
+	 */
+	/* pointer argument, never actually handled by ->ioctl() */
+	case FIBMAP:
+		goto found_handler;
+	/* handled by some ->ioctl(); always a pointer to int */
+	case FIONREAD:
+		goto found_handler;
 	/* these get messy on amd64 due to alignment differences */
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 	case FS_IOC_RESVSP_32:
 	case FS_IOC_RESVSP64_32:
 		error = compat_ioctl_preallocate(f.file, 0, compat_ptr(arg));
-		break;
+		goto out_fput;
 	case FS_IOC_UNRESVSP_32:
 	case FS_IOC_UNRESVSP64_32:
 		error = compat_ioctl_preallocate(f.file, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE,
 				compat_ptr(arg));
-		break;
+		goto out_fput;
 	case FS_IOC_ZERO_RANGE_32:
 		error = compat_ioctl_preallocate(f.file, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE,
 				compat_ptr(arg));
-		break;
+		goto out_fput;
+#else
+	case FS_IOC_RESVSP:
+	case FS_IOC_RESVSP64:
+	case FS_IOC_UNRESVSP:
+	case FS_IOC_UNRESVSP64:
+	case FS_IOC_ZERO_RANGE:
+		goto found_handler;
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * everything else in do_vfs_ioctl() takes either a compatible
-	 * pointer argument or no argument -- call it with a modified
-	 * argument.
-	 */
 	default:
-		error = do_vfs_ioctl(f.file, fd, cmd,
-				     (unsigned long)compat_ptr(arg));
-		if (error != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
-			break;
-
-		if (f.file->f_op->compat_ioctl)
+		if (f.file->f_op->compat_ioctl) {
 			error = f.file->f_op->compat_ioctl(f.file, cmd, arg);
-		if (error == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
-			error = -ENOTTY;
-		break;
+			if (error != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+				goto out_fput;
+		}
+		error = -ENOTTY;
+		goto out_fput;
 	}
 
- out:
+ found_handler:
+	arg = (unsigned long)compat_ptr(arg);
+ do_ioctl:
+	error = do_vfs_ioctl(f.file, fd, cmd, arg);
+ out_fput:
 	fdput(f);
-
+ out:
 	return error;
 }
 #endif
diff -rupN a/include/linux/falloc.h b/include/linux/falloc.h
--- a/include/linux/falloc.h	2020-02-07 13:20:46.382316741 +0100
+++ b/include/linux/falloc.h	2020-02-07 13:16:06.331418365 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ struct space_resv_32 {
 #define FS_IOC_UNRESVSP64_32	_IOW ('X', 43, struct space_resv_32)
 #define FS_IOC_ZERO_RANGE_32	_IOW ('X', 57, struct space_resv_32)
 
+int compat_ioctl_preallocate(struct file *, int, struct space_resv_32 __user *);
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _FALLOC_H_ */
diff -rupN a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
--- a/include/linux/fs.h	2020-02-07 13:20:46.382316741 +0100
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h	2020-02-07 13:16:06.731416797 +0100
@@ -2563,6 +2563,10 @@ extern int finish_open(struct file *file
 			int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *));
 extern int finish_no_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry);
 
+/* fs/ioctl.c */
+
+extern int ioctl_preallocate(struct file *filp, int mode, void __user *argp);
+
 /* fs/dcache.c */
 extern void __init vfs_caches_init_early(void);
 extern void __init vfs_caches_init(void);

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:34 PM Christian Zigotzky
<chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> wrote:
>
> Hello Arnd,
>
> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge
> window. Since Thursday last week we have very high CPU usage because of
> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). The
> avahi daemon produces a lot of the following log message. This generates
> high CPU usage.
>
> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon:
>

Thanks a lot for the detailed analysis, with this I immediately saw
what went wrong in my
original commit and I sent you a fix. Please test to ensure that this
correctly addresses
the problem.

        Arnd

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Christian Zigotzky]

> On 7. Feb 2020, at 18:08, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:34 PM Christian Zigotzky
> <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Arnd,
>> 
>> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge
>> window. Since Thursday last week we have very high CPU usage because of
>> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). The
>> avahi daemon produces a lot of the following log message. This generates
>> high CPU usage.
>> 
>> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
>> 
>> strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon:
>> 
> 
> Thanks a lot for the detailed analysis, with this I immediately saw
> what went wrong in my
> original commit and I sent you a fix. Please test to ensure that this
> correctly addresses
> the problem.
> 
>        Arnd

Hi Arnd,

Thanks a lot for your patch! I will test it as soon as possible.

Cheers,
Christian

Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Christian Zigotzky]

On 08 February 2020 at 07:59 am, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>
>> On 7. Feb 2020, at 18:08, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:34 PM Christian Zigotzky
>> <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de> wrote:
>>> Hello Arnd,
>>>
>>> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge
>>> window. Since Thursday last week we have very high CPU usage because of
>>> the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc). The
>>> avahi daemon produces a lot of the following log message. This generates
>>> high CPU usage.
>>>
>>> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
>>>
>>> strace /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon:
>>>
>> Thanks a lot for the detailed analysis, with this I immediately saw
>> what went wrong in my
>> original commit and I sent you a fix. Please test to ensure that this
>> correctly addresses
>> the problem.
>>
>>         Arnd
> Hi Arnd,
>
> Thanks a lot for your patch! I will test it as soon as possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Christian

Hi Arnd,

I successfully compiled the latest Git kernel with your patch today. The 
avahi daemon works fine now. That means your patch has solved the avahi 
issue.

Thanks for your patch and have a nice weekend!

Cheers,
Christian