Re: [PATCH net 7/7] rxrpc: Use skb_unshare() rather than skb_cow_data()

From: David Howells
Date: Sun Sep 01 2019 - 03:11:45 EST


Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + /* Unshare the packet so that it can be modified for in-place
> > + * decryption.
> > + */
> > + if (sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0) {
> > + struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > + if (!nskb) {
> > + rxrpc_eaten_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_unshared_nomem);
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (nskb != skb) {
> > + rxrpc_eaten_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_received);
> > + rxrpc_new_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_unshared);
> > + skb = nskb;
> > + sp = rxrpc_skb(skb);
> > + }
> > + }
>
> Unsharing skb makes it perilous to take a peep at it afterwards.

Ah, good point. rxrpc_new_skb() should be after the assignment.

David