netdev - Re: OOP in ip_cmsg

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Date:	Mon, 03 May 2010 15:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: OOP in ip_cmsg_recv (net-next)

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 14:00:48 -0700

> On Mon, 03 May 2010 19:04:26 +0200
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
>> index 95b851f..88949b0 100644
>> --- a/net/core/datagram.c
>> +++ b/net/core/datagram.c
>> @@ -230,12 +230,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_free_datagram);
>>  void skb_free_datagram_locked(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
>>  {
>>  	lock_sock_bh(sk);
>> -	skb_orphan(skb);
>> -	sk_mem_reclaim_partial(sk);
>> +	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
>>  	unlock_sock_bh(sk);
>> -
>> -	/* skb is now orphaned, might be freed outside of locked section */
>> -	consume_skb(skb);
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_free_datagram_locked);
> 
> This works great for me. No messages for several hours.

Eric if we can't refine properly your other approach to fixing this
I'd like to apply this version meanwhile...
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