linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: handle the return value of pskb_carve_frag

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Message-Id: <20200816.160121.1844792203483101827.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:01:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     linmiaohe@...wei.com
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        pshelar@....org, dcaratti@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
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        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: handle the return value of pskb_carve_frag_list()
 correctly

From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 04:46:41 -0400

> +	/* split line is in frag list */
> +	if (k == 0 && pskb_carve_frag_list(skb, shinfo, off - pos, gfp_mask)) {
> +		/* skb_frag_unref() is not needed here as shinfo->nr_frags = 0. */
> +		if (skb_has_frag_list(skb))
> +			kfree_skb_list(skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list);
> +		kfree(data);
> +		return -ENOMEM;

On error, the caller is going to kfree_skb(skb) which will take care of the
frag list.