linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] pppoe: drop PACKET_OTHERHOST before skb_share

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Message-ID: <20250623033431.408810-1-dqfext@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:34:31 +0800
From: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@...il.com>
To: linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@...thlink.net>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] pppoe: drop PACKET_OTHERHOST before skb_share_check()

Align with ip_rcv() by dropping PACKET_OTHERHOST packets before
calling skb_share_check(). This avoids unnecessary skb processing
for packets that will be discarded anyway.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 68e631718ab0..410effa42ade 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -372,9 +372,6 @@ static int pppoe_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * can't change.
 	 */
 
-	if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OTHERHOST)
-		goto abort_kfree;
-
 	if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND) {
 		ppp_input(&po->chan, skb);
 	} else if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_RELAY) {
@@ -418,6 +415,9 @@ static int pppoe_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct pppoe_net *pn;
 	int len;
 
+	if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OTHERHOST)
+		goto drop;
+
 	skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
-- 
2.43.0