netdev - Re: ipv6_mc_check_mld - kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:1128

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:26:11 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	linus.luessing@...3.blue, bblanco@...mgrid.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ipv6_mc_check_mld - kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:1128

On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 21:56 -0700, David Miller wrote:

> Calling pskb_expand_head() with a shared SKB is absolutely,
> positively, a bug.  You just don't understand why it is.

Definitely agree. Its a pain to find races otherwise.

skb_get() in general is quite tricky.

Better avoid it unless really needed in performance critical paths.

Relevant commits

ba34e6d9d346fe4e05d7e417b9edf5140772d34c tcp: make sure skb is not shared before using skb_get()

fc752f1f43c1c038a2c6ae58cc739ebb5953ccb0 ping: Fix race in free in receive path

1dc7b90f7cd050ef6d5e511e652347e52874469c ipv6: tcp: fix race in IPV6_2292PKTOPTIONS 


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