netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netem: fix skb_orphan

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Date:   Thu, 11 May 2017 21:33:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     mkm@...to.com, stephen@...workplumber.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netem: fix skb_orphan_partial()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 15:24:41 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> I should have known that lowering skb->truesize was dangerous :/
> 
> In case packets are not leaving the host via a standard Ethernet device,
> but looped back to local sockets, bad things can happen, as reported
> by Michael Madsen ( https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195713 )
> 
> So instead of tweaking skb->truesize, lets change skb->destructor
> and keep a reference on the owner socket via its sk_refcnt.
> 
> Fixes: f2f872f9272a ("netem: Introduce skb_orphan_partial() helper")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Michael Madsen <mkm@...to.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.