netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: orphan frags on stand-alone ptype in dev_queue_xmit

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Date:   Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:50:06 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: orphan frags on stand-alone ptype in
 dev_queue_xmit_nit

On Fri, 2017-09-22 at 19:42 -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> Zerocopy skbs frags are copied when the skb is looped to a local sock.
> Commit 1080e512d44d ("net: orphan frags on receive") introduced calls
> to skb_orphan_frags to deliver_skb and __netif_receive_skb for this.
> 
> With msg_zerocopy, these skbs can also exist in the tx path and thus
> loop from dev_queue_xmit_nit. This already calls deliver_skb in its
> loop. But it does not orphan before a separate pt_prev->func().
> 
> Add the missing skb_orphan_frags_rx.
> 
> Changes
>   v1->v2: handle skb_orphan_frags_rx failure
> 
> Fixes: 1f8b977ab32d ("sock: enable MSG_ZEROCOPY")
> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/core/dev.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>