netdev - Re: [PATCH net] skbuff: Unconditionally copy pfmemalloc in __skb

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:45:05 +0200
From:   Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
To:     Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Patrick Talbert <ptalbert@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] skbuff: Unconditionally copy pfmemalloc in
 __skb_clone()

2018-07-13, 13:21:07 +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> Commit 8b7008620b84 ("net: Don't copy pfmemalloc flag in
> __copy_skb_header()") introduced a different handling for the
> pfmemalloc flag in copy and clone paths.
> 
> In __skb_clone(), now, the flag is set only if it was set in the
> original skb, but not cleared if it wasn't. This is wrong and
> might lead to socket buffers being flagged with pfmemalloc even
> if the skb data wasn't allocated from pfmemalloc reserves. Copy
> the flag instead of ORing it.
> 
> Reported-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> Fixes: 8b7008620b84 ("net: Don't copy pfmemalloc flag in __copy_skb_header()")
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>

Thanks,

Tested-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>

-- 
Sabrina