netdev - [PATCH NET v3 4/7] ipv4: use skb_expand_head in ip_finish

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Message-ID: <eb5f05a0-fb79-f848-cde3-5c36b25ff949@virtuozzo.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 11:52:35 +0300
From:   Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH NET v3 4/7] ipv4: use skb_expand_head in ip_finish_output2

Unlike skb_realloc_headroom, new helper skb_expand_head
does not allocate a new skb if possible.

Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 13 ++-----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 8d8a8da..c6b755e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -198,19 +198,10 @@ static int ip_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *s
 	} else if (rt->rt_type == RTN_BROADCAST)
 		IP_UPD_PO_STATS(net, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTBCAST, skb->len);
 
-	/* Be paranoid, rather than too clever. */
 	if (unlikely(skb_headroom(skb) < hh_len && dev->header_ops)) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb2;
-
-		skb2 = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev));
-		if (!skb2) {
-			kfree_skb(skb);
+		skb = skb_expand_head(skb, hh_len);
+		if (!skb)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-		if (skb->sk)
-			skb_set_owner_w(skb2, skb->sk);
-		consume_skb(skb);
-		skb = skb2;
 	}
 
 	if (lwtunnel_xmit_redirect(dst->lwtstate)) {
-- 
1.8.3.1