netdev - Re: [PATCH net] qede: confirm skb is allocated before using

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Message-Id: <164925481303.16469.8192990223353492835.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:20:13 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@...il.com>
Cc:     aelior@...vell.com, manishc@...vell.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, ariel.elior@...ium.com,
        manish.chopra@...ium.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] qede: confirm skb is allocated before using

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Wed,  6 Apr 2022 21:19:19 +1000 you wrote:
> qede_build_skb() assumes build_skb() always works and goes straight
> to skb_reserve(). However, build_skb() can fail under memory pressure.
> This results in a kernel panic because the skb to reserve is NULL.
> 
> Add a check in case build_skb() failed to allocate and return NULL.
> 
> The NULL return is handled correctly in callers to qede_build_skb().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] qede: confirm skb is allocated before using
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4e910dbe3650

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