netdev - Re: [PATCH net] inet: control sockets should not use current thread task

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 23:38:58 +0100
From:   Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        syzbot+bebc6f1acdf4cbb79b03@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] inet: control sockets should not use current thread
 task_frag

On Tue, Jan 03, 2023 at 07:27:36PM +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Because ICMP handlers run from softirq contexts,
> they must not use current thread task_frag.
> 
> Previously, all sockets allocated by inet_ctl_sock_create()
> would use the per-socket page fragment, with no chance of
> recursion.

Acked-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>

Thanks for the fix!