netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: Add skb_dst_reset and skb_dst

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Message-ID: <20250813180313.284432a8@kicinski-fedora-PF5CM1Y0>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:03:18 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: Add skb_dst_reset and skb_dst_restore

On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:57:40 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:52:39 -0700 Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * skb_dst_reset() - return current dst_entry value and clear it
> > + * @skb: buffer
> > + *
> > + * Resets skb dst_entry without adjusting its reference count. Useful in
> > + * cases where dst_entry needs to be temporarily reset and restored.
> > + * Note that the returned value cannot be used directly because it
> > + * might contain SKB_DST_NOREF bit.
> > + *
> > + * When in doubt, prefer skb_dst_drop() over skb_dst_reset() to correctly
> > + * handle dst_entry reference counting.  
> 
> thoughts on prefixing these two new helpers with __ to hint that
> they are low level and best avoided?

Looking at the uses -- maybe skb_dstref_steal() or skb_steal_dstref()
would be a better name? We have skb_steal_sock() (et.al.) already,
same semantics.