netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: clear skb->sk in skb_release_head

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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:00:07 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
 kuniyu@...gle.com, willemb@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: clear skb->sk in skb_release_head_state()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:12:35 +0000 you wrote:
> skb_release_head_state() inlines skb_orphan().
> 
> We need to clear skb->sk otherwise we can freeze TCP flows
> on a mostly idle host, because skb_fclone_busy() would
> return true as long as the packet is not yet processed by
> skb_defer_free_flush().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: clear skb->sk in skb_release_head_state()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/26b8986a18c1

You are awesome, thank you!
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