netdev - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 07/10] mlx5e: Call skb_metadata

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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:32:59 +0000
From: "Loktionov, Aleksandr" <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
To: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
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Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 07/10] mlx5e: Call
 skb_metadata_set when skb->data points past metadata



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf
> Of Jakub Sitnicki via Intel-wired-lan
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 10:05 PM
> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; Eric Dumazet
> <edumazet@...gle.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Paolo Abeni
> <pabeni@...hat.com>; Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>; Michael Chan
> <michael.chan@...adcom.com>; Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>;
> Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>; Kitszel, Przemyslaw
> <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>; Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>;
> Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>; Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>;
> Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>; Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>;
> Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>; Jesper Dangaard Brouer
> <hawk@...nel.org>; John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>;
> Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>; intel-wired-
> lan@...ts.osuosl.org; bpf@...r.kernel.org; kernel-team@...udflare.com
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 07/10] mlx5e: Call
> skb_metadata_set when skb->data points past metadata
> 
> Prepare to copy the XDP metadata into an skb extension in
> skb_metadata_set.
> 
> Adjust the driver to pull from skb->data before calling
> skb_metadata_set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c
> index 2b05536d564a..20c983c3ce62 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c
> @@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ static struct sk_buff
> *mlx5e_xsk_construct_skb(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct xdp_b
>  	skb_put_data(skb, xdp->data_meta, totallen);
> 
>  	if (metalen) {
> -		skb_metadata_set(skb, metalen);
>  		__skb_pull(skb, metalen);
> +		skb_metadata_set(skb, metalen);
>  	}
> 
>  	return skb;
> 
> --
> 2.43.0
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>