[PATCH bpf-next v3 02/16] net: Preserve metadata on pskb_expand_head

[Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>]

pskb_expand_head() copies headroom, including skb metadata, into the newly
allocated head, but then clears the metadata. As a result, metadata is lost
when BPF helpers trigger an skb head reallocation.

Let the skb metadata remain in the newly created copy of head.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
---
 net/core/skbuff.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6be01454f262..b4fa9aa2df22 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2218,6 +2218,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_copy_fclone);
  *
  *	All the pointers pointing into skb header may change and must be
  *	reloaded after call to this function.
+ *
+ *	Note: If you skb_push() the start of the buffer after reallocating the
+ *	header, call skb_postpush_data_move() first to move the metadata out of
+ *	the way before writing to &sk_buff->data.
  */
 
 int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
@@ -2289,8 +2293,6 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
 	skb->nohdr    = 0;
 	atomic_set(&skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref, 1);
 
-	skb_metadata_clear(skb);
-
 	/* It is not generally safe to change skb->truesize.
 	 * For the moment, we really care of rx path, or
 	 * when skb is orphaned (not attached to a socket).

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