From: Petr Wozniak <petr.wozniak@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: sd@queasysnail.net, steffen.klassert@secunet.com,
herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, kuba@kernel.org, horms@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net,
Petr Wozniak <petr.wozniak@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v5 1/2] xfrm: propagate -EINPROGRESS from validate_xmit_xfrm()
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:03:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260621100327.40203-2-petr.wozniak@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260621100327.40203-1-petr.wozniak@gmail.com>
validate_xmit_xfrm() returns NULL both when a packet is dropped and
when it is stolen by async crypto (-EINPROGRESS from ->xmit()).
Callers cannot distinguish the two cases.
f53c723902d1 ("net: Add asynchronous callbacks for xfrm on layer 2.")
changed the semantics of a NULL return from "dropped" to "stolen or
dropped", but __dev_queue_xmit() was not updated. On virtual/bridge
interfaces (noqueue qdisc) __dev_queue_xmit() initialises rc=-ENOMEM
and jumps to out: when skb is NULL, returning -ENOMEM to the caller
even though the packet will be delivered correctly via xfrm_dev_resume().
Return ERR_PTR(-EINPROGRESS) from validate_xmit_xfrm() for the async
case so callers can tell it apart from a real drop. Update
__dev_queue_xmit() to handle ERR_PTR(-EINPROGRESS) from
validate_xmit_skb() correctly. Update validate_xmit_skb_list() to
use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() so that ERR_PTR(-EINPROGRESS) is not mistakenly
added to the transmitted list.
Fixes: f53c723902d1 ("net: Add asynchronous callbacks for xfrm on layer 2.")
Suggested-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: Petr Wozniak <petr.wozniak@gmail.com>
---
net/core/dev.c | 10 ++++++++--
net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5c01dfaa6c44..f7ffc4d29597 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4018,6 +4018,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_unreadable_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
return NULL;
}
+/* Returns the skb on success, NULL if dropped, or ERR_PTR(-EINPROGRESS)
+ * if stolen by async xfrm crypto (delivered via xfrm_dev_resume()).
+ */
static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, bool *again)
{
netdev_features_t features;
@@ -4089,7 +4092,7 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb_list(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *d
skb->prev = skb;
skb = validate_xmit_skb(skb, dev, again);
- if (!skb)
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
continue;
if (!head)
@@ -4860,8 +4863,11 @@ int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev)
goto recursion_alert;
skb = validate_xmit_skb(skb, dev, &again);
- if (!skb)
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb)) {
+ if (PTR_ERR(skb) == -EINPROGRESS)
+ rc = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
goto out;
+ }
HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, cpu);
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
index 630f3dd31cc5..19c77f09acc9 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t featur
err = x->type_offload->xmit(x, skb, esp_features);
if (err) {
if (err == -EINPROGRESS)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINPROGRESS);
XFRM_INC_STATS(xs_net(x), LINUX_MIB_XFRMOUTSTATEPROTOERROR);
kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t featur
pskb = skb2;
}
- return skb;
+ return skb ? skb : ERR_PTR(-EINPROGRESS);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(validate_xmit_xfrm);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-21 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-03 6:46 [PATCH net v4] xfrm: propagate -EINPROGRESS from validate_xmit_xfrm() Petr Wozniak
2026-06-04 11:29 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-06-21 10:03 ` [PATCH net v5 0/2] xfrm: fix async crypto (-EINPROGRESS) handling in validate_xmit_xfrm() Petr Wozniak
2026-06-21 10:03 ` Petr Wozniak [this message]
2026-06-21 10:03 ` [PATCH net v5 2/2] xfrm: fix stale skb->prev after async crypto steals a GSO segment Petr Wozniak
2026-06-21 10:06 ` [PATCH net v4] xfrm: propagate -EINPROGRESS from validate_xmit_xfrm() Petr Wozniak
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