From: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>
To: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
hawk@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, magnus.karlsson@intel.com,
aleksander.lobakin@intel.com, ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org,
lorenzo@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>,
syzbot+ff145014d6b0ce64a173@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Octavian Purdila <tavip@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf 1/2] xdp: introduce xdp_convert_skb_to_buff()
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:25:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cy6cfy7t.fsf@toke.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251022125209.2649287-2-maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com> writes:
> Currently, generic XDP hook uses xdp_rxq_info from netstack Rx queues
> which do not have its XDP memory model registered. There is a case when
> XDP program calls bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() BPF helper, which in turn
> releases underlying memory. This happens when it consumes enough amount
> of bytes and when XDP buffer has fragments. For this action the memory
> model knowledge passed to XDP program is crucial so that core can call
> suitable function for freeing/recycling the page.
>
> For netstack queues it defaults to MEM_TYPE_PAGE_SHARED (0) due to lack
> of mem model registration. The problem we're fixing here is when kernel
> copied the skb to new buffer backed by system's page_pool and XDP buffer
> is built around it. Then when bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() calls
> __xdp_return(), it acts incorrectly due to mem type not being set to
> MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL and causes a page leak.
>
> Pull out the existing code from bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp() that
> init/prepares xdp_buff onto new helper xdp_convert_skb_to_buff() and
> embed there rxq's mem_type initialization that is assigned to xdp_buff.
> Make it agnostic to current skb->data position.
>
> This problem was triggered by syzbot as well as AF_XDP test suite which
> is about to be integrated to BPF CI.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+ff145014d6b0ce64a173@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6756c37b.050a0220.a30f1.019a.GAE@google.com/
> Fixes: e6d5dbdd20aa ("xdp: add multi-buff support for xdp running in generic mode")
> Tested-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
> Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
> Co-developed-by: Octavian Purdila <tavip@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <tavip@google.com> # whole analysis, testing, initiating a fix
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com> # commit msg and proposed more robust fix
> ---
> include/net/xdp.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> net/core/dev.c | 25 ++++---------------------
> 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/xdp.h b/include/net/xdp.h
> index aa742f413c35..cec43f56ae9a 100644
> --- a/include/net/xdp.h
> +++ b/include/net/xdp.h
> @@ -384,6 +384,33 @@ struct sk_buff *xdp_build_skb_from_frame(struct xdp_frame *xdpf,
> struct net_device *dev);
> struct xdp_frame *xdpf_clone(struct xdp_frame *xdpf);
>
> +static inline
> +void xdp_convert_skb_to_buff(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xdp_buff *xdp,
> + struct xdp_rxq_info *xdp_rxq)
> +{
> + u32 frame_sz, pkt_len;
> +
> + /* SKB "head" area always have tailroom for skb_shared_info */
> + frame_sz = skb_end_pointer(skb) - skb->head;
> + frame_sz += SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
> +
> + DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_mac_header_was_set(skb));
> + pkt_len = skb->tail - skb->mac_header;
Should probably just use the helpers here:
pkt_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - skb_mac_header(skb);
that way you don't have to open-code the WARN_ON_ONCE, and you get the
right behaviour even when NET_SKBUFF_DATA_USES_OFFSET is set
-Toke
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-24 9:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-22 12:52 [PATCH v3 bpf 0/2] xdp: fix page_pool leaks Maciej Fijalkowski
2025-10-22 12:52 ` [PATCH v3 bpf 1/2] xdp: introduce xdp_convert_skb_to_buff() Maciej Fijalkowski
2025-10-22 14:53 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-22 14:53 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-22 14:54 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-24 8:07 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-24 9:25 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen [this message]
2025-10-24 17:19 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2025-10-22 12:52 ` [PATCH v3 bpf 2/2] veth: update mem type in xdp_buff Maciej Fijalkowski
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