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From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com>,
	bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] bpf, sockmap: keep sk_msg copy bitmap in sync
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 20:24:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8e555f2d-c0cf-407d-8fa1-7ea73a2429db@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260520112327.189660-1-qjx1298677004@gmail.com>


On 5/20/26 7:23 PM, Junxi Qian wrote:
> The sk_msg scatterlist ring stores the actual page descriptors in
> sg.data[] and stores the copy-required state for each slot in the
> parallel sg.copy bitmap.  bpf_msg_pull_data() trusts this bitmap to
> know whether the current slot can be exposed for direct packet access or
> whether it has to be copied into a private page first.
>
> Several SK_MSG helpers move or split sg.data[] entries without moving
> the matching sg.copy bit.  In particular, bpf_msg_push_data() can split
> a copy-marked entry and place the tail in a new slot with a stale clear
> copy bit.  A later bpf_msg_pull_data() can then skip the private copy
> and expose a direct writable pointer to the shared page.
>
> Keep sg.copy synchronized whenever these helpers move, split, replace or
> remove scatterlist entries.  Clear the bit for newly allocated private
> pages and preserve it for descriptors that still refer to the original
> shared backing page.
>
> Fixes: 015632bb30da ("bpf: sk_msg program helper bpf_sk_msg_pull_data")
> Fixes: 6fff607e2f14 ("bpf: sk_msg program helper bpf_msg_push_data")
> Fixes: 7246d8ed4dcc ("bpf: helper to pop data from messages")
> Reported-by: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>

Thanks for the patch. However, this issue is already being addressed in 
another patch.

Please see:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260517121626.406516-1-rollkingzzc@gmail.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260520102715.3033936-1-rollkingzzc@gmail.com/
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      reply	other threads:[~2026-05-20 12:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-20 11:23 [PATCH bpf] bpf, sockmap: keep sk_msg copy bitmap in sync Junxi Qian
2026-05-20 12:24 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]

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