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[89.24.57.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-482a5b816c0sm13166269f8f.33.2026.08.18.08.59.40 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:59:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8f4f467c-3d4f-4dcc-aea7-0ae3cb13f592@ovn.org> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:59:37 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 3/3] net: skbuff: don't touch shared zerocopy state in skb_tx_error() To: Norbert Szetei , netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , Aaron Conole , Eelco Chaudron , Ilya Maximets , Steffen Klassert , Kuan-Ting Chen , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org, Jongmin Jang References: <45B00A1C-A331-4982-8317-592EEA59426A@doyensec.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Ilya Maximets Autocrypt: addr=i.maximets@ovn.org; keydata= xsFNBF77bOMBEADVZQ4iajIECGfH3hpQMQjhIQlyKX4hIB3OccKl5XvB/JqVPJWuZQRuqNQG /B70MP6km95KnWLZ4H1/5YOJK2l7VN7nO+tyF+I+srcKq8Ai6S3vyiP9zPCrZkYvhqChNOCF pNqdWBEmTvLZeVPmfdrjmzCLXVLi5De9HpIZQFg/Ztgj1AZENNQjYjtDdObMHuJQNJ6ubPIW cvOOn4WBr8NsP4a2OuHSTdVyAJwcDhu+WrS/Bj3KlQXIdPv3Zm5x9u/56NmCn1tSkLrEgi0i /nJNeH5QhPdYGtNzPixKgPmCKz54/LDxU61AmBvyRve+U80ukS+5vWk8zvnCGvL0ms7kx5sA tETpbKEV3d7CB3sQEym8B8gl0Ux9KzGp5lbhxxO995KWzZWWokVUcevGBKsAx4a/C0wTVOpP FbQsq6xEpTKBZwlCpxyJi3/PbZQJ95T8Uw6tlJkPmNx8CasiqNy2872gD1nN/WOP8m+cIQNu o6NOiz6VzNcowhEihE8Nkw9V+zfCxC8SzSBuYCiVX6FpgKzY/Tx+v2uO4f/8FoZj2trzXdLk BaIiyqnE0mtmTQE8jRa29qdh+s5DNArYAchJdeKuLQYnxy+9U1SMMzJoNUX5uRy6/3KrMoC/ 7zhn44x77gSoe7XVM6mr/mK+ViVB7v9JfqlZuiHDkJnS3yxKPwARAQABzSJJbHlhIE1heGlt ZXRzIDxpLm1heGltZXRzQG92bi5vcmc+wsGUBBMBCAA+AhsDBQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMB Ah4BAheAFiEEh+ma1RKWrHCY821auffsd8gpv5YFAmfB9JAFCQyI7q0ACgkQuffsd8gpv5YQ og/8DXt1UOznvjdXRHVydbU6Ws+1iUrxlwnFH4WckoFgH4jAabt25yTa1Z4YX8Vz0mbRhTPX M/j1uORyObLem3of4YCd4ymh7nSu++KdKnNsZVHxMcoiic9ILPIaWYa8kTvyIDT2AEVfn9M+ vskM0yDbKa6TAHgr/0jCxbS+mvN0ZzDuR/LHTgy3e58097SWJohj0h3Dpu+XfuNiZCLCZ1/G AbBCPMw+r7baH/0evkX33RCBZwvh6tKu+rCatVGk72qRYNLCwF0YcGuNBsJiN9Aa/7ipkrA7 Xp7YvY3Y1OrKnQfdjp3mSXmknqPtwqnWzXvdfkWkZKShu0xSk+AjdFWCV3NOzQaH3CJ67NXm aPjJCIykoTOoQ7eEP6+m3WcgpRVkn9bGK9ng03MLSymTPmdINhC5pjOqBP7hLqYi89GN0MIT Ly2zD4m/8T8wPV9yo7GRk4kkwD0yN05PV2IzJECdOXSSStsf5JWObTwzhKyXJxQE+Kb67Wwa LYJgltFjpByF5GEO4Xe7iYTjwEoSSOfaR0kokUVM9pxIkZlzG1mwiytPadBt+VcmPQWcO5pi WxUI7biRYt4aLriuKeRpk94ai9+52KAk7Lz3KUWoyRwdZINqkI/aDZL6meWmcrOJWCUMW73e 4cMqK5XFnGqolhK4RQu+8IHkSXtmWui7LUeEvO/OwU0EXvts4wEQANCXyDOic0j2QKeyj/ga OD1oKl44JQfOgcyLVDZGYyEnyl6b/tV1mNb57y/YQYr33fwMS1hMj9eqY6tlMTNz+ciGZZWV YkPNHA+aFuPTzCLrapLiz829M5LctB2448bsgxFq0TPrr5KYx6AkuWzOVq/X5wYEM6djbWLc VWgJ3o0QBOI4/uB89xTf7mgcIcbwEf6yb/86Cs+jaHcUtJcLsVuzW5RVMVf9F+Sf/b98Lzrr 2/mIB7clOXZJSgtV79Alxym4H0cEZabwiXnigjjsLsp4ojhGgakgCwftLkhAnQT3oBLH/6ix 87ahawG3qlyIB8ZZKHsvTxbWte6c6xE5dmmLIDN44SajAdmjt1i7SbAwFIFjuFJGpsnfdQv1 OiIVzJ44kdRJG8kQWPPua/k+AtwJt/gjCxv5p8sKVXTNtIP/sd3EMs2xwbF8McebLE9JCDQ1 RXVHceAmPWVCq3WrFuX9dSlgf3RWTqNiWZC0a8Hn6fNDp26TzLbdo9mnxbU4I/3BbcAJZI9p 9ELaE9rw3LU8esKqRIfaZqPtrdm1C+e5gZa2gkmEzG+WEsS0MKtJyOFnuglGl1ZBxR1uFvbU VXhewCNoviXxkkPk/DanIgYB1nUtkPC+BHkJJYCyf9Kfl33s/bai34aaxkGXqpKv+CInARg3 fCikcHzYYWKaXS6HABEBAAHCwXwEGAEIACYCGwwWIQSH6ZrVEpascJjzbVq59+x3yCm/lgUC Z8H0qQUJDIjuxgAKCRC59+x3yCm/loAdD/wJCOhPp9711J18B9c4f+eNAk5vrC9Cj3RyOusH Hebb9HtSFm155Zz3xiizw70MSyOVikjbTocFAJo5VhkyuN0QJIP678SWzriwym+EG0B5P97h FSLBlRsTi4KD8f1Ll3OT03lD3o/5Qt37zFgD4mCD6OxAShPxhI3gkVHBuA0GxF01MadJEjMu jWgZoj75rCLG9sC6L4r28GEGqUFlTKjseYehLw0s3iR53LxS7HfJVHcFBX3rUcKFJBhuO6Ha /GggRvTbn3PXxR5UIgiBMjUlqxzYH4fe7pYR7z1m4nQcaFWW+JhY/BYHJyMGLfnqTn1FsIwP dbhEjYbFnJE9Vzvf+RJcRQVyLDn/TfWbETf0bLGHeF2GUPvNXYEu7oKddvnUvJK5U/BuwQXy TRFbae4Ie96QMcPBL9ZLX8M2K4XUydZBeHw+9lP1J6NJrQiX7MzexpkKNy4ukDzPrRE/ruui yWOKeCw9bCZX4a/uFw77TZMEq3upjeq21oi6NMTwvvWWMYuEKNi0340yZRrBdcDhbXkl9x/o skB2IbnvSB8iikbPng1ihCTXpA2yxioUQ96Akb+WEGopPWzlxTTK+T03G2ljOtspjZXKuywV Wu/eHyqHMyTu8UVcMRR44ki8wam0LMs+fH4dRxw5ck69AkV+JsYQVfI7tdOu7+r465LUfg== In-Reply-To: <45B00A1C-A331-4982-8317-592EEA59426A@doyensec.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 8/18/26 10:47 AM, Norbert Szetei wrote: > skb_tx_error() completes the zerocopy uarg and clears > SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, and skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed() clears > SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS. Both live in skb_shinfo(), which every clone > shares, while the caller only owns the reference it is about to drop. > Through a clone it tells the producer its pages are free and drops > SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG for an skb that is still in flight. > > Open vSwitch reaches this with a non-last OVS_ACTION_ATTR_RECIRC: > clone_execute() sends a skb_clone() into ovs_dp_process_packet() while > do_execute_actions() keeps forwarding the original, and skb_clone() > does not privatise the frags here -- skb_orphan_frags() returns early > on SKBFL_DONT_ORPHAN. A flow miss on the clone then strips the marker > from the packet still being forwarded, and a later local ESP delivery > decrypts in place over frags it does not own privately. > > Skip it for a cloned skb. Nothing is lost: skb_release_data() clears > the zerocopy state once the last reference to the shared data goes. > > Fixes: 25121173f7b1 ("skb: api to report errors for zero copy skbs") > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Suggested-by: Ilya Maximets > Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei > Tested-by: Jongmin Jang > --- > net/core/skbuff.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c > index db62ed6e04b9..04776a112334 100644 > --- a/net/core/skbuff.c > +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c > @@ -1417,10 +1417,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_dump); > * > * Report xmit error if a device callback is tracking this skb. > * skb must be freed afterwards. > + * > + * Does nothing for a cloned skb: the zerocopy state lives in > + * skb_shinfo(), which the clones share. > */ > void skb_tx_error(struct sk_buff *skb) > { > - if (skb) { > + if (skb && !skb_cloned(skb)) { > skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed(skb); > skb_zcopy_clear(skb, true); > } Reviewed-by: Ilya Maximets