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authorStanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>2025-08-18 08:40:27 -0700
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2025-08-19 17:54:17 -0700
commitc829aab21ed55d9e38346604259aa3ff88d17274 (patch)
tree0207089b136a464bad278844840c502180be5428
parentc3f0c02997c7f8489fec259e28e0e04e9811edac (diff)
xfrm: Switch to skb_dstref_steal to clear dst_entry
Going forward skb_dst_set will assert that skb dst_entry is empty during skb_dst_set. skb_dstref_steal is added to reset existing entry without doing refcnt. Switch to skb_dstref_steal in __xfrm_route_forward and add a comment on why it's safe to skip skb_dstref_restore. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250818154032.3173645-3-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index c5035a9bc3bb..7111184eef59 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -3881,12 +3881,18 @@ int __xfrm_route_forward(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short family)
}
skb_dst_force(skb);
- if (!skb_dst(skb)) {
+ dst = skb_dst(skb);
+ if (!dst) {
XFRM_INC_STATS(net, LINUX_MIB_XFRMFWDHDRERROR);
return 0;
}
- dst = xfrm_lookup(net, skb_dst(skb), &fl, NULL, XFRM_LOOKUP_QUEUE);
+ /* ignore return value from skb_dstref_steal, xfrm_lookup takes
+ * care of dropping the refcnt if needed.
+ */
+ skb_dstref_steal(skb);
+
+ dst = xfrm_lookup(net, dst, &fl, NULL, XFRM_LOOKUP_QUEUE);
if (IS_ERR(dst)) {
res = 0;
dst = NULL;