Re: [PATCH] appletalk: Set skb with destructor

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Sun Jul 06 2014 - 17:42:22 EST


On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 14:56 +0300, Andrey Utkin wrote:
> The sock ref counting is off so there is a kernel panic when you run
> `atalkd`. See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79441
> This fix is similar to 0ae89beb283a ('can: add destructor for self
> generated skbs')
> should
> Reported-by: Ed Martin <edman007@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/appletalk/ddp.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/appletalk/ddp.c b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
> index 01a1082..3d8ab34 100644
> --- a/net/appletalk/ddp.c
> +++ b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
> @@ -1399,6 +1399,11 @@ drop:
> return NET_RX_DROP;
> }
>
> +static inline void atalk_skb_destructor(struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + sock_put(skb->sk);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * atalk_rcv - Receive a packet (in skb) from device dev
> * @skb - packet received
> @@ -1489,6 +1494,8 @@ static int atalk_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
> goto drop;
>
> /* Queue packet (standard) */
> + sock_hold(sock);
> + skb->destructor = atalk_skb_destructor;
> skb->sk = sock;

This part is not needed : sock_queue_rcv_skb() already does the right
thing : It calls skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);

You should therefore remove the "skb->sk = sock;" line

>
> if (sock_queue_rcv_skb(sock, skb) < 0)
> @@ -1644,6 +1651,8 @@ static int atalk_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
> if (!skb)
> goto out;
>
> + sock_hold(sk);
> + skb->destructor = atalk_skb_destructor;
> skb->sk = sk;
> skb_reserve(skb, ddp_dl->header_length);
> skb_reserve(skb, dev->hard_header_len);


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