Re: Problem in pfmemalloc skb handling in net/core/dev.c

From: Xie He
Date: Fri Apr 09 2021 - 06:16:51 EST


On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 3:04 AM Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Note that pfmemalloc skbs are normally dropped in sk_filter_trim_cap()
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> Simply make sure your protocol use it.

It seems "sk_filter_trim_cap" needs an "struct sock" argument. Some of
my protocols act like a middle layer to another protocol and don't
have any "struct sock".

Also, I think this is a problem in net/core/dev.c, there are a lot of
old protocols that are not aware of pfmemalloc skbs. I don't think
it's a good idea to fix them one by one.