Re: [PATCH net] qede: confirm skb is allocated before using

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Wed Apr 06 2022 - 12:55:14 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 21:19:19 +1000 you wrote:
> qede_build_skb() assumes build_skb() always works and goes straight
> to skb_reserve(). However, build_skb() can fail under memory pressure.
> This results in a kernel panic because the skb to reserve is NULL.
>
> Add a check in case build_skb() failed to allocate and return NULL.
>
> The NULL return is handled correctly in callers to qede_build_skb().
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] qede: confirm skb is allocated before using
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4e910dbe3650

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