[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/3] skbuff: Update truesize in pskb_expand_head

Dave Wiltshire david.wiltshire at gmx.com
Wed Jun 12 09:05:32 UTC 2013


Some call sites to pskb_expand_head subsequently update the skb truesize
and others don't (even with non-zero arguments). This is likely a memory
audit leak. Fixed this up by moving the memory accounting to the
skbuff.c file and removing it from the calling sites.

Signed-off-by: Dave Wiltshire <david.wiltshire at gmx.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c |    1 -
 kernel/audit.c               |    2 --
 net/core/skbuff.c            |    1 +
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c     |    3 +--
 net/wireless/util.c          |    2 --
 5 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
index 6820fce..802c8d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ mwl8k_add_dma_header(struct mwl8k_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					"Failed to reallocate TX buffer\n");
 			return;
 		}
-		skb->truesize += REDUCED_TX_HEADROOM;
 	}
 
 	reqd_hdrlen = sizeof(*tr) + head_pad;
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 21c7fa6..e05b57b 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,6 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 static inline int audit_expand(struct audit_buffer *ab, int extra)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = ab->skb;
-	int oldtail = skb_tailroom(skb);
 	int ret = pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, extra, ab->gfp_mask);
 	int newtail = skb_tailroom(skb);
 
@@ -1166,7 +1165,6 @@ static inline int audit_expand(struct audit_buffer *ab, int extra)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	skb->truesize += newtail - oldtail;
 	return newtail;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index edf3757..125bb7e 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
 	if (!data)
 		goto nodata;
 	size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(ksize(data));
+	skb->truesize += size - skb_end_offset(skb);
 
 	/* Copy only real data... and, alas, header. This should be
 	 * optimized for the cases when header is void.
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 9b6b115..77fd986 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1565,8 +1565,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
 		skb = nskb;
 	}
 
-	if (!pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, -delta, allocation))
-		skb->truesize -= delta;
+	pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, -delta, allocation);
 
 	return skb;
 }
diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c
index f5ad4d9..5710aa2 100644
--- a/net/wireless/util.c
+++ b/net/wireless/util.c
@@ -533,8 +533,6 @@ int ieee80211_data_from_8023(struct sk_buff *skb, const u8 *addr,
 
 		if (pskb_expand_head(skb, head_need, 0, GFP_ATOMIC))
 			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		skb->truesize += head_need;
 	}
 
 	if (encaps_data) {
-- 
1.7.10.4




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