Re: [PATCH v3] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections

From: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:03:54 +0200

On Wed, 2012-09-19 at 16:34 -0400, David Miller wrote:

quoted

I have an idea on how to handle this.

In drivers/net/loopback.c:loopback_tx(), skip the SKB orphan operation
if there is a friend socket at skb->friend.

When sending such friend SKBs out at connection startup, arrange it
such that the skb->destructor will zap the skb->friend pointer to
NULL.

Also, in skb_orphan*(), if necessary, set skb->friend to NULL.

skb->sk will hold a reference to the socket, and since skb->friend
will be equal, this will make sure a pointer to an unreferenced
socket does not escape.

I now am wondering if we still need skb->friend field.

If skb->sk is not zeroed by a premature skb_orphan(), then

skb->sk->sk_friend gives the friend ?

Good point.