Re: [Patch net] net: make pskb_trim_rcsum_slow() robust
From: Eric Dumazet <hidden>
Date: 2018-10-30 12:00:23
On 10/29/2018 07:41 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 7:25 PM Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
On 10/29/2018 07:21 PM, Cong Wang wrote:quoted
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 7:14 PM Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Would not it be simpler to set ip_summed to CHECKSUM_NONE (no need to save old_csum) ?For !CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, ip_summed should be untouched, right? If you mean only setting to CHECKSUM_NONE for CHECKSUM_COMPLETE case, the end result may not be simpler.I meant to reinstate what was there before my patch in this error case if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE) skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE; That would only be run in error (quite unlikely) path, instead of saving old_csum in all cases.I know your point, however, I am not sure that is a desired behavior. On failure, I think the whole skb should be restored to its previous state before entering this function, changing it to CHECKSUM_NONE on failure is inconsistent with success case.
Before my patch, we were changing skb->ip_summed to CHECKSUM_NONE, so why suddenly we need to be consistent ? In any case, ip_check_defrag() should really drop this skb, as for other allocation failures (like skb_share_check()), if really we want consistency.