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Re: [PATCH] af_unix: mark MSG_SPLICE_PAGES frags shared

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-06-30 15:51:13
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 12:06 AM Yiming Qian [off-list ref] wrote:
unix_stream_sendmsg() splices external pages directly into skb frags when
MSG_SPLICE_PAGES is set, but it does not propagate SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG
afterward.
I think it doesn't matter with the plain AF_UNIX.

Please elaborate on the scenario where this could be a problem.
e.g. sockmap ?

That leaves later writers without the shared-frag marker even though the
skb still references externally owned pages.

Set the marker after a successful skb_splice_from_iter() call.

Fixes: a0dbf5f818f90 ("af_unix: Support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES")
Reported-by: Yiming Qian <redacted>
Reported-by: Can Liu <redacted>
Reported-by is not needed when it's identical to SOB tag.

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Yiming Qian <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Can Liu <redacted>
---
 net/unix/af_unix.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index f7a9d55eee8a1..f2cd0f8ec0914 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2458,6 +2458,7 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
                                goto out_free;

                        size = err;
+                       skb_shinfo(skb)->flags |= SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG;
                        refcount_add(size, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
                } else {
                        skb_put(skb, size - data_len);
--
2.34.1
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