From 25a6e6b84fba601eff7c28d30da8ad7cfbef0d43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Graf Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 13:37:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: Don't depend on per socket memory for neighbour discovery messages Allocating skbs when sending out neighbour discovery messages currently uses sock_alloc_send_skb() based on a per net namespace socket and thus share a socket wmem buffer space. If a netdevice is temporarily unable to transmit due to carrier loss or for other reasons, the queued up ndisc messages will cosnume all of the wmem space and will thus prevent from any more skbs to be allocated even for netdevices that are able to transmit packets. The number of neighbour discovery messages sent is very limited, use of alloc_skb() bypasses the socket wmem buffer size enforcement while the manual call to skb_set_owner_w() maintains the socket reference needed for the IPv6 output path. This patch has orginally been posted by Eric Dumazet in a modified form. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa Cc: Stephen Warren Cc: Fabio Estevam Tested-by: Fabio Estevam Tested-by: Stephen Warren Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c index 04d31c2fbef1..78141fa46cf8 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c @@ -372,14 +372,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom; struct sock *sk = dev_net(dev)->ipv6.ndisc_sk; struct sk_buff *skb; - int err; - skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, - hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + len + tlen, - 1, &err); + skb = alloc_skb(hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + len + tlen, GFP_ATOMIC); if (!skb) { - ND_PRINTK(0, err, "ndisc: %s failed to allocate an skb, err=%d\n", - __func__, err); + ND_PRINTK(0, err, "ndisc: %s failed to allocate an skb\n", + __func__); return NULL; } @@ -389,6 +386,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, skb_reserve(skb, hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)); skb_reset_transport_header(skb); + /* Manually assign socket ownership as we avoid calling + * sock_alloc_send_pskb() to bypass wmem buffer limits + */ + skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk); + return skb; } -- 2.34.1