Re: [PATCH bpf] xsk: fix generic transmit when completion queue reservation fails

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Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf.git (master)
by Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:07:46 +0000 you wrote:
> Two points of potential failure in the generic transmit function are:
> 1. completion queue (cq) reservation failure.
> 2. skb allocation failure
> 
> Originally the cq reservation was performed first, followed by the skb
> allocation. Commit 675716400da6 ("xdp: fix possible cq entry leak")
> reversed the order because at the time there was no mechanism available to
> undo the cq reservation which could have led to possible cq entry leaks in
> the event of skb allocation failure. However if the skb allocation is
> performed first and the cq reservation then fails, the xsk skb destructor
> is called which blindly adds the skb address to the already full cq leading
> to undefined behavior.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf] xsk: fix generic transmit when completion queue reservation fails
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/a6e944f25cdb

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