The skb in raw_sendmsg() is allocated with sock_alloc_send_skb(), which subsequently calls sock_alloc_send_pskb() -> skb_set_owner_w(), which assigns "skb->sk = sk". This patch removes the not needed setting of skb->sk. Cc: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/can/raw.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c index b7dbb57557f3..1a68efae43c2 100644 --- a/net/can/raw.c +++ b/net/can/raw.c @@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size) skb_setup_tx_timestamp(skb, sk->sk_tsflags); skb->dev = dev; - skb->sk = sk; skb->priority = sk->sk_priority; err = can_send(skb, ro->loopback); base-commit: 6e28f56c0d1d976a4940d13d7f27e446ce65cd0a -- 2.35.1