On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:34:36 +0100 Marco Elver wrote: > diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c > index ffe3dcc0ebea..070b1077d976 100644 > --- a/net/core/skbuff.c > +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c > @@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask, > skb->end = skb->tail + size; > skb->mac_header = (typeof(skb->mac_header))~0U; > skb->transport_header = (typeof(skb->transport_header))~0U; > + skb_set_kcov_handle(skb, kcov_common_handle()); > > /* make sure we initialize shinfo sequentially */ > shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb); > @@ -249,9 +250,6 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask, > > fclones->skb2.fclone = SKB_FCLONE_CLONE; > } > - > - skb_set_kcov_handle(skb, kcov_common_handle()); Why the move? > out: > return skb; > nodata: > @@ -285,8 +283,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *__build_skb_around(struct sk_buff *skb, > memset(shinfo, 0, offsetof(struct skb_shared_info, dataref)); > atomic_set(&shinfo->dataref, 1); > > - skb_set_kcov_handle(skb, kcov_common_handle()); > - > return skb; > } And why are we dropping this? If this was omitted in earlier versions it's just a independent bug, I don't think build_skb() will call __alloc_skb(), so we need a to set the handle here.