There already the function skb_clone_sk(), which clones the skb, but only if the sk is valid. There are several users in the networking stack, which always need a clone of a skb with the sk refcount incremented (but only if the sk is valid). This patch adds such a function. Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/skbuff.h | 1 + net/core/skbuff.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 6d0a33d1c0db..99d552017508 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -3874,6 +3874,7 @@ static inline void skb_metadata_clear(struct sk_buff *skb) skb_metadata_set(skb, 0); } +struct sk_buff *skb_clone_sk_optional(struct sk_buff *skb); struct sk_buff *skb_clone_sk(struct sk_buff *skb); #ifdef CONFIG_NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 545a472273a5..97341f173fb0 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -4671,6 +4671,33 @@ struct sk_buff *sock_dequeue_err_skb(struct sock *sk) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_dequeue_err_skb); +/** + * skb_clone_sk_optional - create clone of skb, and take reference to socket if + * socket is referenced in original skb + * @skb: the skb to clone + * + * This function always creates a clone of a buffer. If it that holds a valid + * reference on sk_refcnt this is increased. + */ +struct sk_buff *skb_clone_sk_optional(struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + struct sock *sk = skb->sk; + struct sk_buff *clone; + + clone = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!clone) + return NULL; + + if (!sk || !refcount_inc_not_zero(&sk->sk_refcnt)) + return clone; + + clone->sk = sk; + clone->destructor = sock_efree; + + return clone; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_clone_sk_optional); + /** * skb_clone_sk - create clone of skb, and take reference to socket * @skb: the skb to clone -- 2.29.2