Netlink doesn't account skbs to the sending socket, so the there's no need to orphan the skb before trimming it. Removing the skb_orphan() call is required for mmap'ed netlink, which uses a netlink specific skb destructor that must not be invoked before the final freeing of the skb. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c index 978a61f..26779c2 100644 --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation) { int delta; - skb_orphan(skb); + WARN_ON(skb->sk != NULL); delta = skb->end - skb->tail; if (delta * 2 < skb->truesize) -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html