]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/linux.git/commitdiff
tcp: return a drop_reason from tcp_add_backlog()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Thu, 9 Apr 2026 10:11:47 +0000 (10:11 +0000)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:07:53 +0000 (09:07 -0700)
Part of a stack canary removal from tcp_v{4,6}_rcv().

Return a drop_reason instead of a boolean, so that we no longer
have to pass the address of a local variable.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/3 up/down: 0/-37 (-37)
Function                                     old     new   delta
tcp_v6_rcv                                  3133    3129      -4
tcp_v4_rcv                                  3206    3202      -4
tcp_add_backlog                             1281    1252     -29
Total: Before=25567186, After=25567149, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260409101147.1642967-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
include/net/tcp.h
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c

index 6156d1d068e142f696ec9dfff63e3aaebb0171bc..fce4b653c23ec790f561d577fcd6160d3d92e3c0 100644 (file)
@@ -1680,8 +1680,7 @@ static inline bool tcp_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb)
                __skb_checksum_complete(skb);
 }
 
-bool tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                    enum skb_drop_reason *reason);
+enum skb_drop_reason tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 static inline int tcp_filter(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
                             enum skb_drop_reason *reason)
index 69ab236072e7142d5ca9d0703d99f02c1e17c738..c9bbbf32364827d341b4c1fd77617031b0739c50 100644 (file)
@@ -1900,8 +1900,7 @@ err_discard:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_v4_do_rcv);
 
-bool tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                    enum skb_drop_reason *reason)
+enum skb_drop_reason tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
        u32 tail_gso_size, tail_gso_segs;
        struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
@@ -1929,10 +1928,9 @@ bool tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
        if (unlikely(tcp_checksum_complete(skb))) {
                bh_unlock_sock(sk);
                trace_tcp_bad_csum(skb);
-               *reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_CSUM;
                __TCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), TCP_MIB_CSUMERRORS);
                __TCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), TCP_MIB_INERRS);
-               return true;
+               return SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_CSUM;
        }
 
        /* Attempt coalescing to last skb in backlog, even if we are
@@ -2006,7 +2004,7 @@ bool tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
                __NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk),
                                LINUX_MIB_TCPBACKLOGCOALESCE);
                kfree_skb_partial(skb, fragstolen);
-               return false;
+               return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
        }
        __skb_push(skb, hdrlen);
 
@@ -2031,15 +2029,13 @@ no_coalesce:
        if (unlikely(err)) {
                bh_unlock_sock(sk);
                if (err == -ENOMEM) {
-                       *reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_PFMEMALLOC;
                        __NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_PFMEMALLOCDROP);
-               } else {
-                       *reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_BACKLOG;
-                       __NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPBACKLOGDROP);
+                       return SKB_DROP_REASON_PFMEMALLOC;
                }
-               return true;
+               __NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPBACKLOGDROP);
+               return SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_BACKLOG;
        }
-       return false;
+       return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
 }
 
 static void tcp_v4_restore_cb(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -2247,7 +2243,8 @@ process:
        if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
                ret = tcp_v4_do_rcv(sk, skb);
        } else {
-               if (tcp_add_backlog(sk, skb, &drop_reason))
+               drop_reason = tcp_add_backlog(sk, skb);
+               if (drop_reason)
                        goto discard_and_relse;
        }
        bh_unlock_sock(sk);
index 8dc3874e8b9252da60f21ad77a5ca834532e650a..1d37826e8480f203846e963418cfe2085131adfa 100644 (file)
@@ -1877,7 +1877,8 @@ process:
        if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
                ret = tcp_v6_do_rcv(sk, skb);
        } else {
-               if (tcp_add_backlog(sk, skb, &drop_reason))
+               drop_reason = tcp_add_backlog(sk, skb);
+               if (drop_reason)
                        goto discard_and_relse;
        }
        bh_unlock_sock(sk);