From 290fc0be09e2f6e08754782616bb7e67f8191fa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Sitnicki Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 21:19:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: Preserve metadata on pskb_expand_head pskb_expand_head() copies headroom, including skb metadata, into the newly allocated head, but then clears the metadata. As a result, metadata is lost when BPF helpers trigger an skb head reallocation. Let the skb metadata remain in the newly created copy of head. Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-2-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com --- net/core/skbuff.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 7ac5f8aa1235a..d95658b738d19 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -2234,6 +2234,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_copy_fclone); * * All the pointers pointing into skb header may change and must be * reloaded after call to this function. + * + * Note: If you skb_push() the start of the buffer after reallocating the + * header, call skb_postpush_data_move() first to move the metadata out of + * the way before writing to &sk_buff->data. */ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail, @@ -2305,8 +2309,6 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail, skb->nohdr = 0; atomic_set(&skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref, 1); - skb_metadata_clear(skb); - /* It is not generally safe to change skb->truesize. * For the moment, we really care of rx path, or * when skb is orphaned (not attached to a socket). -- 2.47.3