The send functions in batman-adv are expected to consume the skb when
either the data is queued up for the underlying driver or when some
precondition failed. batadv_dat_send_data didn't do this and instead
created a copy of the skb, modified it and queued the copy up for
transmission. The caller has to take care that the skb is handled correctly
(for example free'd) when batadv_dat_send_data returns.
This unclear behavior already lead to memory leaks in the recent past.
Renaming the function to batadv_dat_forward_data should make it easier to
identify that the data is forwarded but the skb is not actually
send+consumed.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven(a)narfation.org>
---
Cc: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing(a)c0d3.blue>
Do you think that would have helped when you've implemented the DAT change?
---
net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index 310a4f35..b6bad3f6 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ batadv_dat_select_candidates(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip_dst,
}
/**
- * batadv_dat_send_data() - send a payload to the selected candidates
+ * batadv_dat_forward_data() - copy and send payload to the selected candidates
* @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
* @skb: payload to send
* @ip: the DHT key
@@ -680,9 +680,9 @@ batadv_dat_select_candidates(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip_dst,
* Return: true if the packet is sent to at least one candidate, false
* otherwise.
*/
-static bool batadv_dat_send_data(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
- struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 ip,
- unsigned short vid, int packet_subtype)
+static bool batadv_dat_forward_data(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+ struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 ip,
+ unsigned short vid, int packet_subtype)
{
int i;
bool ret = false;
@@ -1277,8 +1277,8 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
ret = true;
} else {
/* Send the request to the DHT */
- ret = batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst, vid,
- BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_GET);
+ ret = batadv_dat_forward_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst, vid,
+ BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_GET);
}
out:
if (dat_entry)
@@ -1392,8 +1392,10 @@ void batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
/* Send the ARP reply to the candidates for both the IP addresses that
* the node obtained from the ARP reply
*/
- batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_src, vid, BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
- batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst, vid, BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
+ batadv_dat_forward_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_src, vid,
+ BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
+ batadv_dat_forward_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst, vid,
+ BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
}
/**
@@ -1708,8 +1710,10 @@ static void batadv_dat_put_dhcp(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, u8 *chaddr,
batadv_dat_entry_add(bat_priv, yiaddr, chaddr, vid);
batadv_dat_entry_add(bat_priv, ip_dst, hw_dst, vid);
- batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, yiaddr, vid, BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
- batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst, vid, BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
+ batadv_dat_forward_data(bat_priv, skb, yiaddr, vid,
+ BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
+ batadv_dat_forward_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst, vid,
+ BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
consume_skb(skb);
--
2.20.1