Subject: Re: [PATCH v5.15.205] ipv4: set SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG in the right skb field

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 08:30:36 +0200

On Sat, May 09, 2026 at 01:37:51PM +0800, Feng zhou wrote:
> From: Feng Zhou <[email-masked]>
> 
> commit ab8b995323e5237041472d07e5055f5f7dcdf15b
> ("xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags")
> backported the shared frag marking to ip_append_page(), but it writes
> SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG to skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags.
> 
> SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is a skb_shared_info::flags bit, so storing it in
> skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags does not mark the skb as carrying shared
> frags for later consumers.
> 
> Set the bit in skb_shinfo(skb)->flags instead. This makes the
> backport actually tag spliced UDP pages as shared and restores the
> protection intended for the ESP-in-UDP path.
> 
> Fixes: ab8b995323e5237041472d07e5055f5f7dcdf15b ("xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags")
> Signed-off-by: Feng Zhou <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
> index 68509e1f89b5b..5d8f8a5901bc6 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
> @@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ ssize_t	ip_append_page(struct sock *sk, struct flowi4 *fl4, struct page *page,
>  			goto error;
>  		}
>  
> -		skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG;
> +		skb_shinfo(skb)->flags |= SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG;
>  
>  		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE) {
>  			__wsum csum;
> -- 
> 2.39.5

This is already fixed, why send it again?

confused,

greg k-h