[PATCH net-next v2 4/9] tun: correct drop statistics in tun_get_user

From: Jon Kohler
Date: Tue Nov 25 2025 - 14:21:16 EST


Improve on commit 4b4f052e2d89 ("net: tun: track dropped skb via
kfree_skb_reason()") and commit ab00af85d2f8 ("net: tun: rebuild error
handling in tun_get_user") by updating all potential drop sites in
tun_get_user with appropriate drop reasons.

Rework goto free_skb to goto drop, so that drop statistics will be
updated. Redirect early failures to drop_stats_only, which doesn't
need to worry about skb as it wouldn't be allocated yet.

Cc: Chuang Wang <nashuiliang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jon Kohler <jon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index e0f5e1fe4bd0..97f130bc5fed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1657,6 +1657,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
}
err = tun_xdp_act(tun, xdp_prog, &xdp, act);
if (err < 0) {
+ /* tun_xdp_act already handles drop statistics */
if (act == XDP_REDIRECT || act == XDP_TX)
put_page(alloc_frag->page);
goto out;
@@ -1720,12 +1721,17 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
gso = (struct virtio_net_hdr *)&hdr;

if (!(tun->flags & IFF_NO_PI)) {
- if (len < sizeof(pi))
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (len < sizeof(pi)) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto drop_stats_only;
+ }
+
len -= sizeof(pi);

- if (!copy_from_iter_full(&pi, sizeof(pi), from))
- return -EFAULT;
+ if (!copy_from_iter_full(&pi, sizeof(pi), from)) {
+ err = -EFAULT;
+ goto drop_stats_only;
+ }
}

if (tun->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR) {
@@ -1734,16 +1740,20 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
features = tun_vnet_hdr_guest_features(vnet_hdr_sz);
hdr_len = __tun_vnet_hdr_get(vnet_hdr_sz, tun->flags,
features, from, gso);
- if (hdr_len < 0)
- return hdr_len;
+ if (hdr_len < 0) {
+ err = hdr_len;
+ goto drop_stats_only;
+ }

len -= vnet_hdr_sz;
}

if ((tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) == IFF_TAP) {
align += NET_IP_ALIGN;
- if (unlikely(len < ETH_HLEN || (hdr_len && hdr_len < ETH_HLEN)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (unlikely(len < ETH_HLEN || (hdr_len && hdr_len < ETH_HLEN))) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto drop_stats_only;
+ }
}

good_linear = SKB_MAX_HEAD(align);
@@ -1769,9 +1779,18 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
*/
skb = tun_build_skb(tun, tfile, from, gso, len, &skb_xdp);
err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(skb);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ drop_reason = err == -ENOMEM ?
+ SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM :
+ SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_UCOPY_FAULT;
goto drop;
+ }
if (!skb)
+ /* tun_build_skb can return null with no err ptr
+ * from XDP paths, return total_len and always
+ * appear successful to caller, as drop statistics
+ * are already handled.
+ */
return total_len;
} else {
if (!zerocopy) {
@@ -1796,8 +1815,10 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
}

err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(skb);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM;
goto drop;
+ }

if (zerocopy)
err = zerocopy_sg_from_iter(skb, from);
@@ -1814,7 +1835,8 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
if (tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, &hdr)) {
atomic_long_inc(&tun->rx_frame_errors);
err = -EINVAL;
- goto free_skb;
+ drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_HDR;
+ goto drop;
}

switch (tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) {
@@ -1831,6 +1853,7 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
break;
default:
err = -EINVAL;
+ drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_INVALID_PROTO;
goto drop;
}
}
@@ -1938,7 +1961,8 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
rcu_read_unlock();
err = -EBUSY;
- goto free_skb;
+ drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_READY;
+ goto drop;
}

__skb_queue_tail(queue, skb);
@@ -1969,7 +1993,6 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
if (err != -EAGAIN)
dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc(tun->dev);

-free_skb:
if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
kfree_skb_reason(skb, drop_reason);

@@ -1980,6 +2003,10 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
}

return err ?: total_len;
+
+drop_stats_only:
+ dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc(tun->dev);
+ return err;
}

static ssize_t tun_chr_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
--
2.43.0