[PATCH net-next 1/2] l2tp: account for IP version in SKB headroom
From: David Bauer
Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 17:12:39 EST
Account for the IP version of the tunnel when accounting skb headroom on
xmit. This avoids having to potentially copy the skb a second time down
the stack due to allocating not enough space for IPv6 headers in case
the tunnel uses IPv6.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c | 3 ++-
net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h | 1 +
net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c | 9 ++-------
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index c89ae52764b89..bb19c11b0af8e 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ static int l2tp_xmit_core(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb, uns
* make room. Adjust truesize.
*/
uhlen = (tunnel->encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP) ? sizeof(*uh) : 0;
- headroom = NET_SKB_PAD + sizeof(struct iphdr) + uhlen + session->hdr_len;
+ headroom = NET_SKB_PAD + tunnel->l3_overhead + uhlen + session->hdr_len;
if (skb_cow_head(skb, headroom)) {
kfree_skb(skb);
return NET_XMIT_DROP;
@@ -1682,6 +1682,7 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
}
sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
+ tunnel->l3_overhead = kernel_sock_ip_overhead(sk);
release_sock(sk);
sock_hold(sk);
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index ffd8ced3a51ff..aab574376d95f 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ struct l2tp_tunnel {
u32 tunnel_id;
u32 peer_tunnel_id;
int version; /* 2=>L2TPv2, 3=>L2TPv3 */
+ int l3_overhead; /* IP header overhead */
char name[L2TP_TUNNEL_NAME_MAX]; /* for logging */
enum l2tp_encap_type encap;
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index a4956ef9574cc..9e5f9deac08cf 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static void l2tp_eth_adjust_mtu(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
struct net_device *dev)
{
unsigned int overhead = 0;
- u32 l3_overhead = 0;
u32 mtu;
/* if the encap is UDP, account for UDP header size */
@@ -197,11 +196,7 @@ static void l2tp_eth_adjust_mtu(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
dev->needed_headroom += sizeof(struct udphdr);
}
- lock_sock(tunnel->sock);
- l3_overhead = kernel_sock_ip_overhead(tunnel->sock);
- release_sock(tunnel->sock);
-
- if (l3_overhead == 0) {
+ if (tunnel->l3_overhead == 0) {
/* L3 Overhead couldn't be identified, this could be
* because tunnel->sock was NULL or the socket's
* address family was not IPv4 or IPv6,
@@ -212,7 +207,7 @@ static void l2tp_eth_adjust_mtu(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
/* Adjust MTU, factor overhead - underlay L3, overlay L2 hdr
* UDP overhead, if any, was already factored in above.
*/
- overhead += session->hdr_len + ETH_HLEN + l3_overhead;
+ overhead += session->hdr_len + ETH_HLEN + tunnel->l3_overhead;
mtu = l2tp_tunnel_dst_mtu(tunnel) - overhead;
if (mtu < dev->min_mtu || mtu > dev->max_mtu)
--
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