Re: [PATCH bpf v2] lwt_bpf: restore reserved headroom after xmit program

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 05:12:12 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:41:49 +0900 you wrote:
> ip_finish_output2() expands an skb to LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) before LWT
> xmit. An LWT_XMIT BPF program can then modify the skb head and still
> return BPF_OK, so bpf_xmit() rechecks the remaining headroom before the
> skb continues to neighbour output.
>
> That recheck uses dst->dev->hard_header_len. This is not enough for the
> neighbour cached-header path: neigh_hh_output() copies the cached hardware
> header using the aligned hh_cache size, HH_DATA_MOD for short headers or
> HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len) otherwise.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [bpf,v2] lwt_bpf: restore reserved headroom after xmit program
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/5fe7007aed9a

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