Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: use pskb_may_pull_reason() and remove SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC
From: Willem de Bruijn
Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 15:02:44 EST
Anton Danilov wrote:
> tun_get_user() is the only user of SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC. It sets
> it when pskb_may_pull() fails to pull the Ethernet header of a frame
> written to a TAP device.
>
> pskb_may_pull_reason() reports why the pull failed: PKT_TOO_SMALL if
> the packet is shorter than requested, NOMEM if pulling the data into
> the linear area fails. Use it for the Ethernet header pull in
> tun_get_user() and remove the now unused SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC.
>
> After a successful pull drop_reason is SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET. The path
> that later finds the queue detached has no reason of its own and relied
> on the SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED initializer. Fall back to
> SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED at the free_skb label, as vxlan_rcv()
> does, so that this path, and any later one without a reason of its own,
> keeps reporting it.
>
> The error returned to user space does not change.
>
> Suggested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260923145931.GA2859441@shredder/
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Anton Danilov <littlesmilingcloud@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/net/tun.c | 5 +++--
> include/net/dropreason-core.h | 7 -------
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index 5a302709a68a..758956f93979 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -1932,9 +1932,9 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
> skb->dev = tun->dev;
> break;
> case IFF_TAP:
> - if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN)) {
> + drop_reason = pskb_may_pull_reason(skb, ETH_HLEN);
Should we update the skb_may_pull in the above IFF_TUN similarly?
> + if (drop_reason) {
> err = -ENOMEM;
> - drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC;
> goto drop;
> }
> skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, tun->dev);
> @@ -2062,6 +2062,7 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
> dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc(tun->dev);
>
> free_skb:
> + drop_reason = drop_reason ?: SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
> if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
> kfree_skb_reason(skb, drop_reason);
>
> diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> index 12f909651591..47b44a29daab 100644
> --- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> +++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
> @@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
> FN(DEV_READY) \
> FN(FULL_RING) \
> FN(NOMEM) \
> - FN(HDR_TRUNC) \
> FN(TAP_FILTER) \
> FN(TAP_TXFILTER) \
> FN(ICMP_CSUM) \
> @@ -427,12 +426,6 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
> SKB_DROP_REASON_FULL_RING,
> /** @SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM: error due to OOM */
> SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM,
> - /**
> - * @SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC: failed to trunc/extract the header from
> - * networking data, e.g., failed to pull the protocol header from
> - * frags via pskb_may_pull()
> - */
> - SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC,
> /**
> * @SKB_DROP_REASON_TAP_FILTER: dropped by (ebpf) filter directly attached
> * to tun/tap, e.g., via TUNSETFILTEREBPF
> --
> 2.47.3
>