Re: [PATCH net] netdevsim: drop PSP ext ref on forward failure

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 20:48:00 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:14:31 -0600 you wrote:
> nsim_do_psp() takes an extra reference to the PSP skb extension so the
> extension survives __dev_forward_skb(). That forward path scrubs the skb
> and drops attached skb extensions before nsim_psp_handle_ext() can
> reattach the PSP metadata.
>
> If __dev_forward_skb() fails in nsim_forward_skb(), the function returns
> before nsim_psp_handle_ext() can attach that extension to the skb, leaving
> the extra reference leaked.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] netdevsim: drop PSP ext ref on forward failure
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/7d9351435ebb

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