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If the copy subsequently fails (e.g. -EFAULT from\nuser memory), tskb remains in the frag_list with zero fragments:\n\n head skb (msg being assembled, NOT yet in sk_write_queue)\n +-----------+\n | frags[17] | (MAX_SKB_FRAGS, all filled with data)\n | frag_list-+--> tskb\n +-----------+ +----------+\n | frags[0] | (empty! copy failed before filling)\n +----------+\n\nFor SOCK_SEQPACKET with partial data already copied, the error path\nsaves this message via partial_message for later completion. For\nSOCK_SEQPACKET, sock_write_iter() automatically sets MSG_EOR, so a\nsubsequent zero-length write(fd, NULL, 0) completes the message and\nqueues it to sk_write_queue. kcm_write_msgs() then walks the\nfrag_list and hits:\n\n WARN_ON(!skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags)\n\nTCP has a similar pattern where skbs are enqueued before data copy\nand cleaned up on failure via tcp_remove_empty_skb(). 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