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diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index e4259215607..1e556d31211 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		goto nodata;
 
 	/*
-	 * See comment in sk_buff definition, just before the 'tail' member
+	 * Only clear those fields we need to clear, not those that we will
+	 * actually initialise below. Hence, don't put any more fields after
+	 * the tail pointer in struct sk_buff!
 	 */
 	memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, tail));
 	skb->truesize = size + sizeof(struct sk_buff);
@@ -1443,6 +1445,7 @@ done:
 
 	if (spd.nr_pages) {
 		int ret;
+		struct sock *sk = __skb->sk;
 
 		/*
 		 * Drop the socket lock, otherwise we have reverse
@@ -1453,9 +1456,9 @@ done:
 		 * we call into ->sendpage() with the i_mutex lock held
 		 * and networking will grab the socket lock.
 		 */
-		release_sock(__skb->sk);
+		release_sock(sk);
 		ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
-		lock_sock(__skb->sk);
+		lock_sock(sk);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -1860,7 +1863,7 @@ void skb_append(struct sk_buff *old, struct sk_buff *newsk, struct sk_buff_head
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&list->lock, flags);
-	__skb_append(old, newsk, list);
+	__skb_queue_after(list, old, newsk);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&list->lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -2225,8 +2228,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_pull_rcsum);
  *	@features: features for the output path (see dev->features)
  *
  *	This function performs segmentation on the given skb.  It returns
- *	the segment at the given position.  It returns NULL if there are
- *	no more segments to generate, or when an error is encountered.
+ *	a pointer to the first in a list of new skbs for the segments.
+ *	In case of error it returns ERR_PTR(err).
  */
 struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int features)
 {