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author | Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> | 2008-05-27 12:06:26 +0100 |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-07-25 12:06:00 +1000 |
commit | 9953ca6cb757fb317bb7cdd2fcbf9b88312e241b (patch) | |
tree | b76b369252712111cf29cc1f248b126ce39e6b3a /drivers | |
parent | b5684b83b1e1579bbbc80e703e990c0cccf5892c (diff) | |
download | op-kernel-dev-9953ca6cb757fb317bb7cdd2fcbf9b88312e241b.zip op-kernel-dev-9953ca6cb757fb317bb7cdd2fcbf9b88312e241b.tar.gz |
virtio: fix virtio_net xmit of freed skb bug
On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 17:42 +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> If we fail to transmit a packet, we assume the queue is full and put
> the skb into last_xmit_skb. However, if more space frees up before we
> xmit it, we loop, and the result can be transmitting the same skb twice.
>
> Fix is simple: set skb to NULL if we've used it in some way, and check
> before sending.
...
> diff -r 564237b31993 drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c Mon May 19 12:22:00 2008 +1000
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c Mon May 19 12:24:58 2008 +1000
> @@ -287,21 +287,25 @@ again:
> free_old_xmit_skbs(vi);
>
> /* If we has a buffer left over from last time, send it now. */
> - if (vi->last_xmit_skb) {
> + if (unlikely(vi->last_xmit_skb)) {
> if (xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) != 0) {
> /* Drop this skb: we only queue one. */
> vi->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
> kfree_skb(skb);
> + skb = NULL;
> goto stop_queue;
> }
> vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL;
With this, may drop an skb and then later in the function discover that
we could have sent it after all. Poor wee skb :)
How about the incremental patch below?
Cheers,
Mark.
Subject: [PATCH] virtio_net: Delay dropping tx skbs
Currently we drop the skb in start_xmit() if we have a
queued buffer and fail to transmit it.
However, if we delay dropping it until we've stopped the
queue and enabled the tx notification callback, then there
is a chance space might become available for it.
Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index c28d7cb..06d5c43 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -335,16 +335,11 @@ again: free_old_xmit_skbs(vi); /* If we has a buffer left over from last time, send it now. */ - if (unlikely(vi->last_xmit_skb)) { - if (xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) != 0) { - /* Drop this skb: we only queue one. */ - vi->dev->stats.tx_dropped++; - kfree_skb(skb); - skb = NULL; - goto stop_queue; - } - vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL; - } + if (unlikely(vi->last_xmit_skb) && + xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) != 0) + goto stop_queue; + + vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL; /* Put new one in send queue and do transmit */ if (likely(skb)) { @@ -370,6 +365,11 @@ stop_queue: netif_start_queue(dev); goto again; } + if (skb) { + /* Drop this skb: we only queue one. */ + vi->dev->stats.tx_dropped++; + kfree_skb(skb); + } goto done; } |