Re: [PATCH net 3/3] xen-netback: BUG_ON in xenvif_rx_action() not catching overflow
From: Ian Campbell <hidden>
Date: 2014-03-27 12:28:44
On Thu, 2014-03-27 at 12:23 +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
The BUG_ON to catch ring overflow in xenvif_rx_action() makes the assumption that meta_slots_used == ring slots used. This is not the case for GSO packets.
Can you explain why not here please.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
This patch changes the test to actually check ring slots. Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <redacted> Cc: Ian Campbell <redacted> Cc: Wei Liu <redacted> Cc: Sander Eikelenboom <redacted> --- drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c index ac35489..ae7351f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ static void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif *vif) while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&vif->rx_queue)) != NULL) { RING_IDX max_slots_needed; + RING_IDX old_req_cons; + RING_IDX ring_slots_used; int i; /* We need a cheap worse case estimate for the number of@@ -520,8 +522,12 @@ static void xenvif_rx_action(struct xenvif *vif) vif->rx_last_skb_slots = 0; sco = (struct skb_cb_overlay *)skb->cb; + + old_req_cons = vif->rx.req_cons; sco->meta_slots_used = xenvif_gop_skb(skb, &npo); - BUG_ON(sco->meta_slots_used > max_slots_needed); + ring_slots_used = vif->rx.req_cons - old_req_cons; + + BUG_ON(ring_slots_used > max_slots_needed); __skb_queue_tail(&rxq, skb); }