Re: [net-next,v7,7/8] net: wwan: hwsim: support NMEA port emulation
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-01-16 02:44:48
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This is an AI-generated review of your patch. The human sending this email has considered the AI review valid, or at least plausible. For local reproduction steps see https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/ai-local.html --- net: wwan: hwsim: support NMEA port emulation This commit adds NMEA port emulation to the WWAN hardware simulator for GNSS port testing. The emulator generates GGA and RMC sentences every second via a timer callback.
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c index 11d15dc39041..e4b1bbff9af2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c +++ b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c
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+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GNSS)
+#define NMEA_MAX_LEN 82 /* Max sentence length */
+#define NMEA_TRAIL_LEN 5 /* '*' + Checksum + <CR><LF> */
+#define NMEA_MAX_DATA_LEN (NMEA_MAX_LEN - NMEA_TRAIL_LEN)
+
+static __printf(2, 3)
+void wwan_hwsim_nmea_skb_push_sentence(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ unsigned char *s, *p;
+ va_list ap;
+ u8 cs = 0;
+ int len;
+
+ s = skb_put(skb, NMEA_MAX_LEN + 1); /* +'\0' */[ ... ]
+static void wwan_hwsim_nmea_emul_timer(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+ /* 43.74754722298909 N 11.25759835922875 E in DMM format */
+ static const unsigned int coord[4 * 2] = { 43, 44, 8528, 0,
+ 11, 15, 4559, 0 };
+ struct wwan_hwsim_port *port = timer_container_of(port, t, nmea_emul.timer);
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+ struct tm tm;
+
+ time64_to_tm(ktime_get_real_seconds(), 0, &tm);
+
+ mod_timer(&port->nmea_emul.timer, jiffies + HZ); /* 1 second */
+
+ skb = alloc_skb(NMEA_MAX_LEN * 2, GFP_KERNEL); /* GGA + RMC */^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ Two questions about this allocation: 1. The buffer size appears to be insufficient. The allocation requests NMEA_MAX_LEN * 2 = 164 bytes, but wwan_hwsim_nmea_skb_push_sentence() is called twice and each call uses skb_put(skb, NMEA_MAX_LEN + 1) which reserves 83 bytes per sentence. The total needed is 166 bytes, which exceeds the 164 bytes allocated. Would this cause skb_over_panic() to trigger on the second skb_put() call? 2. This function is a timer callback registered via timer_setup() in wwan_hwsim_nmea_emul_start(). Timer callbacks run in softirq context where sleeping is not permitted. GFP_KERNEL allocations can sleep when memory pressure triggers reclaim. Should this be GFP_ATOMIC instead to avoid "scheduling while atomic" warnings?
+ if (!skb) + return; + + wwan_hwsim_nmea_skb_push_sentence(skb, + "$GPGGA,%02u%02u%02u.000,%02u%02u.%04u,%c,%03u%02u.%04u,%c,1,7,1.03,176.2,M,55.2,M,,", + tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec, + coord[0], coord[1], coord[2], + coord[3] ? 'S' : 'N', + coord[4], coord[5], coord[6], + coord[7] ? 'W' : 'E'); + + wwan_hwsim_nmea_skb_push_sentence(skb, + "$GPRMC,%02u%02u%02u.000,A,%02u%02u.%04u,%c,%03u%02u.%04u,%c,0.02,31.66,%02u%02u%02u,,,A", + tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec, + coord[0], coord[1], coord[2], + coord[3] ? 'S' : 'N', + coord[4], coord[5], coord[6], + coord[7] ? 'W' : 'E', + tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_mon + 1, + (unsigned int)tm.tm_year - 100); + + wwan_port_rx(port->wwan, skb); +}
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