Re: [PATCH net v6 0/4] octeon_ep, octeon_ep_vf: fix RX skb frags overflow and page leak

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:51:27 +0800 Maoyi Xie wrote:

The octeon_ep and octeon_ep_vf RX paths add one skb fragment per buffer
with no bound against MAX_SKB_FRAGS. buff_info->len comes from the device
response header. A long packet needs about 18 fragments. That is one past
the default MAX_SKB_FRAGS of 17. skb_add_rx_frag() then writes past
shinfo->frags[]. Patch 2 bounds octeon_ep. Patch 4 bounds octeon_ep_vf.

Both drivers also leak the pages of a dropped multi-buffer packet. The
drop path unmaps each buffer but never frees its page. Patch 1 fixes
octeon_ep. Patch 3 is Guangshuo Li's fix for octeon_ep_vf. The overflow
drops in patch 2 and patch 4 reuse those helpers. They free their pages
too.

The drop drain length derives from the device length. It had no bound
against the ring. Patch 1 and patch 4 stop the drain after MAX_SKB_FRAGS
fragments. A valid packet never holds more. This keeps a bad device length
from running the drain past the ring.

I'm asking you for the second time - why are you working on this driver?
Do you have HW to test this?
This driver is orphaned, it's been nothing but bugs for years, if nobody
has this HW we should just delete this crap.