Re: [PATCH net v2] veth: xdp: use head instead of hard_start

Toshiaki Makita
2020-03-31T06:16:31Z

On 2020/03/31 15:06, Mao Wenan wrote:
> xdp.data_hard_start is equal to first address of
> struct xdp_frame, which is mentioned in
> convert_to_xdp_frame(). But the pointer hard_start
> in veth_xdp_rcv_one() is 32 bytes offset of frame,
> so it should use head instead of hard_start to
> set xdp.data_hard_start. Otherwise, if BPF program
> calls helper_function such as bpf_xdp_adjust_head, it
> will be confused for xdp_frame_end.

I think you should discuss this more with Jesper before
submitting v2.
He does not like this to be included now due to merge conflict risk.
Basically I agree with him that we don't need to hurry with this fix.

Toshiaki Makita

>
> Fixes: 9fc8d518d9d5 ("veth: Handle xdp_frames in xdp napi ring")
> Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <maowenan@huawei.com>
> ---
> v2: add fixes tag, as well as commit log.
> drivers/net/veth.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
> index d4cbb9e8c63f..5ea550884bf8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/veth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *veth_xdp_rcv_one(struct veth_rq *rq,
> struct xdp_buff xdp;
> u32 act;
>
> - xdp.data_hard_start = hard_start;
> + xdp.data_hard_start = head;
> xdp.data = frame->data;
> xdp.data_end = frame->data + frame->len;
> xdp.data_meta = frame->data - frame->metasize;
>