[PATCH 6/6] xen-netback: don't disconnect frontend when seeing oversize frame

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>]

Some buggy frontends may generate frames larger than 64 KiB. We should
aggresively consume all slots and drop the packet instead of disconnecting the
frontend.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index a634dc5..1971623 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -924,10 +924,12 @@ static void netbk_fatal_tx_err(struct xenvif *vif)
 static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
 				struct xen_netif_tx_request *first,
 				struct xen_netif_tx_request *txp,
-				int work_to_do)
+				int work_to_do,
+				RING_IDX first_idx)
 {
 	RING_IDX cons = vif->tx.req_cons;
 	int slots = 0;
+	bool drop = false;
 
 	if (!(first->flags & XEN_NETTXF_more_data))
 		return 0;
@@ -947,10 +949,21 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
 
 		memcpy(txp, RING_GET_REQUEST(&vif->tx, cons + slots),
 		       sizeof(*txp));
-		if (txp->size > first->size) {
-			netdev_err(vif->dev, "Packet is bigger than frame.\n");
-			netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
-			return -EIO;
+
+		/* If the guest submitted a frame >= 64 KiB then
+		 * first->size overflowed and following slots will
+		 * appear to be larger than the frame.
+		 *
+		 * This cannot be fatal error as there are buggy
+		 * frontends that do this.
+		 *
+		 * Consume all slots and drop the packet.
+		 */
+		if (!drop && txp->size > first->size) {
+			if (net_ratelimit())
+				netdev_dbg(vif->dev,
+					   "Packet is bigger than frame.\n");
+			drop = true;
 		}
 
 		first->size -= txp->size;
@@ -963,6 +976,12 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	} while ((txp++)->flags & XEN_NETTXF_more_data);
+
+	if (drop) {
+		netbk_tx_err(vif, first, first_idx + slots);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	return slots;
 }
 
@@ -1429,7 +1448,8 @@ static unsigned xen_netbk_tx_build_gops(struct xen_netbk *netbk)
 				continue;
 		}
 
-		ret = netbk_count_requests(vif, &txreq, txfrags, work_to_do);
+		ret = netbk_count_requests(vif, &txreq, txfrags,
+					   work_to_do, idx);
 		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 			continue;
 
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