From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.de>
To: Prashant Sreedharan <prashant@broadcom.com>,
Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] tg3: Fix tx_pending check for MAX_SKB_FRAGS
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:52:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1408474371-19509-3-git-send-email-bpoirier@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1408474371-19509-1-git-send-email-bpoirier@suse.de>
The rest of the driver assumes at least one free descriptor in the tx ring.
Therefore, since an skb with max frags takes up (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)
descriptors, tx_pending must be > (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1).
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.de>
---
Currently, it is possible to set tx_pending = MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1. This leads to
a netdev watchdog tx timeout. Depending on whether the previous patches in
this series are applied or not, the timeout happens as soon as tx_pending is
updated or after an skb with max frags is submitted for transmission.
I reproduced this bug using the same approach explained in patch 1.
The bug reproduces with tx_pending = 18
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 7022f6d..27e2701 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -12328,7 +12328,7 @@ static int tg3_set_ringparam(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_ringparam *e
if ((ering->rx_pending > tp->rx_std_ring_mask) ||
(ering->rx_jumbo_pending > tp->rx_jmb_ring_mask) ||
(ering->tx_pending > TG3_TX_RING_SIZE - 1) ||
- (ering->tx_pending <= MAX_SKB_FRAGS))
+ (ering->tx_pending <= MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1))
return -EINVAL;
if (netif_running(dev)) {
--
1.8.4.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-19 18:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-19 18:52 [PATCH 1/3] tg3: Limit minimum tx queue wakeup threshold Benjamin Poirier
2014-08-19 18:52 ` [PATCH 2/3] tg3: Fix tx_pending checks for tg3_tso_bug Benjamin Poirier
2014-08-19 20:56 ` Benjamin Poirier
2014-08-19 23:10 ` Michael Chan
2014-08-21 1:23 ` Benjamin Poirier
2014-08-21 9:51 ` Michael Chan
2014-08-21 21:59 ` Benjamin Poirier
2014-08-22 4:25 ` David Miller
2014-08-19 18:52 ` Benjamin Poirier [this message]
2014-08-19 22:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] tg3: Limit minimum tx queue wakeup threshold Michael Chan
2014-08-21 22:04 ` Benjamin Poirier
2014-08-21 22:32 ` Michael Chan
2014-08-21 23:06 ` Benjamin Poirier
2014-08-21 23:26 ` Michael Chan
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