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* [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause BUG_ON()
@ 2015-02-19 18:15 David L Stevens
  2015-02-19 18:24 ` Sowmini Varadhan
  2015-02-20 22:44 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David L Stevens @ 2015-02-19 18:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, Sowmini Varadhan

An error return from __vnet_tx_trigger() sets the TX descriptor to
VIO_DESC_FREE while leaving port->tx_bufs[txi].skb set. This leads
to a BUG_ON() the next time this descriptor is used.

This patch frees the pending skb when getting a trigger error to
match the VIO_DESC_FREE state.

Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <david.stevens@oracle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
index 2b10b85..0943fb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet.c
@@ -1414,6 +1414,8 @@ static int vnet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
 		netdev_info(dev, "TX trigger error %d\n", err);
 		d->hdr.state = VIO_DESC_FREE;
+		skb = port->tx_bufs[txi].skb;
+		port->tx_bufs[txi].skb = NULL;
 		dev->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
 		goto out_dropped;
 	}
-- 
1.7.1

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause BUG_ON()
  2015-02-19 18:15 [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause BUG_ON() David L Stevens
@ 2015-02-19 18:24 ` Sowmini Varadhan
  2015-02-20 22:44 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sowmini Varadhan @ 2015-02-19 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David L Stevens; +Cc: David Miller, netdev

On (02/19/15 13:15), David L Stevens wrote:
> An error return from __vnet_tx_trigger() sets the TX descriptor to
> VIO_DESC_FREE while leaving port->tx_bufs[txi].skb set. This leads
> to a BUG_ON() the next time this descriptor is used.
> 
> This patch frees the pending skb when getting a trigger error to
> match the VIO_DESC_FREE state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <david.stevens@oracle.com>

Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause BUG_ON()
  2015-02-19 18:15 [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: failed trigger should not cause BUG_ON() David L Stevens
  2015-02-19 18:24 ` Sowmini Varadhan
@ 2015-02-20 22:44 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2015-02-20 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: david.stevens; +Cc: netdev, sowmini.varadhan

From: David L Stevens <david.stevens@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:15:49 -0500

> An error return from __vnet_tx_trigger() sets the TX descriptor to
> VIO_DESC_FREE while leaving port->tx_bufs[txi].skb set. This leads
> to a BUG_ON() the next time this descriptor is used.
> 
> This patch frees the pending skb when getting a trigger error to
> match the VIO_DESC_FREE state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <david.stevens@oracle.com>

Applied, thanks David.

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