* [PATCH iwl-net v2 0/2] e1000e: fix Rx DMA error handling
@ 2026-09-13 17:15 Matt Vollrath
2026-09-13 17:15 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 1/2] e1000e: fix Rx skb DMA map error sentinel Matt Vollrath
2026-09-13 17:15 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 2/2] e1000e: fix ps_pages " Matt Vollrath
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From: Matt Vollrath @ 2026-09-13 17:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: intel-wired-lan
Cc: Tony Nguyen, Przemek Kitszel, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller,
Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, netdev, Matt Vollrath
Fix some longstanding bugs in Rx DMA error handling.
These two patches eliminate some conditions which would result in
DMA_MAPPING_ERROR being sent to h/w or to dma_unmap_page() or
dma_unmap_single(). A teardown leak in the packet-splitting path is also
fixed by a necessary refactor.
v2:
* Renamed series from "e1000e: fix Rx bugs"
* Removed RXALL buffer overrun fix from the series.
RXALL bugs will be fixed in a separate series.
* Reworded patch commit messages.
Matt Vollrath (2):
e1000e: fix Rx skb DMA map error sentinel
e1000e: fix ps_pages DMA map error sentinel
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
base-commit: 78445023439506ebd83b86d40b1e428a3b309d4a
--
2.43.0
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* [PATCH iwl-net v2 1/2] e1000e: fix Rx skb DMA map error sentinel
2026-09-13 17:15 [PATCH iwl-net v2 0/2] e1000e: fix Rx DMA error handling Matt Vollrath
@ 2026-09-13 17:15 ` Matt Vollrath
2026-09-13 17:15 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 2/2] e1000e: fix ps_pages " Matt Vollrath
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From: Matt Vollrath @ 2026-09-13 17:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: intel-wired-lan
Cc: Tony Nguyen, Przemek Kitszel, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller,
Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, netdev, Matt Vollrath,
stable
Upon encountering a DMA_MAPPING_ERROR during skb allocation and mapping,
the driver would leave DMA_MAPPING_ERROR in the buffer_info->dma field.
This would lead several buffer_info->dma == 0 conditions down unwanted
paths:
* In e1000_alloc_jumbo_rx_buffers(), it would not re-attempt the failed
mapping and instead write DMA_MAPPING_ERROR to the h/w descriptor on
the next allocation call. On cleaning or teardown it would attempt to
dma_unmap_page() DMA_MAPPING_ERROR. This case would only be
reachable at MTU > 1518 and page size > 16K.
* In e1000_clean_rx_ring(), it would attempt to dma_unmap_page/single()
DMA_MAPPING_ERROR (unless cleaned by the jumbo path first). This case
would be reachable at any combination of MTU and page size.
Use buffer_info->dma = 0 as the sentinel for "DMA is not mapped." Set it
immediately upon detecting the failure.
The map error value was 0 on some platforms (including most common x86)
until error values were unified to DMA_MAPPING_ERROR in v4.20/v5.0.
Since then the error handling in this driver has been incorrect on all
platforms.
Signed-off-by: Matt Vollrath <tactii@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fixes: bc7f75fa9788 ("[E1000E]: New pci-express e1000 driver (currently for ICH9 devices only)")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
v2:
* Add history blurb to description.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 844f31ab37ad..26f45ee8c7e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ static void e1000_alloc_rx_buffers(struct e1000_ring *rx_ring,
adapter->rx_buffer_len,
DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
if (dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev, buffer_info->dma)) {
+ buffer_info->dma = 0;
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Rx DMA map failed\n");
adapter->rx_dma_failed++;
break;
@@ -791,6 +792,7 @@ static void e1000_alloc_rx_buffers_ps(struct e1000_ring *rx_ring,
adapter->rx_ps_bsize0,
DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
if (dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev, buffer_info->dma)) {
+ buffer_info->dma = 0;
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Rx DMA map failed\n");
adapter->rx_dma_failed++;
/* cleanup skb */
@@ -877,6 +879,7 @@ static void e1000_alloc_jumbo_rx_buffers(struct e1000_ring *rx_ring,
PAGE_SIZE,
DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
if (dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev, buffer_info->dma)) {
+ buffer_info->dma = 0;
adapter->alloc_rx_buff_failed++;
break;
}
base-commit: 78445023439506ebd83b86d40b1e428a3b309d4a
--
2.43.0
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* [PATCH iwl-net v2 2/2] e1000e: fix ps_pages DMA map error sentinel
2026-09-13 17:15 [PATCH iwl-net v2 0/2] e1000e: fix Rx DMA error handling Matt Vollrath
2026-09-13 17:15 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 1/2] e1000e: fix Rx skb DMA map error sentinel Matt Vollrath
@ 2026-09-13 17:15 ` Matt Vollrath
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From: Matt Vollrath @ 2026-09-13 17:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: intel-wired-lan
Cc: Tony Nguyen, Przemek Kitszel, Andrew Lunn, David S . Miller,
Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, netdev, Matt Vollrath,
stable
While allocating packet-split buffer pages, a failed DMA mapping would
leave DMA_MAPPING_ERROR in the ps_page->dma field.
This would have two consequences:
* The next attempt to allocate that buffer would write DMA_MAPPING_ERROR
to h/w if all pages are allocated. If the h/w uses that buffer and is
handling a frame large enough to touch the affected page, it would
cause a DMA fault and be dropped. The driver would then call
dma_unmap_page() on DMA_MAPPING_ERROR and unknowingly send the
uninitialized page up the stack as part of the frame payload.
* On ring teardown, dma_unmap_page() would be called on
DMA_MAPPING_ERROR.
This condition is only reachable when MTU > 1500 and PAGE_SIZE <= 16K.
Fix this by setting ps_page->dma = 0 upon mapping failure and separately
testing ->page and ->dma during allocation and teardown.
The rewrite of the ps_pages section of e1000_clean_rx_ring was necessary
to recognize the case of an allocated page without a valid DMA mapping.
It also fixes a separate bug which would potentially leak pages on ring
teardown. The cleaner stops cleaning pages when h/w reported that it did
not write to a page in the sequence, leaving the following pages
allocated and mapped. The teardown would then break early and leak the
unused mapped pages. If the ring is re-constructed by down/up with
similar configuration, it would reclaim those lost pages. This would
only affect configurations with rx_ps_pages >= 2 (MTU > PAGE_SIZE) and
the same condition of MTU > 1500 and PAGE_SIZE <= 16K.
Signed-off-by: Matt Vollrath <tactii@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-5-fable
Fixes: bc7f75fa9788 ("[E1000E]: New pci-express e1000 driver (currently for ICH9 devices only)")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
v2:
* Reword last paragraph of description.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 26f45ee8c7e7..063fc8cd2673 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -759,12 +759,15 @@ static void e1000_alloc_rx_buffers_ps(struct e1000_ring *rx_ring,
adapter->alloc_rx_buff_failed++;
goto no_buffers;
}
+ }
+ if (!ps_page->dma) {
ps_page->dma = dma_map_page(&pdev->dev,
ps_page->page,
0, PAGE_SIZE,
DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
if (dma_mapping_error(&pdev->dev,
ps_page->dma)) {
+ ps_page->dma = 0;
dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
"Rx DMA page map failed\n");
adapter->rx_dma_failed++;
@@ -1722,13 +1725,15 @@ static void e1000_clean_rx_ring(struct e1000_ring *rx_ring)
for (j = 0; j < PS_PAGE_BUFFERS; j++) {
ps_page = &buffer_info->ps_pages[j];
- if (!ps_page->page)
- break;
- dma_unmap_page(&pdev->dev, ps_page->dma, PAGE_SIZE,
- DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
- ps_page->dma = 0;
- put_page(ps_page->page);
- ps_page->page = NULL;
+ if (ps_page->dma) {
+ dma_unmap_page(&pdev->dev, ps_page->dma,
+ PAGE_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+ ps_page->dma = 0;
+ }
+ if (ps_page->page) {
+ put_page(ps_page->page);
+ ps_page->page = NULL;
+ }
}
}
--
2.43.0
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