From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, daniel.zahka@gmail.com,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 2/2] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:26:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.1dc5730b40d9b@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260728031345.49562-3-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
Qihang wrote:
> tpacket_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len independently for skb
> allocation and header construction in tpacket_fill_skb(). Concurrent
> netdevice reconfiguration can therefore make the reserved headroom
> smaller than the amount later pushed, or make copylen - hard_header_len
> negative.
>
> Snapshot hard_header_len once for each frame after any wait and use it
> for headroom allocation, copy length, and skb construction. Pass the
> snapshot to tpacket_fill_skb(). Reset copylen for each frame so a
> previous frame cannot retain a larger construction length.
>
> The separate SOCK_DGRAM consistency problem between hard_header_len and
> header_ops->create is not addressed here.
>
> Fixes: 69e3c75f4d54 ("net: TX_RING and packet mmap")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/packet/af_packet.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> index 88674a6e868c..0ef9795e1d12 100644
> --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
> +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> @@ -2574,6 +2574,7 @@ static int packet_snd_vnet_parse(struct msghdr *msg, size_t *len,
> static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
> void *frame, struct net_device *dev, void *data, int tp_len,
> __be16 proto, unsigned char *addr, int hlen, int copylen,
> + int hard_header_len,
> const struct sockcm_cookie *sockc)
> {
> union tpacket_uhdr ph;
> @@ -2605,8 +2606,8 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
> } else if (copylen) {
> int hdrlen = min_t(int, copylen, tp_len);
>
> - skb_push(skb, dev->hard_header_len);
> - skb_put(skb, copylen - dev->hard_header_len);
> + skb_push(skb, hard_header_len);
> + skb_put(skb, copylen - hard_header_len);
> err = skb_store_bits(skb, 0, data, hdrlen);
> if (unlikely(err))
> return err;
> @@ -2737,7 +2738,7 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
> void *data;
> int len_sum = 0;
> int status = TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE;
> - int hlen, tlen, copylen = 0;
> + int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, copylen = 0;
> long timeo;
>
> mutex_lock(&po->pg_vec_lock);
> @@ -2784,8 +2785,9 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
> goto out_put;
> }
>
> + hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
> if (po->sk.sk_socket->type == SOCK_RAW)
> - reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
> + reserve = hard_header_len;
> size_max = po->tx_ring.frame_size
> - (po->tp_hdrlen - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
>
> @@ -2822,8 +2824,10 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
> goto tpacket_error;
>
> status = TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST;
> - hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
> + hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
Can this now become inconsistent with the reserve read above, which is
not reread per frame?
> + hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
> tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
> + copylen = 0;
> if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
> data += vnet_hdr_sz;
> tp_len -= vnet_hdr_sz;
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-28 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-21 8:49 [PATCH net] packet: use a consistent hard_header_len in send paths Qihang
2026-07-21 16:01 ` Daniel Zahka
2026-07-22 14:26 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-24 3:36 ` Qihang
2026-07-25 7:39 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-26 9:21 ` [PATCH net v2] packet: use consistent header lengths in raw " Qihang
2026-07-26 15:21 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-28 3:10 ` [PATCH net v3 0/2] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in " Qihang
2026-07-28 3:13 ` Qihang
2026-07-28 3:13 ` [PATCH net v3 1/2] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring " Qihang
2026-07-28 20:25 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-28 3:13 ` [PATCH net v3 2/2] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path Qihang
2026-07-28 20:26 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
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