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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;

      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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