From 9953ca6cb757fb317bb7cdd2fcbf9b88312e241b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark McLoughlin Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 12:06:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] virtio: fix virtio_net xmit of freed skb bug On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 17:42 +1000, Rusty Russell wrote: > If we fail to transmit a packet, we assume the queue is full and put > the skb into last_xmit_skb. However, if more space frees up before we > xmit it, we loop, and the result can be transmitting the same skb twice. > > Fix is simple: set skb to NULL if we've used it in some way, and check > before sending. ... > diff -r 564237b31993 drivers/net/virtio_net.c > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c Mon May 19 12:22:00 2008 +1000 > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c Mon May 19 12:24:58 2008 +1000 > @@ -287,21 +287,25 @@ again: > free_old_xmit_skbs(vi); > > /* If we has a buffer left over from last time, send it now. */ > - if (vi->last_xmit_skb) { > + if (unlikely(vi->last_xmit_skb)) { > if (xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) != 0) { > /* Drop this skb: we only queue one. */ > vi->dev->stats.tx_dropped++; > kfree_skb(skb); > + skb = NULL; > goto stop_queue; > } > vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL; With this, may drop an skb and then later in the function discover that we could have sent it after all. Poor wee skb :) How about the incremental patch below? Cheers, Mark. Subject: [PATCH] virtio_net: Delay dropping tx skbs Currently we drop the skb in start_xmit() if we have a queued buffer and fail to transmit it. However, if we delay dropping it until we've stopped the queue and enabled the tx notification callback, then there is a chance space might become available for it. Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index c28d7cb2035..06d5c43bb20 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -335,16 +335,11 @@ again: free_old_xmit_skbs(vi); /* If we has a buffer left over from last time, send it now. */ - if (unlikely(vi->last_xmit_skb)) { - if (xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) != 0) { - /* Drop this skb: we only queue one. */ - vi->dev->stats.tx_dropped++; - kfree_skb(skb); - skb = NULL; - goto stop_queue; - } - vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL; - } + if (unlikely(vi->last_xmit_skb) && + xmit_skb(vi, vi->last_xmit_skb) != 0) + goto stop_queue; + + vi->last_xmit_skb = NULL; /* Put new one in send queue and do transmit */ if (likely(skb)) { @@ -370,6 +365,11 @@ stop_queue: netif_start_queue(dev); goto again; } + if (skb) { + /* Drop this skb: we only queue one. */ + vi->dev->stats.tx_dropped++; + kfree_skb(skb); + } goto done; } -- 2.11.4.GIT