Re: [Bug #16626] Machine hangs with EIP at skb_copy_and_csum_dev

[Plamen Petrov]

ÐÐ 08.9.2010 Ð. 23:21, Rafael J. Wysocki ÐÐÐÐÑÐ:
> On Wednesday, September 08, 2010, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Jarek Poplawski<jarkao2@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:20:04 +0000
> >
> > > We need both of them. I hope David could add this too:
> > >
> > > Tested-by: Plamen Petrov<pvp-lsts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Done, and applied, thanks :-)
>
> Please kindly let me know when Linus gets them, so that I can close the bug.
>
> Rafael

Now that both commits that fix my problems are in Linus' tree, the
bug can be closed, but these fixes should go in 2.6.35.y, too.
So, CCing -stable.

Fix 1:
> commit	3d3be4333fdf6faa080947b331a6a19bce1a4f57
>
> gro: fix different skb headrooms
>
> Packets entering GRO might have different headrooms, even for a given
> flow (because of implementation details in drivers, like copybreak).
> We cant force drivers to deliver packets with a fixed headroom.
>
> 1) fix skb_segment()
>
> skb_segment() makes the false assumption headrooms of fragments are same
> than the head. When CHECKSUM_PARTIAL is used, this can give csum_start
> errors, and crash later in skb_copy_and_csum_dev()
>
> 2) allocate a minimal skb for head of frag_list
>
> skb_gro_receive() uses netdev_alloc_skb(headroom + skb_gro_offset(p)) to
> allocate a fresh skb. This adds NET_SKB_PAD to a padding already
> provided by netdevice, depending on various things, like copybreak.
>
> Use alloc_skb() to allocate an exact padding, to reduce cache line
> needs:
> NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN
>
> bugzilla : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16626
>
> Many thanks to Plamen Petrov, testing many debugging patches !
> With help of Jarek Poplawski.
>
> Reported-by: Plamen Petrov <pvp-lsts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Fix 2:
> commit	64289c8e6851bca0e589e064c9a5c9fbd6ae5dd4
>
> gro: Re-fix different skb headrooms
>
> The patch: "gro: fix different skb headrooms" in its part:
> "2) allocate a minimal skb for head of frag_list" is buggy. The copied
> skb has p->data set at the ip header at the moment, and skb_gro_offset
> is the length of ip + tcp headers. So, after the change the length of
> mac header is skipped. Later skb_set_mac_header() sets it into the
> NET_SKB_PAD area (if it's long enough) and ip header is misaligned at
> NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN offset. There is no reason to assume the
> original skb was wrongly allocated, so let's copy it as it was.
>
> bugzilla : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16626
> fixes commit: 3d3be4333fdf6faa080947b331a6a19bce1a4f57
>
> Reported-by: Plamen Petrov <pvp-lsts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Plamen Petrov <pvp-lsts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Plamen
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