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SubjectRe: [PATCH] gainfar.c : skb_over_panic (kernel-2.6.32.15)
David Miller wrote:
> From: Eran Liberty <liberty@extricom.com>
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:53:23 +0300
>
>
>> Fix possible skb_over_panic event in Freescale's "gianfar" driver.
>>
>> The skb_over_panic occurs due to calling skb_put() within
>> gfar_clean_rx_ring(). This happens if (and only if) shortly prior to
>> the event and a few lined above the skb_put(), an skb was queued back
>> to the priv->rx_recycle queue due to RXBD_LAST or RXBD_ERR status.
>> The skb is queued without properly re-setting its state.
>>
>> The patch properly reset the skb state.
>>
>> I have tested this patch on MPC8548 based product and asserted it
>> avoided the skb_over_panic event.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eran Liberty <liberty@extricom.com>
>>
>
> Eran, this seems to be fixed already. The code in the current
> tree now reads:
>
> /*
> * We need to un-reserve() the skb to what it
> * was before gfar_new_skb() re-aligned
> * it to an RXBUF_ALIGNMENT boundary
> * before we put the skb back on the
> * recycle list.
> */
> skb_reserve(skb, -GFAR_CB(skb)->alignamount);
> __skb_queue_head(&priv->rx_recycle, skb);
>
>
>
This code has proved to be insufficient and produce skb_over_panic. The
proposed patch fix this.

-- Liberty



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