Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:09:51 +0200 | From | Leon Romanovsky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets |
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On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 01:17:43PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote: > > > On 1/29/2023 1:42 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 04:08:19PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote: > > > Occasionnaly we may get oversized packets from the hardware which > > > exceed the nomimal 2KiB buffer size we allocate SKBs with. Add an early > > > check which drops the packet to avoid invoking skb_over_panic() and move > > > on to processing the next packet. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> > > > --- > > > drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 8 ++++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c > > > index 21973046b12b..d937daa8ee88 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c > > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c > > > @@ -2316,6 +2316,14 @@ static unsigned int bcmgenet_desc_rx(struct bcmgenet_rx_ring *ring, > > > __func__, p_index, ring->c_index, > > > ring->read_ptr, dma_length_status); > > > + if (unlikely(len > RX_BUF_LENGTH)) { > > > + netif_err(priv, rx_status, dev, "oversized packet\n"); > > > > I don't think that it is wise move to print to dmesg something that can > > be triggered by user over network. > > A frame larger than RX_BUF_LENGTH intentionally received would be segmented > by the MAC, we have seen this happen however while playing with unsafe clock > ratios for instance or when there are insufficient credits given to the > Ethernet MAC to write frames into DRAM. The print is consistent with other > errors that are captured and is only enabled if the appropriate ethtool > message level bitmask is set.
I saw other prints in that function, but you add new one. Won't netif_err() be printed by default in almost all distro?
Thanks
> -- > Florian
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