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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/7] net: remove old tcp_optlen function
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On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 15:39 -0500, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> The tcp_optlen() function returns a potential *negative* unsigned.
>
> In the only two existing files using the old tcp_optlen() function,
> clean up confusing and inconsistent mixing of both byte and word
> offsets, and other coding style issues. Document assumptions.
>
> Quoth David Miller:
> This is transmit, and the packets can only come from the Linux
> TCP stack, not some external entity.
>
> You're being way too anal here, and adding these checks to
> drivers would be just a lot of rediculious bloat. [sic]
>
> Therefore, there are *no* checks for bad TCP and IP header sizes, nor
> any semantic changes. The drivers should function exactly as existing.
>
> No response from testers in 19+ weeks.

There's no need for these passive-aggressive comments and they certainly
won't get your patches merged any faster.

> Requires:
> net: tcp_header_len_th and tcp_option_len_th
>
> Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@gmail.com
> CC: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/bnx2.c | 29 +++++++++++++-----------
> drivers/net/tg3.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
> include/linux/tcp.h | 5 ----
> 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
> index 65df1de..45452c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnx2.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
> @@ -6352,6 +6352,8 @@ bnx2_vlan_rx_register(struct net_device *dev, struct vlan_group *vlgrp)
> /* Called with netif_tx_lock.
> * bnx2_tx_int() runs without netif_tx_lock unless it needs to call
> * netif_wake_queue().
> + *
> + * No TCP or IP length checking, per David Miller (see commit log).
> */
> static netdev_tx_t
> bnx2_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> @@ -6396,19 +6398,19 @@ bnx2_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> (TX_BD_FLAGS_VLAN_TAG | (vlan_tx_tag_get(skb) << 16));
> }
> #endif
> - if ((mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)) {
> - u32 tcp_opt_len;
> - struct iphdr *iph;
> + mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
> + if (mss != 0) {
> + struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
> + int tcp_opt_words = th->doff - (sizeof(*th) >> 2);
> + /* assumes positive tcp_opt_words without checking */

It would be far more helpful to add a comment to the top of this block
that notes that skbs with gso_size set are known to have valid headers.

> vlan_tag_flags |= TX_BD_FLAGS_SW_LSO;
>
> - tcp_opt_len = tcp_optlen(skb);
> -

How is this an improvement?

> if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV6) {
> u32 tcp_off = skb_transport_offset(skb) -
> sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) - ETH_HLEN;
>
> - vlan_tag_flags |= ((tcp_opt_len >> 2) << 8) |
> + vlan_tag_flags |= (tcp_opt_words << 8) |
> TX_BD_FLAGS_SW_FLAGS;
> if (likely(tcp_off == 0))
> vlan_tag_flags &= ~TX_BD_FLAGS_TCP6_OFF0_MSK;
> @@ -6421,14 +6423,15 @@ bnx2_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> mss |= (tcp_off & 0xc) << TX_BD_TCP6_OFF2_SHL;
> }
> } else {
> - iph = ip_hdr(skb);
> - if (tcp_opt_len || (iph->ihl > 5)) {
> - vlan_tag_flags |= ((iph->ihl - 5) +
> - (tcp_opt_len >> 2)) << 8;
> - }
> + struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
> + int ip_opt_words = iph->ihl - (sizeof(*iph) >> 2);
> + /* assumes positive ip_opt_words without checking */
> + int opt_words = ip_opt_words + tcp_opt_words;
> +
> + if (opt_words > 0)
> + vlan_tag_flags |= opt_words << 8;
[...]

That *is* clearer.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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