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Subject[ 123/153] xen-netback: correctly return errors from netbk_count_requests()
3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>

[ Upstream commit 35876b5ffc154c357476b2c3bdab10feaf4bd8f0 ]

netbk_count_requests() could detect an error, call
netbk_fatal_tx_error() but return 0. The vif may then be used
afterwards (e.g., in a call to netbk_tx_error().

Since netbk_fatal_tx_error() could set vif->refcnt to 1, the vif may
be freed immediately after the call to netbk_fatal_tx_error() (e.g.,
if the vif is also removed).

Netback thread Xenwatch thread
-------------------------------------------
netbk_fatal_tx_err() netback_remove()
xenvif_disconnect()
...
free_netdev()
netbk_tx_err() Oops!

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Reported-by: Christopher S. Aker <caker@theshore.net>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index b802bb3..185a0eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -883,13 +883,13 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
if (frags >= work_to_do) {
netdev_err(vif->dev, "Need more frags\n");
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -ENODATA;
}

if (unlikely(frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
netdev_err(vif->dev, "Too many frags\n");
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -E2BIG;
}

memcpy(txp, RING_GET_REQUEST(&vif->tx, cons + frags),
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
if (txp->size > first->size) {
netdev_err(vif->dev, "Frag is bigger than frame.\n");
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -EIO;
}

first->size -= txp->size;
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
netdev_err(vif->dev, "txp->offset: %x, size: %u\n",
txp->offset, txp->size);
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
} while ((txp++)->flags & XEN_NETTXF_more_data);
return frags;



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