[PATCH 3.4 093/125] xen-netback: don't use last request to determine minimum Tx credit

From: lizf
Date: Wed Oct 12 2016 - 08:53:21 EST


From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>

3.4.113-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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commit 0f589967a73f1f30ab4ac4dd9ce0bb399b4d6357 upstream.

The last from guest transmitted request gives no indication about the
minimum amount of credit that the guest might need to send a packet
since the last packet might have been a small one.

Instead allow for the worst case 128 KiB packet.

This is part of XSA155.

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
[lizf: Backported to 3.4: s/queue/vif/g]
Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index cd4966b..25d4c31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -856,9 +856,7 @@ static void tx_add_credit(struct xenvif *vif)
* Allow a burst big enough to transmit a jumbo packet of up to 128kB.
* Otherwise the interface can seize up due to insufficient credit.
*/
- max_burst = RING_GET_REQUEST(&vif->tx, vif->tx.req_cons)->size;
- max_burst = min(max_burst, 131072UL);
- max_burst = max(max_burst, vif->credit_bytes);
+ max_burst = max(131072UL, vif->credit_bytes);

/* Take care that adding a new chunk of credit doesn't wrap to zero. */
max_credit = vif->remaining_credit + vif->credit_bytes;
--
1.9.1