[PATCH 3.16 321/366] xen/netfront: don't cache skb_shinfo()

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Nov 11 2018 - 15:33:21 EST


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

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From: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

commit d472b3a6cf63cd31cae1ed61930f07e6cd6671b5 upstream.

skb_shinfo() can change when calling __pskb_pull_tail(): Don't cache
its return value.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -898,7 +898,6 @@ static RING_IDX xennet_fill_frags(struct
struct sk_buff *skb,
struct sk_buff_head *list)
{
- struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
RING_IDX cons = queue->rx.rsp_cons;
struct sk_buff *nskb;

@@ -907,15 +906,16 @@ static RING_IDX xennet_fill_frags(struct
RING_GET_RESPONSE(&queue->rx, ++cons);
skb_frag_t *nfrag = &skb_shinfo(nskb)->frags[0];

- if (shinfo->nr_frags == MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
+ if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags == MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
unsigned int pull_to = NETFRONT_SKB_CB(skb)->pull_to;

BUG_ON(pull_to <= skb_headlen(skb));
__pskb_pull_tail(skb, pull_to - skb_headlen(skb));
}
- BUG_ON(shinfo->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
+ BUG_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS);

- skb_add_rx_frag(skb, shinfo->nr_frags, skb_frag_page(nfrag),
+ skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags,
+ skb_frag_page(nfrag),
rx->offset, rx->status, PAGE_SIZE);

skb_shinfo(nskb)->nr_frags = 0;