Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: Remove BUG() to aviod machine dead

From: Xianting Tian
Date: Wed May 19 2021 - 10:18:55 EST


thanks, I submit the patch as commented by Andrew https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/5/18/256

Actually, if xmit_skb() returns error, below code will give a warning with error code.

/* Try to transmit */
err = xmit_skb(sq, skb);

/* This should not happen! */
if (unlikely(err)) {
dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
if (net_ratelimit())
dev_warn(&dev->dev,
"Unexpected TXQ (%d) queue failure: %d\n",
qnum, err);
dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}





在 2021/5/18 下午5:54, Michael S. Tsirkin 写道:
typo in subject

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 05:46:56PM +0800, Xianting Tian wrote:
When met error, we output a print to avoid a BUG().

Signed-off-by: Xianting Tian <xianting.tian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index c921ebf3ae82..a66174d13e81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1647,9 +1647,8 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct
sk_buff *skb)
hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);

if (virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, &hdr->hdr,
- virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev), false,
- 0))
- BUG();
+ virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev), false, 0))
+ return -EPROTO;


why EPROTO? can you add some comments to explain what is going on pls?

is this related to a malicious hypervisor thing?

don't we want at least a WARN_ON? Or _ONCE?

if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
hdr->num_buffers = 0;
--
2.17.1