Re: [PATCH] net: macb: Disable macb pad and fcs for fragmented packets

From: Paolo Abeni
Date: Tue May 10 2022 - 09:31:56 EST


On Mon, 2022-05-09 at 17:45 +0530, Harini Katakam wrote:
> data_len in skbuff represents bytes resident in fragment lists or
> unmapped page buffers. For such packets, when data_len is non-zero,
> skb_put cannot be used - this will throw a kernel bug. Hence do not
> use macb_pad_and_fcs for such fragments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@xxxxxxxxxx>

This looks like a fix suitable for the net tree. Please add a relevant
'Fixes' tag.

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> index 6434e74c04f1..0b03305ad6a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> @@ -1995,7 +1995,8 @@ static unsigned int macb_tx_map(struct macb *bp,
> ctrl |= MACB_BF(TX_LSO, lso_ctrl);
> ctrl |= MACB_BF(TX_TCP_SEQ_SRC, seq_ctrl);
> if ((bp->dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_CSUM) &&
> - skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL && !lso_ctrl)
> + skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL && !lso_ctrl &&
> + (skb->data_len == 0))
> ctrl |= MACB_BIT(TX_NOCRC);
> } else
> /* Only set MSS/MFS on payload descriptors

This chunk looks unrelated to the commit message ?!? only the next one
looks relevant.

Thanks.

Paolo