Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: mana: Handle SKB if TX SGEs exceed hardware limit

[Aditya Garg]

On 30-10-2025 14:34, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 06:12:35AM -0700, Aditya Garg wrote:
> > The MANA hardware supports a maximum of 30 scatter-gather entries (SGEs)
> > per TX WQE. Exceeding this limit can cause TX failures.
> > Add ndo_features_check() callback to validate SKB layout before
> > transmission. For GSO SKBs that would exceed the hardware SGE limit, clear
> > NETIF_F_GSO_MASK to enforce software segmentation in the stack.
> > Add a fallback in mana_start_xmit() to linearize non-GSO SKBs that still
> > exceed the SGE limit.
> >
> > Return NETDEV_TX_BUSY only for -ENOSPC from mana_gd_post_work_request(),
> > send other errors to free_sgl_ptr to free resources and record the tx
> > drop.
> >
> > Co-developed-by: Dipayaan Roy <dipayanroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Dipayaan Roy <dipayanroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ...
>
> > @@ -289,6 +290,21 @@ netdev_tx_t mana_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
> >   	cq = &apc->tx_qp[txq_idx].tx_cq;
> >   	tx_stats = &txq->stats;
> >   
> > +	if (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2 > MAX_TX_WQE_SGL_ENTRIES &&
> > +	    skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags + 2 > MAX_TX_WQE_SGL_ENTRIES) {
> > +		/* GSO skb with Hardware SGE limit exceeded is not expected here
> > +		 * as they are handled in mana_features_check() callback
> > +		 */
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm curious to know if we actually need this code.
> Are there cases where the mana_features_check() doesn't
> handle things and the kernel will reach this line?
>
> > +		if (skb_is_gso(skb))
> > +			netdev_warn_once(ndev, "GSO enabled skb exceeds max SGE limit\n");
> > +		if (skb_linearize(skb)) {
> > +			netdev_warn_once(ndev, "Failed to linearize skb with nr_frags=%d and is_gso=%d\n",
> > +					 skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags,
> > +					 skb_is_gso(skb));
> > +			goto tx_drop_count;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> >   	pkg.tx_oob.s_oob.vcq_num = cq->gdma_id;
> >   	pkg.tx_oob.s_oob.vsq_frame = txq->vsq_frame;
> >   
>
> ...

Hi Simon,
As it was previously discussed and agreed on with Eric, this is for 
Non-GSO skbs which could have possibly nr_frags greater than hardware limit.

Quoting Eric's comment from v1 thread: 
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iKwHWdUaeAsdSuZUXG-W8XwyM2oppQL9spKkex0p9-Azw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
"I think that for non GSO, the linearization attempt is fine.

Note that this is extremely unlikely for non malicious users,
and MTU being usually small (9K or less),
the allocation will be much smaller than a GSO packet."

Regards,
Aditya