Re: [PATCH net v3 0/2] octeon_ep, octeon_ep_vf: fix skb frags overflow in the RX path

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Sat,  4 Jul 2026 14:15:09 +0800 Maoyi Xie wrote:
> Both octeon_ep and octeon_ep_vf build an skb for a multi-buffer RX packet
> by adding one fragment per buffer_size chunk of a device-reported length.
> Neither bounds the count against MAX_SKB_FRAGS. A long packet yields about
> 18 fragments, one past the default MAX_SKB_FRAGS of 17, so
> skb_add_rx_frag() writes past shinfo->frags[].
> 
> Each driver now checks the fragment count before it builds the skb and
> drops a packet that would not fit.

Why are you working on this driver?