linux-kernel - Re: [patch 32/37] CRYPTO: api: scatterwalk_copychunks() fails to advance through scatterlist

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Date:	Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:14:37 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...i.umich.edu>
Subject: Re: [patch 32/37] CRYPTO: api: scatterwalk_copychunks() fails to advance through scatterlist

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 03:41:32AM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
> > [CRYPTO] api: scatterwalk_copychunks() fails to advance through scatterlist
> 
> This patch seems to cause some problems, I get reproducable freezes
> on the receiving system with net-2.6.22 when sending IPsec packets
> larger than the mtu (reproduced about 10 times). Reverting this
> patch seems to fix it. In a few cases the oops also occured on the
> sending system.
> 
> Backtrace from UML (sending system):
> 
> uml:~# ping 10.0.0.1 -s 20000
> PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1) 20000(20028) bytes of data.
> BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0!
> Call Trace:

Indeed.  That patch was buggy.  Sorry for not catching this earlier.

This should fix the problem.

[CRYPTO] api: Use the right value when advancing scatterwalk_copychunks

In the scatterwalk_copychunks loop, We should be advancing by
len_this_page and not nbytes.  The latter is the total length.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

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diff --git a/crypto/scatterwalk.c b/crypto/scatterwalk.c
index a664231..0f76175 100644
--- a/crypto/scatterwalk.c
+++ b/crypto/scatterwalk.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void scatterwalk_copychunks(void *buf, struct scatter_walk *walk,
 		memcpy_dir(buf, vaddr, len_this_page, out);
 		scatterwalk_unmap(vaddr, out);
 
-		scatterwalk_advance(walk, nbytes);
+		scatterwalk_advance(walk, len_this_page);
 
 		if (nbytes == len_this_page)
 			break;
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