linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.4 22/43] tg3: Expand 4g_overflow_test workaround to skb fragments of any size.

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Date:	Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:58:55 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.4 22/43] tg3: Expand 4g_overflow_test workaround to
 skb fragments of any size.

On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 14:39 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Nithin Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>
> 
> commit 375679104ab3ccfd18dcbd7ba503734fb9a2c63a upstream.
> 
> The current driver assumes that an skb fragment can only be upto jumbo
> size. Presumably this was a fast-path optimization. This assumption is
> no longer true as fragments can be upto 32k.
> 
> v2: Remove unnecessary parantheses per Eric Dumazet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
> @@ -6619,7 +6619,7 @@ static inline int tg3_4g_overflow_test(d
>  {
>  	u32 base = (u32) mapping & 0xffffffff;
>  
> -	return (base > 0xffffdcc0) && (base + len + 8 < base);
> +	return base + len + 8 < base;
>  }
>  

Minor comment :

32KB frags were added later, in 3.7.

This patch makes no harm, so no worries.


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