linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v6 4/4] tg3: Fix tx_pending checks for tg3_tso

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	prashant@...adcom.com, bpoirier@...e.de, mchan@...adcom.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v6 4/4] tg3: Fix tx_pending checks for tg3_tso_bug

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:03:30 -0700

> Instead of this private helper (and pretty limited one btw), we could
> add a core function, that would build skbs with order-0 fragments.
> 
> Instead of skb_linearize(), I guess many call sites could instead use
> this new helper.
> 
> Because as you said, skb_linearize() of one 64KB GSO packet can ask
> order-5 allocations, and this generally does not work reliably.

xen-netback could make use of this helper too.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/