netdev - [PATCH] prevent pktgen from using bad tx queue

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:34:09 -0400
From:	Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] prevent pktgen from using bad tx queue

With the new multi-queue transmit code, it is possible to accidentally
make pktgen pick a non-existing tx queue simply by using a stale
script to drive pktgen.  Access to this non-existing tx queue will
then trigger a bad memory access and kill the machine.

For example, setting "queue_map_max 2" will cause my machine to die
when accessing a garbage spinlock in the non-existing tx queue:

BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#0, kpktgend_0/564
  lock: ffff88001ddf6718, .magic: ffffffff, .owner: /-1, .owner_cpu: 0
Pid: 564, comm: kpktgend_0 Not tainted 2.6.27-rc3 #35

Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff803a1228>] spin_bug+0xa4/0xac
  [<ffffffff803a1253>] _raw_spin_lock+0x23/0x123
  [<ffffffff8055b06f>] _spin_lock_bh+0x17/0x1b
  [<ffffffff804cb57d>] pktgen_thread_worker+0xa97/0x1002
  [<ffffffff8022874d>] ? finish_task_switch+0x38/0x97
  [<ffffffff80242077>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x36
  [<ffffffff80242077>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x36
  [<ffffffff804caae6>] ? pktgen_thread_worker+0x0/0x1002
  [<ffffffff80241a40>] kthread+0x44/0x6d
  [<ffffffff8020c399>] child_rip+0xa/0x11
  [<ffffffff802419fc>] ? kthread+0x0/0x6d
  [<ffffffff8020c38f>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11

The attached patch adds some sanity checking to prevent
these sorts of configuration errors.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com>

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