netdev - Re: multiqueue, skb_get_queue_mapping() and netdev_get_tx

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:22:02 -0600
From:	Eldon Koyle <esk-netdev@....cs.usu.edu>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: multiqueue, skb_get_queue_mapping() and netdev_get_tx_queue()

On  Jul 14 17:13-0600, Eldon Koyle wrote:
> It looks like there is a potential for an out of bounds index anywhere
> skb_get_queue_mapping(skb) (which just returns skb->queue_mapping) is
> used to get an index for netdev_get_tx_queue() (and probably other
> places) on a device with multiple rx/tx queues.

Looking more closely, it looks like skb->queue_mapping is treated
differently between rx and tx.  In net/core/dev.c in dev_pick_tx, it
uses skb_tx_hash to get the tx queue it should use and then does:
	skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, queue_index);
	return netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue_index);

Sorry for the noise.

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