netdev - Re: [PATCH net] e1000: add dummy allocator to fix race condition between mtu change and netpoll

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:26:45 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Cc:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, linux.nics@...el.com,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] e1000: add dummy allocator to fix race condition
 between mtu change and netpoll

On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 11:05 +0100, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> There is a race condition between e1000_change_mtu's cleanups and
> netpoll, when we change the MTU across jumbo size:
...
> 
> Fixes: edbbb3ca1077 ("e1000: implement jumbo receive with partial descriptors")
> Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
> index 7f997d36948f..5af866150671 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
> @@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ static bool e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
>  static bool e1000_clean_jumbo_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
>  				     struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
>  				     int *work_done, int work_to_do);
> +static void e1000_alloc_dummy_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
> +					 struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
> +					 int cleaned_count);

Why are you using a forward declaration ?

Simply put here the body of this (dummy) function.

>  static void e1000_alloc_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
>  				   struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
>  				   int cleaned_count);
> @@ -3552,8 +3555,11 @@ static int e1000_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
>  		msleep(1);
>  	/* e1000_down has a dependency on max_frame_size */
>  	hw->max_frame_size = max_frame;
> -	if (netif_running(netdev))
> +	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
> +		/* prevent buffers from being reallocated */
> +		adapter->alloc_rx_buf = e1000_alloc_dummy_rx_buffers;
>  		e1000_down(adapter);
> +	}
>  
>  	/* NOTE: netdev_alloc_skb reserves 16 bytes, and typically NET_IP_ALIGN
>  	 * means we reserve 2 more, this pushes us to allocate from the next
> @@ -4481,6 +4487,12 @@ next_desc:
>  	return cleaned;
>  }
>  
> +static void e1000_alloc_dummy_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
> +					 struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
> +					 int cleaned_count)
> +{
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * e1000_alloc_jumbo_rx_buffers - Replace used jumbo receive buffers
>   * @adapter: address of board private structure


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