netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2 net-next v3.16]r8169: Disable set bit multicast enable per multicast address.

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] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:59:43 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Corcodel Marian <asd@...ian1000.go.ro>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 net-next v3.16]r8169:  Disable set bit multicast
 enable per multicast address.

On Sun, 2016-03-27 at 19:31 +0300, Corcodel Marian wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 10:18:46 -0700
> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2016-03-26 at 12:57 +0200, Corcodel Marian wrote:
> > >  This patch correct set bit multicast enable only once per
> > > set_rx_mode invocation.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Corcodel Marian <asd@...ian1000.go.ro>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 3 +--
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c index 7f6fb1f..f7b0dfb 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> > > @@ -4619,12 +4619,11 @@ static void rtl_set_rx_mode(struct
> > > net_device *dev) } else {
> > >  		struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
> > >  
> > > -		rx_mode = AcceptBroadcast | AcceptMyPhys;
> > > +		rx_mode = AcceptBroadcast | AcceptMyPhys |
> > > AcceptMulticast; mc_filter[1] = mc_filter[0] = 0;
> > >  		netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, dev) {
> > >  			int bit_nr = ether_crc(ETH_ALEN, ha->addr)
> > > >> 26; mc_filter[bit_nr >> 5] |= 1 << (bit_nr & 31);
> > > -			rx_mode |= AcceptMulticast;
> > >  		}
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > 
> > If the list is empty, why should we enable AcceptMulticast ?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> I not experienced list empty, allways on my case exist bit_nr variable. 

If dev->mc list is empty, the netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, dev) does
nothing at all.

In other words, netdev_mc_count(dev) can be 0

Current code is fine, and run in control (slow) path anyway.