netdev - [patch net 2/2] mlxsw: switchx2: Don't count internal TX header bytes to stats

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:09:06 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, nogahf@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
	eladr@...lanox.com, yotamg@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com
Subject: [patch net 2/2] mlxsw: switchx2: Don't count internal TX header bytes to stats

From: Nogah Frankel <nogahf@...lanox.com>

Stop the SW TX counter from counting the TX header bytes
since they are not being sent out.

Fixes: e577516b9db3 ("mlxsw: Fix use-after-free bug in mlxsw_sx_port_xmit")
Signed-off-by: Nogah Frankel <nogahf@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
index 3842eab..25f658b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t mlxsw_sx_port_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 	}
 	mlxsw_sx_txhdr_construct(skb, &tx_info);
-	len = skb->len;
+	/* TX header is consumed by HW on the way so we shouldn't count its
+	 * bytes as being sent.
+	 */
+	len = skb->len - MLXSW_TXHDR_LEN;
 	/* Due to a race we might fail here because of a full queue. In that
 	 * unlikely case we simply drop the packet.
 	 */
-- 
2.5.5