netdev - Re: [PATCH net] gro: Enter slow-path if there is no tailroom

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:29:11 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        slavash@...lanox.com, willemb@...gle.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] gro: Enter slow-path if there is no tailroom

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:24:01 -0800

> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> 
> The GRO path has a fast-path where we avoid calling pskb_may_pull
> and pskb_expand by directly accessing frag0.  However, this should
> only be done if we have enough tailroom in the skb as otherwise
> we'll have to expand it later anyway.
> 
> This patch adds the check by capping frag0_len with the skb tailroom.
> 
> Fixes: cb18978cbf45 ("gro: Open-code final pskb_may_pull")
> Reported-by: Slava Shwartsman <slavash@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


Applied and queued up for -stable.