linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 6/6] net: fec: fix regression on i.MX28 introduced by rx

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] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:30:36 +0100
From:	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
To:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Frank Li <Frank.Li@...escale.com>,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 6/6] net: fec: fix regression on i.MX28 introduced by
 rx_copybreak support

Hi,

David Laight wrote:
> From: Lothar Waßmann
> > David Laight wrote:
> > > From: Lothar Waßmann
> > > > commit 1b7bde6d659d ("net: fec: implement rx_copybreak to improve rx performance")
> > > > introduced a regression for i.MX28. The swap_buffer() function doing
> > > > the endian conversion of the received data on i.MX28 may access memory
> > > > beyond the actual packet size in the DMA buffer. fec_enet_copybreak()
> > > > does not copy those bytes, so that the last bytes of a packet may be
> > > > filled with invalid data after swapping.
> > > > This will likely lead to checksum errors on received packets.
> > > > E.g. when trying to mount an NFS rootfs:
> > > > UDP: bad checksum. From 192.168.1.225:111 to 192.168.100.73:44662 ulen 36
> > > >
> > > > Do the byte swapping and copying to the new skb in one go if
> > > > necessary.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lothar Wamann <LW@...O-electronics.de>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > @@ -1455,7 +1472,7 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int budget, u16 queue_id)
> > > >  		prefetch(skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
> > > >  		skb_put(skb, pkt_len - 4);
> > > >  		data = skb->data;
> > > > -		if (fep->quirks & FEC_QUIRK_SWAP_FRAME)
> > > > +		if (!is_copybreak && need_swap)
> > > >  			swap_buffer(data, pkt_len);
> > >
> > > It has to be better to set the 'copybreak' limit to be larger than the
> > > maximum frame size and so always go through the 'copybreak' paths.
> > >
> > Since the copybreak support is all about performance optimistation, we
> > should IMO buy the additional advantage for i.MX28 by not having to
> > access the buffer twice (once for copying and once again for swapping).
> 
> You definitely want to do the byteswap at the same time as the copy.
> 
> The point I'm trying to make that if you need to do the byteswap you
> probably might as well copy the data to an skb of the correct size at
> the same time.
> Certainly I'd expect the 'break even' length will be much higher.
> 
I didn't implement the copybreak support. I'm only trying to fix a bug
it introduced for i.MX28. So, I won't mess with the copybreak
parameters.


Lothar Waßmann
-- 
___________________________________________________________

Ka-Ro electronics GmbH | Pascalstraße 22 | D - 52076 Aachen
Phone: +49 2408 1402-0 | Fax: +49 2408 1402-10
Geschäftsführer: Matthias Kaussen
Handelsregistereintrag: Amtsgericht Aachen, HRB 4996

www.karo-electronics.de | info@...o-electronics.de
___________________________________________________________
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/