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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 19:11:40 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: dwc-qos: Disable split header for Tegra194
On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 09:39:13 +0100 Jon Hunter wrote:
> There is a long-standing issue with the Synopsys DWC Ethernet driver
> for Tegra194 where random system crashes have been observed [0]. The
> problem occurs when the split header feature is enabled in the stmmac
> driver. In the bad case, a larger than expected buffer length is
> received and causes the calculation of the total buffer length to
> overflow. This results in a very large buffer length that causes the
> kernel to crash. Why this larger buffer length is received is not clear,
> however, the feedback from the NVIDIA design team is that the split
> header feature is not supported for Tegra194. Therefore, disable split
> header support for Tegra194 to prevent these random crashes from
> occurring.
>
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-tegra/b0b17697-f23e-8fa5-3757-604a86f3a095@nvidia.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Fixes: 67afd6d1cfdf ("net: stmmac: Add Split Header support and enable it in XGMAC cores")
correct?
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