netdev - Re: Data corruption issue with splice() on 2.6.27.10

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Message-ID: <20090107112906.GA28161@ioremap.net>
Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:29:06 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Data corruption issue with splice() on 2.6.27.10

Hi Herbert.

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 03:42:32PM +1100, Herbert Xu (herbert@...dor.apana.org.au) wrote:
> I see the problem.
> 
> The socket pipes in net/core/skbuff.c use references on the skb
> to hold down the memory in skb->head as well as the pages in the
> skb.
> 
> Unfortunately, once the pipe is fed into sendpage we only use
> page reference counting to pin down the memory.  So as soon as
> sendpage returns we drop the ref count on the skb, thus freeing
> the memory in skb->head, which is yet to be transmitted.
> 
> Moral: Using page reference counts on skb->head is wrong.

That would not happen without scatter-gather support on the interface,
date would be plain copied, and after Jarek's requst Willy confirmed
that corruption happens with all acceleration being turned off.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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