netdev - RE: [PATCH 0/3] increase skb size to prevent dma over skb boundary

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Message-ID: <EA929A9653AAE14F841771FB1DE5A1365FA93CD0DD@rrsmsx501.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:37:39 -0700
From:	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/3] increase skb size to prevent dma over skb boundary

Neil Horman wrote:
> Hey all-
> 	I was tracking down a memory corruptor lately in which, with
> DEBUG_SLAB enabled we were getting several redzone violoations, which
> was always followed by an oops in the rx receive path when using the
> e1000e driver.  Looking at the cores, the slabs that had their
> redzone violated were always adjacent to a size-2048 slab which was
> allocated by __netdev_alloc_skb.  Doing some instrumentation led me
> to see the following.  When the e1000e driver sets up its rctl
> register, which defines the length of each of the buffers in the rx
> ring, we do this: 
> 
> switch (adapter->rx_buffer_len) {
>         case 256:
>                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_256;
>                 rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_BSEX;
>                 break;
>         case 512:
>                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_512;
>                 rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_BSEX;
>                 break;
>         case 1024:
>                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_1024;
>                 rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_BSEX;
>                 break;
>         case 2048:
>         default:
>                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_2048;
>                 rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_BSEX;
>                 break;
>         case 4096:
>                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_4096;
>                 break;
>         case 8192:
>                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_8192;
>                 break;
>         case 16384:
>                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_16384;
>                 break;
>         }
> }
> 
> This is problematic since rx_buffer_len is set to 1500, which causes
> the rctl value to fall into the default case, which configures the
> hardware to think it can dma up to 2048 bytes into each buffer,
> despite the fact that the buffer is only 1500 bytes long.  If we
> receive a frame that is longer than 1500 bytes, then the dma will
> overrun the 1500 byte limit of the sk_buff's data block spilling into
> the skb_shared_info structure (which is placed immediately after the
> end of the skb->end pointer (or at skb->head + skb->end if
> NET_SKBUFF_DATA_USES_OFFSET is configured).  In either case, the
> spillover corrupts the skb_shared_info structure, and sets us up for
> any number of subsequent corruptions/oopses/failures.  I've fixed
> this by normalizing the rx_buffer_length value in the setup_rctl
> function, which rounds up the length to the configured value of rctl,
> forcing us to allocate buffers of a size that meet the hardwares
> configuration needs.  
> 
> I've tested this on e1000e and confirmed that it fixes my redzone
> violations and the observed oops.  Visual inspection indicates that
> e1000 and ixgb also need this fix.  I've not explicitly tested them
> though, so I've split this into three separate patches
> 
> Regards
> Neil
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

Hi Neil,

I am trying to test the patches you submitted (thanks btw) and so far am not able to reproduce the panic you described. When MTU is at 1500 RCTL.LPE (bit 5) is set to 0 and the HW will not allow the reception of large packets (>1522 bytes, which is what rx_buffer_len is set to). This is basically what I am seeing in my tests - packets are discarded by the HW.

Can you provide more details about the setup you used? Steps to reproduce and also details (lspci -vvv, ethtool -e, ethtool -d) of the HW you used and kernel config should help as well.

Thanks,
Emil--
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