netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/2] tg3: Fix data corruption on 5725 with TSO

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Message-ID: <51915F77.5000405@broadcom.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 May 2013 14:47:35 -0700
From:	"Nithin Nayak Sujir" <nsujir@...adcom.com>
To:	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/2] tg3: Fix data corruption on 5725 with
 TSO



On 05/13/2013 02:40 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 14:34 -0700, Nithin Nayak Sujir wrote:
>>
>> On 05/13/2013 02:14 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>
>>>> +/* Test for TSO DMA buffers that cross into regions which are within MSS bytes
>>>> + * of any 4GB boundaries: 4G, 8G, etc
>>>> + */
>>>> +static inline int tg3_4g_tso_overflow_test(struct tg3 *tp, dma_addr_t mapping,
>>>> +					   u32 len, u32 mss)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	if (tg3_asic_rev(tp) == ASIC_REV_5762 && mss) {
>>>> +		u32 base = (u32) mapping & 0xffffffff;
>>>> +
>>>> +		return ((base + len + (mss & 0x3fff)) < base);
>>>> +	}
>>>> +	return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>
>>> I am curious : Does this condition even triggers ?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, it's a rare problem to occur and was reported in our lab. After we
>> implemented this fix, the problem didn't happen again.
>>
>
> I just cant figure out which part of the kernel could allocate a
> fragment spanning a 4G region.
>

For the bug to occur, the fragment does not have to span a 4G boundary. If it is 
within MSS bytes (9.6k) of a 4G boundary, it triggers the failure.


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