netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: mvneta: fix refilling for Rx DMA buffers

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	simon.guinot@...uanux.org
Cc:	thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, jason@...edaemon.net,
	andrew@...n.ch, gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com,
	sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, vdonnefort@...il.com,
	yoann@...lo.fr, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: mvneta: fix refilling for Rx DMA buffers

From: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@...uanux.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:00:53 +0200

> With the actual code, if a memory allocation error happens while
> refilling a Rx descriptor, then the original Rx buffer is both passed
> to the networking stack (in a SKB) and let in the Rx ring. This leads
> to various kernel oops and crashes.
> 
> As a fix, this patch moves Rx descriptor refilling ahead of building
> SKB with the associated Rx buffer. In case of a memory allocation
> failure, data is dropped and the original DMA buffer is put back into
> the Rx ring.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@...uanux.org>
> Fixes: c5aff18204da ("net: mvneta: driver for Marvell Armada 370/XP network unit")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.8+
> Tested-by: Yoann Sculo <yoann@...lo.fr>

Applied, thanks.
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