netdev - [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Avoid accessing skb after submitting to input queue

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Message-ID: <20170126195235.GA3875@felix.cavium.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:52:35 -0800
From:   Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com>,
        <derek.chickles@...ium.com>, <satananda.burla@...ium.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: Avoid accessing skb after submitting to
 input queue

From: Satanand Burla <satananda.burla@...ium.com>

Accessing skb after submitting to input queue can cause
access to stale pointers if the skb ends up being transmitted
and freed by that time.

Signed-off-by: Satanand Burla <satananda.burla@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Derek Chickles <derek.chickles@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghu Vatsavayi <raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c    | 6 +++---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 5ee3f00..9261ddc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -3316,11 +3316,11 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	netif_trans_update(netdev);
 
-	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
-		stats->tx_done += skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
+	if (tx_info->s.gso_segs)
+		stats->tx_done += tx_info->s.gso_segs;
 	else
 		stats->tx_done++;
-	stats->tx_tot_bytes += skb->len;
+	stats->tx_tot_bytes += ndata.datasize;
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index e96cf6c..a6587d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -2433,11 +2433,11 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	netif_trans_update(netdev);
 
-	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
-		stats->tx_done += skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
+	if (tx_info->s.gso_segs)
+		stats->tx_done += tx_info->s.gso_segs;
 	else
 		stats->tx_done++;
-	stats->tx_tot_bytes += skb->len;
+	stats->tx_tot_bytes += ndata.datasize;
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;