netdev - Re: [net PATCH 0/4] virtio_net: several bugs in XDP code for driver virtio

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Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:09:48 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     brouer@...hat.com
Cc:     jasowang@...hat.com, mst@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, borkmann@...earbox.net, tariqt@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [net PATCH 0/4] virtio_net: several bugs in XDP code for
 driver virtio_net

From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:31:59 +0100

> The virtio_net driver actually violates the original memory model of
> XDP causing hard to debug crashes.  Per request of John Fastabend,
> instead of removing the XDP feature I'm fixing as much as possible.
> While testing virtio_net with XDP_REDIRECT I found 4 different bugs.
> 
> Patch-1: not enough tail-room for build_skb in receive_mergeable()
>  only option is to disable XDP_REDIRECT in receive_mergeable()
> 
> Patch-2: XDP in receive_small() basically never worked (check wrong flag)
> 
> Patch-3: fix memory leak for XDP_REDIRECT in error cases
> 
> Patch-4: avoid crash when ndo_xdp_xmit is called on dev not ready for XDP
> 
> In the longer run, we should consider introducing a separate receive
> function when attaching an XDP program, and also change the memory
> model to be compatible with XDP when attaching an XDP prog.

Series applied, thanks Jesper.