netdev - Re: 5.15-rc3+ crash in fq-codel?

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Date:   Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:48:35 -0700
From:   Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 5.15-rc3+ crash in fq-codel?

On 9/29/21 4:42 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/29/21 4:28 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>>
> 
>>
>> Actually the bug seems to be in pktgen, vs NET_XMIT_CN
>>
>> You probably would hit the same issues with other qdisc also using NET_XMIT_CN
>>
> 
> I would try the following patch :
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
> index a3d74e2704c42e3bec1aa502b911c1b952a56cf1..0a2d9534f8d08d1da5dfc68c631f3a07f95c6f77 100644
> --- a/net/core/pktgen.c
> +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
> @@ -3567,6 +3567,7 @@ static void pktgen_xmit(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
>          case NET_XMIT_DROP:
>          case NET_XMIT_CN:
>                  /* skb has been consumed */
> +               pkt_dev->last_ok = 1;
>                  pkt_dev->errors++;
>                  break;
>          default: /* Drivers are not supposed to return other values! */
> 

Thanks, that makes sense to me.  I'll test that out tomorrow...

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com