netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix ICMPv6 header handling when receiving IPv6 messages

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Message-ID: <Y2EqgyAChS1/6VqP@Laptop-X1>
Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 22:17:39 +0800
From:   Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
To:     Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Liang Li <liali@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix ICMPv6 header handling when receiving
 IPv6 messages

On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 09:39:22PM +0800, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> > 	I don't understand this explanation, as ipv6_gro_receive() isn't
> > called directly by the device drivers, but from within the GRO
> > processing, e.g., by dev_gro_receive().
> > 
> > 	Could you explain how the call paths actually differ?  
> 
> Er..Yes, it's a little weird.
> 
> I checked if the transport header is set before  __netif_receive_skb_core().
> The bnx2x driver set it while be2net does not. So the transport header is reset
> in __netif_receive_skb_core() with be2net.
> 
> I also found ipv6_gro_receive() is called before bond_handle_frame() when
> receive NA message. Not sure which path it go through. I'm not very familiar
> with driver part. But I can do more investigating.

With dump_stack(), it shows bnx2x do calls ipv6_gro_receive().
PS: I only dump the stack when receive NA.

[   65.537605]  dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48
[   65.541695]  ipv6_gro_receive.cold+0x1b/0x3d
[   65.546453]  dev_gro_receive+0x16c/0x380
[   65.550831]  napi_gro_receive+0x64/0x210
[   65.555206]  bnx2x_rx_int+0x44c/0x820 [bnx2x]
[   65.560100]  bnx2x_poll+0xe5/0x1d0 [bnx2x]
[   65.564687]  __napi_poll+0x2c/0x160
[   65.568579]  net_rx_action+0x296/0x350

Thanks
Hangbin