netdev - Re: [PATCH net, 1/3] net: mana: Fix TX CQE error handling

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Message-ID: <20230930181623.GF92317@kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:16:23 +0200
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net, 1/3] net: mana: Fix TX CQE error handling

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 03:51:48PM +0000, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 1:51 AM
> > To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> > Cc: linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Dexuan Cui
> > <decui@...rosoft.com>; KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>; Paul Rosswurm
> > <paulros@...rosoft.com>; olaf@...fle.de; vkuznets
> > <vkuznets@...hat.com>; davem@...emloft.net; wei.liu@...nel.org;
> > edumazet@...gle.com; kuba@...nel.org; pabeni@...hat.com;
> > leon@...nel.org; Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>;
> > ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com; linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org;
> > daniel@...earbox.net; john.fastabend@...il.com; bpf@...r.kernel.org;
> > ast@...nel.org; Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@...rosoft.com>;
> > hawk@...nel.org; tglx@...utronix.de; shradhagupta@...ux.microsoft.com;
> > linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net, 1/3] net: mana: Fix TX CQE error handling
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 07:47:57AM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 06:31:45PM -0700, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> > > > For an unknown TX CQE error type (probably from a newer hardware),
> > > > still free the SKB, update the queue tail, etc., otherwise the
> > > > accounting will be wrong.
> > > >
> > > > Also, TX errors can be triggered by injecting corrupted packets, so
> > > > replace the WARN_ONCE to ratelimited error logging, because we don't
> > > > need stack trace here.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > > > Fixes: ca9c54d2d6a5 ("net: mana: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure
> > Network Adapter (MANA)")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> > 
> > Sorry, one latent question.
> > 
> > The patch replaces WARN_ONCE with a net_ratelimit()'d netdev_err().
> > But I do wonder if, as a fix, netdev_err_once() would be more appropriate.
> 
> This error may happen with different CQE error types, so I use netdev_err() 
> to display them, and added rate limit.

Thanks for the clarification.