similar to: [PATCH 2/6] virtio: fix tx_ stats in virtio_net

If we fail to transmit a packet, we assume the queue is full and put the skb into last_xmit_skb. However, if more space frees up before we xmit it, we loop, and the result can be transmitting the same skb twice. Fix is simple: set skb to NULL if we've used it in some way, and check before sending. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c |

If we fail to transmit a packet, we assume the queue is full and put the skb into last_xmit_skb. However, if more space frees up before we xmit it, we loop, and the result can be transmitting the same skb twice. Fix is simple: set skb to NULL if we've used it in some way, and check before sending. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c |

[PATCH] virtio_net: Delay dropping tx skbs Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com>, virtualization at lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev at vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807151340.00446.rusty at rustcorp.com.au> From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 17:42 +1000,

[PATCH] virtio_net: Delay dropping tx skbs Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com>, virtualization at lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev at vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807151340.00446.rusty at rustcorp.com.au> From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 17:42 +1000,

From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> hdr->csum_start is the offset from the start of the ethernet header to the transport layer checksum field. skb->csum_start is the offset from skb->head. skb_partial_csum_set() assumes that skb->data points to the ethernet header - i.e. it computes skb->csum_start by adding the headroom to hdr->csum_start. Since

From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> hdr->csum_start is the offset from the start of the ethernet header to the transport layer checksum field. skb->csum_start is the offset from skb->head. skb_partial_csum_set() assumes that skb->data points to the ethernet header - i.e. it computes skb->csum_start by adding the headroom to hdr->csum_start. Since

From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> hdr->csum_start is the offset from the start of the ethernet header to the transport layer checksum field. skb->csum_start is the offset from skb->head. skb_partial_csum_set() assumes that skb->data points to the ethernet header - i.e. it computes skb->csum_start by adding the headroom to hdr->csum_start. Since

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 05:07:25PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > When mergeable buffer were used, we only put the first page buf leave the rest > of buffers in the virt queue. This will cause the driver could not get the > correct head buffer any more. Fix this by dropping the rest of buffers for this > packet. > > The bug was introduced by commit

Eric Dumazet noticed that if we encounter an error when processing a mergeable buffer, we don't dequeue all of the buffers from this packet, the result is almost sure to be loss of networking. Fix this issue. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Michael Dalton <mwdalton at google.com> Acked-by: Michael Dalton <mwdalton at google.com> Cc: Eric Dumazet

Eric Dumazet noticed that if we encounter an error when processing a mergeable buffer, we don't dequeue all of the buffers from this packet, the result is almost sure to be loss of networking. Fix this issue. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Michael Dalton <mwdalton at google.com> Acked-by: Michael Dalton <mwdalton at google.com> Cc: Eric Dumazet

Eric Dumazet noticed that if we encounter an error when processing a mergeable buffer, we don't dequeue all of the buffers from this packet, the result is almost sure to be loss of networking. Jason Wang noticed that we also leak a page and that we don't decrement the rq buf count, so we won't repost buffers (a resource leak). Fix both issues. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at

Eric Dumazet noticed that if we encounter an error when processing a mergeable buffer, we don't dequeue all of the buffers from this packet, the result is almost sure to be loss of networking. Jason Wang noticed that we also leak a page and that we don't decrement the rq buf count, so we won't repost buffers (a resource leak). Fix both issues. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at

I got the following oops during interface ifup. Unfortunately its not easily reproducable so I cant say for sure that my fix fixes this problem, but I am confident and I think its correct anyway: <2>kernel BUG at /space/kvm/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:234! <4>illegal operation: 0001 [#1] PREEMPT SMP <4>Modules linked in: <4>CPU: 0 Not tainted

I got the following oops during interface ifup. Unfortunately its not easily reproducable so I cant say for sure that my fix fixes this problem, but I am confident and I think its correct anyway: <2>kernel BUG at /space/kvm/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:234! <4>illegal operation: 0001 [#1] PREEMPT SMP <4>Modules linked in: <4>CPU: 0 Not tainted

2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> commit 23cde76d801246a702e7a84c3fe3d655b35c89a1 upstream. hdr->csum_start is the offset from the start of the ethernet header to the transport layer checksum field. skb->csum_start is the offset from skb->head. skb_partial_csum_set()

Eric Dumazet noticed that if we encounter an error when processing a mergeable buffer, we don't dequeue all of the buffers from this packet, the result is almost sure to be loss of networking. Jason Wang noticed that we also leak a page and that we don't decrement the rq buf count, so we won't repost buffers (a resource leak). Fix both issues. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at

Eric Dumazet noticed that if we encounter an error when processing a mergeable buffer, we don't dequeue all of the buffers from this packet, the result is almost sure to be loss of networking. Jason Wang noticed that we also leak a page and that we don't decrement the rq buf count, so we won't repost buffers (a resource leak). Fix both issues. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at

----- ???? ----- > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 05:07:25PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > When mergeable buffer were used, we only put the first page buf leave the > > rest > > of buffers in the virt queue. This will cause the driver could not get the > > correct head buffer any more. Fix this by dropping the rest of buffers for > > this > > packet. > > >

----- ???? ----- > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 05:07:25PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > When mergeable buffer were used, we only put the first page buf leave the > > rest > > of buffers in the virt queue. This will cause the driver could not get the > > correct head buffer any more. Fix this by dropping the rest of buffers for > > this > > packet. > > >

From: "Bruce Rogers" <brogers at novell.com> Under harsh testing conditions, including low memory, the guest would stop receiving packets. With this patch applied we no longer see any problems in the driver while performing these tests for extended periods of time. Make sure napi is scheduled subsequent to each napi_enable. Signed-off-by: Bruce Rogers <brogers at