[ldv-project] [PATCH] natsemi: add checks for dma mapping errors
Alexey Khoroshilov
khoroshilov at ispras.ru
Sat Dec 19 15:06:45 MSK 2015
On 19.12.2015 05:36, David Miller wrote:
> From: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov at ispras.ru>
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:55:37 +0300
>
>> @@ -2093,6 +2099,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_tx(struct sk_buff
*skb, struct net_device *dev)
>> np->tx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
>> np->tx_dma[entry] = pci_map_single(np->pci_dev,
>> skb->data,skb->len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
>> + if (pci_dma_mapping_error(np->pci_dev, np->tx_dma[entry])) {
>> + np->tx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
>> + return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
>> + }
>>
>> np->tx_ring[entry].addr = cpu_to_le32(np->tx_dma[entry]);
>>
>
> Returning NETDEV_TX_BUSY and freeing the SKB will crash the system.
I do not quite understand what do you mean by 'freeing the SKB'.
At least the patch left skb untouched.
But I saw such pattern, for example, in
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c:
addr = dma_map_single(&fep->pdev->dev, data, size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
if (dma_mapping_error(&fep->pdev->dev, addr)) {
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
if (net_ratelimit())
netdev_err(ndev, "Tx DMA memory map failed\n");
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
}
>
> NETDEV_TX_BUSY is only for buggy drivers that do not manage their
> TX ring busy condition correctly, and thus need retries.
Ok, I will replace NETDEV_TX_BUSY by dropping the packet.
--
Alexey
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