Re: [PATCHv2 6/6] net: fec: fix regression on i.MX28 introduced by rx_copybreak support

["Lothar Waßmann" <LW@KARO-electronics.de>]

Hi,

David Laight wrote:
> From: Lothar Waßmann
> > David Laight wrote:
> > > From: Lothar Waßmann
> > > > commit 1b7bde6d659d ("net: fec: implement rx_copybreak to improve rx performance")
> > > > introduced a regression for i.MX28. The swap_buffer() function doing
> > > > the endian conversion of the received data on i.MX28 may access memory
> > > > beyond the actual packet size in the DMA buffer. fec_enet_copybreak()
> > > > does not copy those bytes, so that the last bytes of a packet may be
> > > > filled with invalid data after swapping.
> > > > This will likely lead to checksum errors on received packets.
> > > > E.g. when trying to mount an NFS rootfs:
> > > > UDP: bad checksum. From 192.168.1.225:111 to 192.168.100.73:44662 ulen 36
> > > >
> > > > Do the byte swapping and copying to the new skb in one go if
> > > > necessary.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lothar Wamann <LW@KARO-electronics.de>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > @@ -1455,7 +1472,7 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int budget, u16 queue_id)
> > > >  		prefetch(skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
> > > >  		skb_put(skb, pkt_len - 4);
> > > >  		data = skb->data;
> > > > -		if (fep->quirks & FEC_QUIRK_SWAP_FRAME)
> > > > +		if (!is_copybreak && need_swap)
> > > >  			swap_buffer(data, pkt_len);
> > >
> > > It has to be better to set the 'copybreak' limit to be larger than the
> > > maximum frame size and so always go through the 'copybreak' paths.
> > >
> > Since the copybreak support is all about performance optimistation, we
> > should IMO buy the additional advantage for i.MX28 by not having to
> > access the buffer twice (once for copying and once again for swapping).
> 
> You definitely want to do the byteswap at the same time as the copy.
> 
> The point I'm trying to make that if you need to do the byteswap you
> probably might as well copy the data to an skb of the correct size at
> the same time.
> Certainly I'd expect the 'break even' length will be much higher.
> 
I didn't implement the copybreak support. I'm only trying to fix a bug
it introduced for i.MX28. So, I won't mess with the copybreak
parameters.


Lothar Waßmann
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