On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 10:52:16AM +0800, wangyunjian wrote:
> From: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently the tun_napi_alloc_frags() function returns -ENOMEM when the
> number of iovs exceeds MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1. However this is inappropriate,
> we should use -EMSGSIZE instead of -ENOMEM.
>
> The following distinctions are matters:
> 1. the caller need to drop the bad packet when -EMSGSIZE is returned,
> which means meeting a persistent failure.
> 2. the caller can try again when -ENOMEM is returned, which means
> meeting a transient failure.
>
> Fixes: 90e33d459407 ("tun: enable napi_gro_frags() for TUN/TAP driver")
> Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> * update commit log suggested by Willem de Bruijn
> ---
> drivers/net/tun.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index 2dc1988a8973..15c6dd7fb04c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_napi_alloc_frags(struct tun_file *tfile,
> int i;
>
> if (it->nr_segs > MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)
> - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> + return ERR_PTR(-EMSGSIZE);
>
> local_bh_disable();
> skb = napi_get_frags(&tfile->napi);
> --
> 2.23.0
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