On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 2:16 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 01:46:17PM +0800, Liang Chen wrote: > > "private" of buffer page is currently used for big mode to chain pages. > > But in mergeable mode, that offset of page could mean something else, > > e.g. when page_pool page is used instead. So excluding mergeable mode to > > avoid such a problem. > > > > Signed-off-by: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@xxxxxxxxx> > > Ugh the subject makes it looks like current code has a problem > but I don't think so because I don't think anything besides > big packets uses page->private. > > The reason patch is needed is because follow up patches > use page_pool. > pls adjust commit log and subject to make all this clear. > > > > --- > > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > > index 5a7f7a76b920..c5dca0d92e64 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > > @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *page_to_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi, > > return NULL; > > > > page = (struct page *)page->private; > > - if (page) > > + if (!vi->mergeable_rx_bufs && page) > > To be safe let's limit to big packets too: > > if (!vi->mergeable_rx_bufs && vi->big_packets && page) > > > Sure, thanks! > > give_pages(rq, page); > > goto ok; > > } > > -- > > 2.31.1 > _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization