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Re: [PATCH V2 v3.7] brcmsmac: handle packet drop on enqueuing correctly

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On 11/26/2012 09:23 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> From: Piotr Haber <phaber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In the event that tx packet can not be queued by the driver
> the packet is dropped. Propagate that information to the .tx()
> callback to make sure the freed packet is not accessed after
> that.
> 
> This has happened causing slab corruptions as reported by
> Stanislaw Gruszka.
> 
> Bug #47721: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47721
> 
> Reported-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@xxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Haber <phaber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c |    4 ++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c        |   14 +++++++++-----
>  drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h        |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/pub.h         |    2 +-
>  4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Hi, John

What is keeping you from picking up this patch? Anything I should do?
This V2 removed the no-op changes in ampdu.c that Seth indicated so...
please let me know.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
> index a744ea5..5590499 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
> @@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ static void brcms_ops_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  		kfree_skb(skb);
>  		goto done;
>  	}
> -	brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211(wl->wlc, skb, hw);
> -	tx_info->rate_driver_data[0] = control->sta;
> +	if (brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211(wl->wlc, skb, hw))
> +		tx_info->rate_driver_data[0] = control->sta;

This is where the slab corruption used to occur, because txinfo is part
of a possibly released sk_buff.

Regards,
Arend

>   done:
>  	spin_unlock_bh(&wl->lock);
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
> index 75086b3..9fb0a4c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
> @@ -6095,7 +6095,7 @@ static bool brcms_c_prec_enq(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct pktq *q,
>  	return brcms_c_prec_enq_head(wlc, q, pkt, prec, false);
>  }
>  
> -void brcms_c_txq_enq(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct scb *scb,
> +bool brcms_c_txq_enq(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct scb *scb,
>  		     struct sk_buff *sdu, uint prec)
>  {
>  	struct brcms_txq_info *qi = wlc->pkt_queue;	/* Check me */
> @@ -6110,7 +6110,9 @@ void brcms_c_txq_enq(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct scb *scb,
>  		 * packet flooding from mac80211 stack
>  		 */
>  		brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(sdu);
> +		return false;
>  	}
> +	return true;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -7273,7 +7275,7 @@ brcms_c_d11hdrs_mac80211(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -void brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct sk_buff *sdu,
> +bool brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct sk_buff *sdu,
>  			      struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>  {
>  	u8 prio;
> @@ -7288,10 +7290,12 @@ void brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct sk_buff *sdu,
>  	prio = ieee80211_is_data(d11_header->frame_control) ? sdu->priority :
>  		MAXPRIO;
>  	fifo = prio2fifo[prio];
> -	if (brcms_c_d11hdrs_mac80211(wlc, hw, sdu, scb, 0, 1, fifo, 0))
> -		return;
> -	brcms_c_txq_enq(wlc, scb, sdu, BRCMS_PRIO_TO_PREC(prio));
> +	brcms_c_d11hdrs_mac80211(wlc, hw, sdu, scb, 0, 1, fifo, 0);
> +	if (!brcms_c_txq_enq(wlc, scb, sdu, BRCMS_PRIO_TO_PREC(prio)))
> +		return false;
>  	brcms_c_send_q(wlc);
> +
> +	return true;
>  }
>  
>  void brcms_c_send_q(struct brcms_c_info *wlc)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h
> index 8debc74..b44725c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h
> @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ extern void brcms_c_txfifo(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, uint fifo,
>  			   bool commit, s8 txpktpend);
>  extern void brcms_c_txfifo_complete(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, uint fifo,
>  				    s8 txpktpend);
> -extern void brcms_c_txq_enq(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct scb *scb,
> +extern bool brcms_c_txq_enq(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct scb *scb,
>  			    struct sk_buff *sdu, uint prec);
>  extern void brcms_c_print_txstatus(struct tx_status *txs);
>  extern int brcms_b_xmtfifo_sz_get(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, uint fifo,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/pub.h b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/pub.h
> index 5855f4f..bfa2630 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/pub.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/pub.h
> @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ extern void brcms_c_intrsrestore(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, u32 macintmask);
>  extern bool brcms_c_intrsupd(struct brcms_c_info *wlc);
>  extern bool brcms_c_isr(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool *wantdpc);
>  extern bool brcms_c_dpc(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool bounded);
> -extern void brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211(struct brcms_c_info *wlc,
> +extern bool brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211(struct brcms_c_info *wlc,
>  				     struct sk_buff *sdu,
>  				     struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
>  extern bool brcms_c_aggregatable(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, u8 tid);
> 


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