Back in 2014, the LQI was saved in the skb control buffer (skb->cb, or
mac_cb(skb)) without any actual reset of this area prior to its use.
As part of a useful rework of the use of this region, 32edc40ae65c
("ieee802154: change _cb handling slightly") introduced mac_cb_init() to
basically memset the cb field to 0. In particular, this new function got
called at the beginning of mac802154_parse_frame_start(), right before
the location where the buffer got actually filled.
What went through unnoticed however, is the fact that the very first
helper called by device drivers in the receive path already used this
area to save the LQI value for later extraction. Resetting the cb field
"so late" led to systematically zeroing the LQI.
If we consider the reset of the cb field needed, we can make it as soon
as we get an skb from a device driver, right before storing the LQI,
as is the very first time we need to write something there.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 32edc40ae65c ("ieee802154: change _cb handling slightly")
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hello,
I am surprised the LQI was gone for all those years and nobody
noticed it, so perhaps I did misinterpret slightly the situation, but I
am pretty sure the cb area reset was erasing the LQI.
About the backports, they will likely fail on the older kernels because
of some function/file moves, but I don't think we really care.
Cheers,
Miquèl
net/mac802154/rx.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac802154/rx.c b/net/mac802154/rx.c
index d1f7b8df41fe..a4733a62911f 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/rx.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int
ieee802154_parse_frame_start(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr)
{
int hlen;
- struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb_init(skb);
+ struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb(skb);
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
@@ -305,8 +305,9 @@ void
ieee802154_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, u8 lqi)
{
struct ieee802154_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
+ struct ieee802154_mac_cb *cb = mac_cb_init(skb);
- mac_cb(skb)->lqi = lqi;
+ cb->lqi = lqi;
skb->pkt_type = IEEE802154_RX_MSG;
skb_queue_tail(&local->skb_queue, skb);
tasklet_schedule(&local->tasklet);
--
2.34.1
