This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
xen-netback: correctly return errors from netbk_count_requests()
to the 3.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
xen-netback-correctly-return-errors-from-netbk_count_requests.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 156d41484b7e4786e1f69a6c21b2be3437f52c3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:18:57 +0000
Subject: xen-netback: correctly return errors from netbk_count_requests()
From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 35876b5ffc154c357476b2c3bdab10feaf4bd8f0 ]
netbk_count_requests() could detect an error, call
netbk_fatal_tx_error() but return 0. The vif may then be used
afterwards (e.g., in a call to netbk_tx_error().
Since netbk_fatal_tx_error() could set vif->refcnt to 1, the vif may
be freed immediately after the call to netbk_fatal_tx_error() (e.g.,
if the vif is also removed).
Netback thread Xenwatch thread
-------------------------------------------
netbk_fatal_tx_err() netback_remove()
xenvif_disconnect()
...
free_netdev()
netbk_tx_err() Oops!
Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Christopher S. Aker <caker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -911,13 +911,13 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct x
if (frags >= work_to_do) {
netdev_err(vif->dev, "Need more frags\n");
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -ENODATA;
}
if (unlikely(frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS)) {
netdev_err(vif->dev, "Too many frags\n");
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -E2BIG;
}
memcpy(txp, RING_GET_REQUEST(&vif->tx, cons + frags),
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct x
if (txp->size > first->size) {
netdev_err(vif->dev, "Frag is bigger than frame.\n");
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -EIO;
}
first->size -= txp->size;
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct x
netdev_err(vif->dev, "txp->offset: %x, size: %u\n",
txp->offset, txp->size);
netbk_fatal_tx_err(vif);
- return -frags;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
} while ((txp++)->flags & XEN_NETTXF_more_data);
return frags;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.8/xen-netback-cancel-the-credit-timer-when-taking-the-vif-down.patch
queue-3.8/xen-netback-correctly-return-errors-from-netbk_count_requests.patch
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