[PATCH 3/5] net: ks8851_mll: do not read past the receive buffer

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the hardware may report a packet longer than our receive buffer. Instead
of reading past the receive buffer, discard too long packets.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c b/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c
index 2120657bd9..5e41888b28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c
@@ -420,6 +420,23 @@ static inline void ks_inblk(struct ks_net *ks, u16 *wptr, u32 len)
 		*wptr++ = (u16)readw(ks->hw_addr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ks_discardblk - read a block of data from QMU discarding the data
+ * @ks: The chip state
+ * @len: length in byte to read
+ *
+ * This discards a block of data, used when a packet is longer than our receive
+ * buffer. I don't know if it is necessary to discard the data like this, but
+ * it is the easy way out to fix the behaviour with too large packets without
+ * risking regressions.
+ */
+static inline void ks_discardblk(struct ks_net *ks, u32 len)
+{
+	len >>= 1;
+	while (len--)
+		(void)readw(ks->hw_addr);
+}
+
 /**
  * ks_outblk - write data to QMU.
  * @ks: The chip information
@@ -676,9 +693,14 @@ static int ks8851_rx_frame(struct ks_net *ks)
 
 	tmp_rxqcr = ks_rdreg16(ks, KS_RXQCR);
 	ks_wrreg16(ks, KS_RXQCR, tmp_rxqcr | RXQCR_SDA);
-	/* read 2 bytes for dummy, 2 for status, 2 for len*/
-	ks_inblk(ks, ks->rx_buf, 2 + 2 + 2);
-	ks_inblk(ks, ks->rx_buf, ALIGN(RxLen, 4));
+	if (RxLen <= PKTSIZE) {
+		/* read 2 bytes for dummy, 2 for status, 2 for len*/
+		ks_inblk(ks, ks->rx_buf, 2 + 2 + 2);
+		ks_inblk(ks, ks->rx_buf, ALIGN(RxLen, 4));
+	} else {
+		ks_discardblk(ks, 2 + 2 + 2 + ALIGN(RxLen, 4));
+	}
+
 	ks_wrreg16(ks, KS_RXQCR, tmp_rxqcr);
 
 	if (RxStatus & RXFSHR_RXFV) {
-- 
2.39.2





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