[net-next v11 4/7] net: mtip: The L2 switch driver for imx287

Lukasz Majewski lukma at denx.de
Tue May 6 04:29:14 PDT 2025


Hi Paolo,

> On 5/6/25 1:04 PM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> >> On 5/4/25 4:55 PM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:  
> >>> +		/* This does 16 byte alignment, exactly what we
> >>> need.
> >>> +		 * The packet length includes FCS, but we don't
> >>> want to
> >>> +		 * include that when passing upstream as it
> >>> messes up
> >>> +		 * bridging applications.
> >>> +		 */
> >>> +		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(pndev, pkt_len +
> >>> NET_IP_ALIGN);
> >>> +		if (unlikely(!skb)) {
> >>> +			dev_dbg(&fep->pdev->dev,
> >>> +				"%s: Memory squeeze, dropping
> >>> packet.\n",
> >>> +				pndev->name);
> >>> +			pndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
> >>> +			goto err_mem;
> >>> +		} else {
> >>> +			skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
> >>> +			skb_put(skb, pkt_len);      /* Make room
> >>> */
> >>> +			skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, data,
> >>> pkt_len);
> >>> +			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb,
> >>> pndev);
> >>> +			napi_gro_receive(&fep->napi, skb);
> >>> +		}
> >>> +
> >>> +		bdp->cbd_bufaddr =
> >>> dma_map_single(&fep->pdev->dev, data,
> >>> +
> >>> bdp->cbd_datlen,
> >>> +
> >>> DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> >>> +		if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(&fep->pdev->dev,
> >>> +
> >>> bdp->cbd_bufaddr))) {
> >>> +			dev_err(&fep->pdev->dev,
> >>> +				"Failed to map descriptor rx
> >>> buffer\n");
> >>> +			pndev->stats.rx_errors++;
> >>> +			pndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
> >>> +			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> >>> +			goto err_mem;
> >>> +		}    
> >>
> >> This is doing the mapping and ev. dropping the skb _after_ pushing
> >> the skb up the stack, you must attempt the mapping first.
> >>  
> >>> +static void mtip_free_buffers(struct net_device *dev)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	struct mtip_ndev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> >>> +	struct switch_enet_private *fep = priv->fep;
> >>> +	struct sk_buff *skb;
> >>> +	struct cbd_t *bdp;
> >>> +	int i;
> >>> +
> >>> +	bdp = fep->rx_bd_base;
> >>> +	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
> >>> +		skb = fep->rx_skbuff[i];
> >>> +
> >>> +		if (bdp->cbd_bufaddr)
> >>> +			dma_unmap_single(&fep->pdev->dev,
> >>> bdp->cbd_bufaddr,
> >>> +					 MTIP_SWITCH_RX_FRSIZE,
> >>> +					 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> >>> +		if (skb)
> >>> +			dev_kfree_skb(skb);    
> >>
> >> I suspect that on error paths mtip_free_buffers() can be invoked
> >> multiple consecutive times with any successful allocation in
> >> between: skb will be freed twice. Likely you need to clear
> >> fep->rx_skbuff[i] here.  
> > 
> > I don't know what I shall say now.... really...   
> 
> I suspect my email was not clear. AFAICS the current code contains at
> least 2 serious issues,

Yes, I'm now aware of them - thanks for pointing them out.

> possibly more not yet discovered due to the
> patch size.
> You need to submit (at least) a new revision coping with
> the provided feedback.

+1


> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paolo
> 




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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