[PATCH net-next v6 3/4] net: stmmac: drop multi-buffer frames in XDP mode

Lorenzo Bianconi lorenzo.bianconi at oss.qualcomm.com
Mon Oct 12 09:44:25 PDT 2026


stmmac_rx() runs the XDP program once per descriptor buffer and uses
skb == NULL as the only marker for the start of a frame. A frame larger
than one buffer is split by the hardware across several descriptors;
GMAC4 enables jumbo frames unconditionally (GMAC_CONFIG_JE in
GMAC_CORE_INIT), so an on-link peer can deliver such a frame even when
the interface MTU is left at 1500.

When an XDP verdict ends a non-last descriptor, skb is cleared and the
next descriptor of the same hardware frame is parsed as a new frame.
For XDP_CONSUMED this happens via read_again with len preserved, so
stmmac_rx_buf1_len() then returns min(dma_buf_sz, plen - len) for the
last descriptor, which can be as small as 0-3 bytes. buf1_len -=
ETH_FCS_LEN underflows and xdp_prepare_buff() puts data_end far past
data; on XDP_PASS this produces an skb whose length is close to 4G that
reaches the network stack (skb->tail and skb->len are 32-bit and wrap
below skb->end, so skb_over_panic() does not fire). A 4+ byte tail is
instead offered to the XDP program and delivered as a standalone
mid-payload Ethernet frame on XDP_PASS. XDP_TX/XDP_REDIRECT instead
falls through to the next iteration, resetting the running length, so
the tail is re-parsed as a full-size new frame.

XDP does not support scatter-gather frames until the multi-buffer
rework, so drop the whole frame instead: mark it as errored as soon as
a non-last descriptor is seen while an XDP program is attached, drain
and release every descriptor - including the last - and account the
frame once in rx_dropped. Removing the re-parse lets both XDP verdict
branches simply complete the packet via next.

Note: the subsequent "net: stmmac: rework stmmac_rx to support XDP rx
multi-buff" accumulates the whole frame into a single xdp_buff and
supersedes this patch; the fix is kept so the net portion of the series
stands on its own.

Fixes: 5fabb01207a2 ("net: stmmac: Add initial XDP support")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 28 ++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 426bb68c9bbc..8c08d44fdbd3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -5893,18 +5893,24 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 
 		if (priv->extend_desc)
 			stmmac_rx_extended_status(priv, &priv->xstats, rx_q->dma_erx + entry);
-		if (unlikely(status == discard_frame)) {
-			page_pool_put_page(rx_q->page_pool, buf->page, 0, true);
-			buf->page = NULL;
+
+		if (unlikely(!error && status == discard_frame)) {
 			error = 1;
 			if (!priv->hwts_rx_en)
 				rx_errors++;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(error && (status & rx_not_ls)))
-			goto read_again;
+		/* We do not support SG in XDP mode */
+		if (unlikely(!error && (status & rx_not_ls) &&
+			     stmmac_xdp_is_enabled(priv))) {
+			rx_dropped++;
+			error = 1;
+		}
 
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
+			if (status & rx_not_ls)
+				goto read_again;
+
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 			goto next;
 		}
@@ -5965,17 +5971,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 							   sync_len, true);
 					buf->page = NULL;
 					rx_dropped++;
-
-					/* Clear skb as it was set as
-					 * status by XDP program.
-					 */
-					skb = NULL;
-
-					if (unlikely((status & rx_not_ls)))
-						goto read_again;
-
-					count++;
-					continue;
+					goto next;
 				} else if (xdp_res & (STMMAC_XDP_TX |
 						      STMMAC_XDP_REDIRECT)) {
 					xdp_status |= xdp_res;

-- 
2.56.0




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