linux.git/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c, branch v5.12

net: lapbether: Remove netif_start_queue / netif_stop_queue

2021-03-09T19:03:09+00:00

For the devices in this driver, the default qdisc is "noqueue",
because their "tx_queue_len" is 0.

In function "__dev_queue_xmit" in "net/core/dev.c", devices with the
"noqueue" qdisc are specially handled. Packets are transmitted without
being queued after a "dev->flags & IFF_UP" check. However, it's possible
that even if this check succeeds, "ops->ndo_stop" may still have already
been called. This is because in "__dev_close_many", "ops->ndo_stop" is
called before clearing the "IFF_UP" flag.

If we call "netif_stop_queue" in "ops->ndo_stop", then it's possible in
"__dev_queue_xmit", it sees the "IFF_UP" flag is present, and then it
checks "netif_xmit_stopped" and finds that the queue is already stopped.
In this case, it will complain that:
"Virtual device ... asks to queue packet!"

To prevent "__dev_queue_xmit" from generating this complaint, we should
not call "netif_stop_queue" in "ops->ndo_stop".

We also don't need to call "netif_start_queue" in "ops->ndo_open",
because after a netdev is allocated and registered, the
"__QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF" flag is initially not set, so there is no need
to call "netif_start_queue" to clear it.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Acked-by: Martin Schiller 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: lapbether: Consider it successful if (dis)connecting when already (dis)connected

2020-12-10T21:18:28+00:00

When the upper layer instruct us to connect (or disconnect), but we have
already connected (or disconnected), consider this operation successful
rather than failed.

This can help the upper layer to correct its record about whether we are
connected or not here in layer 2.

The upper layer may not have the correct information about whether we are
connected or not. This can happen if this driver has already been running
for some time when the "x25" module gets loaded.

Another X.25 driver (hdlc_x25) is already doing this, so we make this
driver do this, too.

Cc: Martin Schiller 
Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Acked-by: Martin Schiller 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

drivers/net/wan/lapbether: Make skb->protocol consistent with the header

2020-09-17T23:38:03+00:00

This driver is a virtual driver stacked on top of Ethernet interfaces.

When this driver transmits data on the Ethernet device, the skb->protocol
setting is inconsistent with the Ethernet header prepended to the skb.

This causes a user listening on the Ethernet interface with an AF_PACKET
socket, to see different sll_protocol values for incoming and outgoing
frames, because incoming frames would have this value set by parsing the
Ethernet header.

This patch changes the skb->protocol value for outgoing Ethernet frames,
making it consistent with the Ethernet header prepended. This makes a
user listening on the Ethernet device with an AF_PACKET socket, to see
the same sll_protocol value for incoming and outgoing frames.

Cc: Martin Schiller 
Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2020-09-04T01:50:48+00:00

Pull networking fixes from David Miller:

 1) Use netif_rx_ni() when necessary in batman-adv stack, from Jussi
    Kivilinna.

 2) Fix loss of RTT samples in rxrpc, from David Howells.

 3) Memory leak in hns_nic_dev_probe(), from Dignhao Liu.

 4) ravb module cannot be unloaded, fix from Yuusuke Ashizuka.

 5) We disable BH for too lokng in sctp_get_port_local(), add a
    cond_resched() here as well, from Xin Long.

 6) Fix memory leak in st95hf_in_send_cmd, from Dinghao Liu.

 7) Out of bound access in bpf_raw_tp_link_fill_link_info(), from
    Yonghong Song.

 8) Missing of_node_put() in mt7530 DSA driver, from Sumera
    Priyadarsini.

 9) Fix crash in bnxt_fw_reset_task(), from Michael Chan.

10) Fix geneve tunnel checksumming bug in hns3, from Yi Li.

11) Memory leak in rxkad_verify_response, from Dinghao Liu.

12) In tipc, don't use smp_processor_id() in preemptible context. From
    Tuong Lien.

13) Fix signedness issue in mlx4 memory allocation, from Shung-Hsi Yu.

14) Missing clk_disable_prepare() in gemini driver, from Dan Carpenter.

15) Fix ABI mismatch between driver and firmware in nfp, from Louis
    Peens.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (110 commits)
  net/smc: fix sock refcounting in case of termination
  net/smc: reset sndbuf_desc if freed
  net/smc: set rx_off for SMCR explicitly
  net/smc: fix toleration of fake add_link messages
  tg3: Fix soft lockup when tg3_reset_task() fails.
  doc: net: dsa: Fix typo in config code sample
  net: dp83867: Fix WoL SecureOn password
  nfp: flower: fix ABI mismatch between driver and firmware
  tipc: fix shutdown() of connectionless socket
  ipv6: Fix sysctl max for fib_multipath_hash_policy
  drivers/net/wan/hdlc: Change the default of hard_header_len to 0
  net: gemini: Fix another missing clk_disable_unprepare() in probe
  net: bcmgenet: fix mask check in bcmgenet_validate_flow()
  amd-xgbe: Add support for new port mode
  net: usb: dm9601: Add USB ID of Keenetic Plus DSL
  vhost: fix typo in error message
  net: ethernet: mlx4: Fix memory allocation in mlx4_buddy_init()
  pktgen: fix error message with wrong function name
  net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: fix rmii 100Mbit link mode
  cxgb4: fix thermal zone device registration
  ...

drivers/net/wan/lapbether: Set network_header before transmitting

2020-08-26T22:50:58+00:00

Set the skb's network_header before it is passed to the underlying
Ethernet device for transmission.

This patch fixes the following issue:

When we use this driver with AF_PACKET sockets, there would be error
messages of:
   protocol 0805 is buggy, dev (Ethernet interface name)
printed in the system "dmesg" log.

This is because skbs passed down to the Ethernet device for transmission
don't have their network_header properly set, and the dev_queue_xmit_nit
function in net/core/dev.c complains about this.

Reason of setting the network_header to this place (at the end of the
Ethernet header, and at the beginning of the Ethernet payload):

Because when this driver receives an skb from the Ethernet device, the
network_header is also set at this place.

Cc: Martin Schiller 
Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

drivers/net/wan/lapbether: Added needed_tailroom

2020-08-24T23:09:33+00:00

The underlying Ethernet device may request necessary tailroom to be
allocated by setting needed_tailroom. This driver should also set
needed_tailroom to request the tailroom needed by the underlying
Ethernet device to be allocated.

Cc: Willem de Bruijn 
Cc: Martin Schiller 
Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword

2020-08-23T22:36:59+00:00

Replace the existing /* fall through */ comments and its variants with
the new pseudo-keyword macro fallthrough[1]. Also, remove unnecessary
fall-through markings when it is the case.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.7/process/deprecated.html?highlight=fallthrough#implicit-switch-case-fall-through

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva

drivers/net/wan/lapbether: Added needed_headroom and a skb->len check

2020-08-07T00:02:41+00:00

1. Added a skb->len check

This driver expects upper layers to include a pseudo header of 1 byte
when passing down a skb for transmission. This driver will read this
1-byte header. This patch added a skb->len check before reading the
header to make sure the header exists.

2. Changed to use needed_headroom instead of hard_header_len to request
necessary headroom to be allocated

In net/packet/af_packet.c, the function packet_snd first reserves a
headroom of length (dev->hard_header_len + dev->needed_headroom).
Then if the socket is a SOCK_DGRAM socket, it calls dev_hard_header,
which calls dev->header_ops->create, to create the link layer header.
If the socket is a SOCK_RAW socket, it "un-reserves" a headroom of
length (dev->hard_header_len), and assumes the user to provide the
appropriate link layer header.

So according to the logic of af_packet.c, dev->hard_header_len should
be the length of the header that would be created by
dev->header_ops->create.

However, this driver doesn't provide dev->header_ops, so logically
dev->hard_header_len should be 0.

So we should use dev->needed_headroom instead of dev->hard_header_len
to request necessary headroom to be allocated.

This change fixes kernel panic when this driver is used with AF_PACKET
SOCK_RAW sockets.

Call stack when panic:

[  168.399197] skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff819d95fb len:20
put:14 head:ffff8882704c0a00 data:ffff8882704c09fd tail:0x11 end:0xc0
dev:veth0
...
[  168.399255] Call Trace:
[  168.399259]  skb_push.cold+0x14/0x24
[  168.399262]  eth_header+0x2b/0xc0
[  168.399267]  lapbeth_data_transmit+0x9a/0xb0 [lapbether]
[  168.399275]  lapb_data_transmit+0x22/0x2c [lapb]
[  168.399277]  lapb_transmit_buffer+0x71/0xb0 [lapb]
[  168.399279]  lapb_kick+0xe3/0x1c0 [lapb]
[  168.399281]  lapb_data_request+0x76/0xc0 [lapb]
[  168.399283]  lapbeth_xmit+0x56/0x90 [lapbether]
[  168.399286]  dev_hard_start_xmit+0x91/0x1f0
[  168.399289]  ? irq_init_percpu_irqstack+0xc0/0x100
[  168.399291]  __dev_queue_xmit+0x721/0x8e0
[  168.399295]  ? packet_parse_headers.isra.0+0xd2/0x110
[  168.399297]  dev_queue_xmit+0x10/0x20
[  168.399298]  packet_sendmsg+0xbf0/0x19b0
......

Cc: Willem de Bruijn 
Cc: Martin Schiller 
Cc: Brian Norris 
Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

drivers/net/wan: lapb: Corrected the usage of skb_cow

2020-07-25T03:17:42+00:00

This patch fixed 2 issues with the usage of skb_cow in LAPB drivers
"lapbether" and "hdlc_x25":

1) After skb_cow fails, kfree_skb should be called to drop a reference
to the skb. But in both drivers, kfree_skb is not called.

2) skb_cow should be called before skb_push so that is can ensure the
safety of skb_push. But in "lapbether", it is incorrectly called after
skb_push.

More details about these 2 issues:

1) The behavior of calling kfree_skb on failure is also the behavior of
netif_rx, which is called by this function with "return netif_rx(skb);".
So this function should follow this behavior, too.

2) In "lapbether", skb_cow is called after skb_push. This results in 2
logical issues:
   a) skb_push is not protected by skb_cow;
   b) An extra headroom of 1 byte is ensured after skb_push. This extra
      headroom has no use in this function. It also has no use in the
      upper-layer function that this function passes the skb to
      (x25_lapb_receive_frame in net/x25/x25_dev.c).
So logically skb_cow should instead be called before skb_push.

Cc: Eric Dumazet 
Cc: Martin Schiller 
Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

drivers/net/wan/lapbether: Fixed the value of hard_header_len

2020-07-06T19:16:21+00:00

When this driver transmits data,
  first this driver will remove a pseudo header of 1 byte,
  then the lapb module will prepend the LAPB header of 2 or 3 bytes,
  then this driver will prepend a length field of 2 bytes,
  then the underlying Ethernet device will prepend its own header.

So, the header length required should be:
  -1 + 3 + 2 + "the header length needed by the underlying device".

This patch fixes kernel panic when this driver is used with AF_PACKET
SOCK_DGRAM sockets.

Signed-off-by: Xie He 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller