Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: fix random memory scribbling bug

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Sat Dec 24 2005 - 10:12:40 EST


Manfred Spraul wrote:
Two critical bugs were found in forcedeth 0.47:
- TSO doesn't work.
- pci_map_single() for the rx buffers is called with size==0. This bug is critical, it causes random memory corruptions on systems with an iommu.

Below is a minimal fix for both bugs, for inclusion into 2.6.15.
TSO will be fixed properly in the next version.
Tested on x86-64.

Signed-Off-By: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

1) Why does forcedeth require a non-standard calculation for each pci_map_single() call?

2) I have requested multiple times that you avoid MIME...

3) Why disable TSO completely? It sounds like it should default to off, then permit enabling via ethtool.

Jeff



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