[PATCH 0/3] net_dma removal and a new dma-debug check

From: Dan Williams
Date: Tue Dec 17 2013 - 19:15:38 EST


NET_DMA violates the expectation of the dma-mapping api by allowing the
cpu to touch receive buffer memory while dma is active. If this
activity triggers a copy-on-write event the application may see missing
data as the dma completes to the old mapping.

[PATCH 1/3] net_dma: mark broken
Detail the failure and provide a small one-liner for -stable

[PATCH 2/3] net_dma: remove
Mark the tcp_dma_copybreak sysctl as removed and remove the rest of the
implementation

[PATCH 3/3] dma debug: flag copy-on-write events to pages undergoing dma
Extend dma-debug to catch this condition in the future.

Looking to take this through the dmaengine tree with a netdev ack.

---

Documentation/ABI/removed/net_dma | 8 +
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 6 -
drivers/dma/Kconfig | 11 -
drivers/dma/Makefile | 1
drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 104 ------------
drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c | 1
drivers/dma/ioat/dma.h | 7 -
drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v2.c | 1
drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c | 1
drivers/dma/iovlock.c | 280 --------------------------------
include/linux/dma-debug.h | 6 +
include/linux/dmaengine.h | 22 ---
include/linux/skbuff.h | 7 -
include/linux/tcp.h | 7 -
include/net/netdma.h | 32 ----
include/net/sock.h | 18 --
include/net/tcp.h | 7 -
kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 1
lib/dma-debug.c | 130 +++++++++++++--
mm/memory.c | 3
net/core/Makefile | 1
net/core/dev.c | 10 -
net/core/sock.c | 6 -
net/core/user_dma.c | 131 ---------------
net/dccp/proto.c | 4
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 9 -
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 147 ++---------------
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 61 -------
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 18 --
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 13 -
net/llc/af_llc.c | 10 +
31 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 902 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/removed/net_dma
delete mode 100644 drivers/dma/iovlock.c
delete mode 100644 include/net/netdma.h
delete mode 100644 net/core/user_dma.c
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