答复: [PATCH v3] pktgen: Fix invalid clone_skb override

From: zhudi (J)
Date: Mon Aug 02 2021 - 22:17:30 EST


> From: Nick Richardson <richardsonnick@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When the netif_receive xmit_mode is set, a line is supposed to set
> clone_skb to a default 0 value. This line is made redundant due to a
> preceding line that checks if clone_skb is more than zero and returns
> -ENOTSUPP.
>
> Only the positive case for clone_skb needs to be checked. It
> is impossible for a user to set clone_skb to a negative number.
> When a user passes a negative value for clone_skb, the num_arg()
> function stops parsing at the first nonnumeric value.
>
> For example: "clone_skb -200" would stop parsing at the
> first char ('-') and return zero for the new clone_skb value.
>
> The value read by num_arg() cannot be overflow-ed into the negative
> range, since it is an unsigned long.
>

module_param(pg_clone_skb_d, int, 0);

This kernel parameter can also set the value of pkt_dev->clone_skb
In pktgen_add_device() and the value can be negative.


> Remove redundant line that sets clone_skb to zero. If clone_skb is
> equal to zero then set xmit_mode to netif_receive as usual and return
> no error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Richardson <richardsonnick@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/core/pktgen.c | 5 -----
> 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
> index 7e258d255e90..314f97acf39d 100644
> --- a/net/core/pktgen.c
> +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
> @@ -1190,11 +1190,6 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file,
> * pktgen_xmit() is called
> */
> pkt_dev->last_ok = 1;
> -
> - /* override clone_skb if user passed default value
> - * at module loading time
> - */
> - pkt_dev->clone_skb = 0;
> } else if (strcmp(f, "queue_xmit") == 0) {
> pkt_dev->xmit_mode = M_QUEUE_XMIT;
> pkt_dev->last_ok = 1;
> --
> 2.32.0.554.ge1b32706d8-goog