[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "xen-netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    xen-netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.4.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From a5d2e6d98c42615ed6548db9b527bd1d371bd5b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2 at citrix.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:20:41 +0000
Subject: xen-netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header

commit 9ecd1a75d977e2e8c48139c7d3efed183f898d94 upstream.

The maximum packet including header that can be handled by netfront / netback
wire format is 65535. Reduce gso_max_size accordingly.

Drop skb and print warning when skb->len > 65535. This can 1) save the effort
to send malformed packet to netback, 2) help spotting misconfiguration of
netfront in the future.

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2 at citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell at citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c       | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 include/xen/interface/io/netif.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 7ffa43b..1f57423 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
-#include <linux/tcp.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <linux/udp.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -548,6 +548,16 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	unsigned int len = skb_headlen(skb);
 	unsigned long flags;

+	/* If skb->len is too big for wire format, drop skb and alert
+	 * user about misconfiguration.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(skb->len > XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE)) {
+		net_alert_ratelimited(
+			"xennet: skb->len = %u, too big for wire format\n",
+			skb->len);
+		goto drop;
+	}
+
 	slots = DIV_ROUND_UP(offset + len, PAGE_SIZE) +
 		xennet_count_skb_frag_slots(skb);
 	if (unlikely(slots > MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)) {
@@ -1064,7 +1074,8 @@ err:

 static int xennet_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int mtu)
 {
-	int max = xennet_can_sg(dev) ? 65535 - ETH_HLEN : ETH_DATA_LEN;
+	int max = xennet_can_sg(dev) ?
+		XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE - MAX_TCP_HEADER : ETH_DATA_LEN;

 	if (mtu > max)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1368,6 +1379,8 @@ static struct net_device *xennet_create_dev(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(netdev, &xennet_ethtool_ops);
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &dev->dev);

+	netif_set_gso_max_size(netdev, XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE - MAX_TCP_HEADER);
+
 	np->netdev = netdev;

 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h b/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
index e829a09..3ef3fe0 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/io/netif.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #define _XEN_NETTXF_extra_info		(3)
 #define  XEN_NETTXF_extra_info		(1U<<_XEN_NETTXF_extra_info)

+#define XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE 0xFFFF
 struct xen_netif_tx_request {
     grant_ref_t gref;      /* Reference to buffer page */
     uint16_t offset;       /* Offset within buffer page */
--
1.8.1.2