Re: [PATCH] natsemi: add checks for dma mapping errors

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:06:45 +0300

> On 19.12.2015 05:36, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
>> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:55:37 +0300
>>
>>> @@ -2093,6 +2099,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_tx(struct sk_buff
> *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>>>  	np->tx_skbuff[entry] = skb;
>>>  	np->tx_dma[entry] = pci_map_single(np->pci_dev,
>>>  				skb->data,skb->len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
>>> +	if (pci_dma_mapping_error(np->pci_dev, np->tx_dma[entry])) {
>>> +		np->tx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
>>> +		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
>>> +	}
>>>
>>>  	np->tx_ring[entry].addr = cpu_to_le32(np->tx_dma[entry]);
>>>
>>
>> Returning NETDEV_TX_BUSY and freeing the SKB will crash the system.
> 
> I do not quite understand what do you mean by 'freeing the SKB'.
> At least the patch left skb untouched.

Sorry, I misread your patch, I thought I saw a kfree there but
obviously there isn't.

>> NETDEV_TX_BUSY is only for buggy drivers that do not manage their
>> TX ring busy condition correctly, and thus need retries.
> 
> Ok, I will replace NETDEV_TX_BUSY by dropping the packet.

Thanks.