From 9926146b15fd96d78a4f7c32e7a26d50639369f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Brandeburg Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:56:16 +0000 Subject: e1000/e1000e: don't use small hardware rx buffers When testing the "e1000: enhance frame fragment detection" (and e1000e) patches we found some bugs with reducing the MTU size. The 1024 byte descriptor used with the 1000 mtu test also (re) introduced the (originally) reported bug, and causes us to need the e1000_clean_tx_irq "enhance frame fragment detection" fix. So what has occured here is that 2.6.32 is only vulnerable for mtu < 1500 due to the jumbo specific routines in both e1000 and e1000e. So, 2.6.32 needs the 2kB buffer len fix for those smaller MTUs, but is not vulnerable to the original issue reported. It has been pointed out that this vulnerability needs to be patched in older kernels that don't have the e1000 jumbo routine. Without the jumbo routines, we need the "enhance frame fragment detection" fix the e1000, old e1000e is only vulnerable for < 1500 mtu, and needs a similar fix. We split the patches up to provide easy backport paths. There is only a slight bit of extra code when this fix and the original "enhance frame fragment detection" fixes are applied, so please apply both, even though it is a bit of overkill. Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 20 +------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/e1000') diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c index a53a2017c537..d29bb532eccf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c @@ -1698,18 +1698,6 @@ static void e1000_setup_rctl(struct e1000_adapter *adapter) rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_SZ_4096; rctl |= E1000_RCTL_BSEX; switch (adapter->rx_buffer_len) { - case E1000_RXBUFFER_256: - rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_256; - rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_BSEX; - break; - case E1000_RXBUFFER_512: - rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_512; - rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_BSEX; - break; - case E1000_RXBUFFER_1024: - rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_1024; - rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_BSEX; - break; case E1000_RXBUFFER_2048: default: rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SZ_2048; @@ -3176,13 +3164,7 @@ static int e1000_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu) * however with the new *_jumbo_rx* routines, jumbo receives will use * fragmented skbs */ - if (max_frame <= E1000_RXBUFFER_256) - adapter->rx_buffer_len = E1000_RXBUFFER_256; - else if (max_frame <= E1000_RXBUFFER_512) - adapter->rx_buffer_len = E1000_RXBUFFER_512; - else if (max_frame <= E1000_RXBUFFER_1024) - adapter->rx_buffer_len = E1000_RXBUFFER_1024; - else if (max_frame <= E1000_RXBUFFER_2048) + if (max_frame <= E1000_RXBUFFER_2048) adapter->rx_buffer_len = E1000_RXBUFFER_2048; else #if (PAGE_SIZE >= E1000_RXBUFFER_16384) -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b