[RFC PATCH 0/1] IDPF + SWIOTLB Bug

Steve Rutherford posted 1 patch 1 month, 1 week ago
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
[RFC PATCH 0/1] IDPF + SWIOTLB Bug
Posted by Steve Rutherford 1 month, 1 week ago
Found an issue with the IDPF driver when SWIOTLB is enabled. The issue
results in empty headers for packets that hit the split queue workaround
path. It's caused by a spurious sync in that path. The header is synced
from the SWIOTLB even when the header was shoved into the payload.

I cooked up a sample patch, but I'm not an expert in this driver, so I have
no idea if it's the right solution. It did allow my QEMU VM to boot with a
superficially functional passed-through IDPF NIC and SWIOTLB=force.

The patch was written against COS's 6.12, so I assume that it will not
apply cleanly elsewhere, but I figured a wrong sample patch was better than
a long paragraph describing the same thing. My read of more recent kernels
is that this problem is still present, but could be mistaken.

Steve Rutherford (1):
  Fix header clobber in IDPF with SWIOTLB enabled

 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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