The function rte_vlan_insert may allocate a new buffer for the vlan header and return a different mbuf than originally passed. In this case, the stored mbuf in txm[] array could point to wrong buffer.
Fixes: dd856dfcb9e7 ("virtio: use any layout on Tx") Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> --- v2 - catch a couple more places. The virtio code needs some refactoring to not have 3 copies of same loop... drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c index e6f3706d6fe1..8c56f238f965 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c @@ -2003,6 +2003,8 @@ virtio_xmit_pkts_packed(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, rte_pktmbuf_free(txm); continue; } + /* vlan_insert may add a header mbuf */ + tx_pkts[nb_tx] = txm; } /* optimize ring usage */ @@ -2090,6 +2092,8 @@ virtio_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts) rte_pktmbuf_free(txm); continue; } + /* vlan_insert may add a header mbuf */ + tx_pkts[nb_tx] = txm; } /* optimize ring usage */ @@ -2193,6 +2197,8 @@ virtio_xmit_pkts_inorder(void *tx_queue, rte_pktmbuf_free(txm); continue; } + /* vlan_insert may add a header mbuf */ + tx_pkts[nb_tx] = txm; } /* optimize ring usage */ -- 2.17.1