Handle dev_alloc_skb() failures when initializing the RX rings. Without proper handling, the driver will crash when using a partial ring.
Thanks to Stephane Doyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for reporting the bug and providing the initial patch. Howie Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> also reported the same issue. Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c index 1253cec..d66b06f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tg3.c +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c @@ -4258,7 +4258,7 @@ static void tg3_free_rings(struct tg3 *t * end up in the driver. tp->{tx,}lock are held and thus * we may not sleep. */ -static void tg3_init_rings(struct tg3 *tp) +static int tg3_init_rings(struct tg3 *tp) { u32 i; @@ -4307,18 +4307,38 @@ static void tg3_init_rings(struct tg3 *t /* Now allocate fresh SKBs for each rx ring. */ for (i = 0; i < tp->rx_pending; i++) { - if (tg3_alloc_rx_skb(tp, RXD_OPAQUE_RING_STD, - -1, i) < 0) + if (tg3_alloc_rx_skb(tp, RXD_OPAQUE_RING_STD, -1, i) < 0) { + printk(KERN_WARNING PFX + "%s: Using a smaller RX standard ring, " + "only %d out of %d buffers were allocated " + "successfully.\n", + tp->dev->name, i, tp->rx_pending); + if (i == 0) + return -ENOMEM; + tp->rx_pending = i; break; + } } if (tp->tg3_flags & TG3_FLAG_JUMBO_RING_ENABLE) { for (i = 0; i < tp->rx_jumbo_pending; i++) { if (tg3_alloc_rx_skb(tp, RXD_OPAQUE_RING_JUMBO, - -1, i) < 0) + -1, i) < 0) { + printk(KERN_WARNING PFX + "%s: Using a smaller RX jumbo ring, " + "only %d out of %d buffers were " + "allocated successfully.\n", + tp->dev->name, i, tp->rx_jumbo_pending); + if (i == 0) { + tg3_free_rings(tp); + return -ENOMEM; + } + tp->rx_jumbo_pending = i; break; + } } } + return 0; } /* @@ -5969,7 +5989,9 @@ static int tg3_reset_hw(struct tg3 *tp, * can only do this after the hardware has been * successfully reset. */ - tg3_init_rings(tp); + err = tg3_init_rings(tp); + if (err) + return err; /* This value is determined during the probe time DMA * engine test, tg3_test_dma. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html