On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 01:01:44PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
>
> build_skb() is supposed to be followed by
> skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN), so that IP headers are word-aligned.
> (Best practice is to reserve NET_IP_ALIGN+NET_SKB_PAD, but the NET_SKB_PAD
> part is only a performance optimization if tunnel encaps are added.)
>
> Unfortunately virtio_net has not provisioned this reserve.
> We can only use build_skb() for arches where NET_IP_ALIGN == 0
>
> We might refine this later, with enough testing.
>
> Fixes: fb32856b16ad ("virtio-net: page_to_skb() use build_skb when there's
> sufficient tailroom")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <li...@roeck-us.net>
> Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanz...@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com>
> Cc: virtualizat...@lists.linux-foundation.org
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <li...@roeck-us.net>
on alpha, sh4 (little endian).
Thanks!
Guenter
