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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net] xen-netback: Fix handling of skbs requiring too many slots



On 04/06/14 11:15, Zoltan Kiss wrote:
On 04/06/14 09:50, David Laight wrote:
From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A recent commit (a02eb4 "xen-netback: worse-case estimate in
xenvif_rx_action is
underestimating") capped the slot estimation to MAX_SKB_FRAGS, but
that triggers
the next BUG_ON a few lines down, as the packet consumes more slots than
estimated.
This patch introduces full_coalesce on the skb callback buffer, which
is used in
start_new_rx_buffer() to decide whether netback needs coalescing more
aggresively. By doing that, no packet should need more than
XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE data slots, as the provided buffers
are fully
utilized.
...
-static bool start_new_rx_buffer(int offset, unsigned long size, int
head)
+static bool start_new_rx_buffer(int offset,
+                unsigned long size,
+                int head,
+                bool full_coalesce)

The above is completely incorrect layout ...
Can you elaborate a bit please on "above"?

I just realized you're not talking about skb layout but format. I'll fix that.

Zoli


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