2017-06-07 19:55:39

by Mauro S. M. Rodrigues

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Subject: Re: [net-intel-i40e] question about assignment overwrite

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:49:11PM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 15:48 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > While looking into Coverity ID 1408956 I ran into the following
> > piece??
> > of code at drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c:8807:
> >
> > 8807??????? if (pf->hw.mac.type == I40E_MAC_X722) {
> > 8808??????????????? pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_RSS_AQ_CAPABLE
> > 8809???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_128_QP_RSS_CAPABLE
> > 8810???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE
> > 8811???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_OUTER_UDP_CSUM_CAPABLE
> > 8812???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE
> > 8813???????????????????????????? |
> > I40E_FLAG_MULTIPLE_TCP_UDP_RSS_PCTYPE
> > 8814???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_NO_PCI_LINK_CHECK
> > 8815???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_USE_SET_LLDP_MIB
> > 8816???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE
> > 8817???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_PTP_L4_CAPABLE
> > 8818???????????????????????????? | I40E_FLAG_WOL_MC_MAGIC_PKT_WAKE;
> > 8819??????? } else if ((pf->hw.aq.api_maj_ver > 1) ||
> > 8820?????????????????? ((pf->hw.aq.api_maj_ver == 1) &&
> > 8821??????????????????? (pf->hw.aq.api_min_ver > 4))) {
> > 8822??????????????? /* Supported in FW API version higher than 1.4 */
> > 8823??????????????? pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE;
> > 8824??????????????? pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > 8825??????? } else {
> > 8826??????????????? pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > 8827??????? }
> >
> > The issue here is that the assignment at line 8823 is overwritten
> > by??
> > the code at line 8824.
> >
> > I'm suspicious that line 8824 should be remove and a patch like the??
> > following can be applied:
> >
> > index d5c9c9e..48ffa73 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> > @@ -8821,7 +8821,6 @@ static int i40e_sw_init(struct i40e_pf *pf)
> > ???????????????????? (pf->hw.aq.api_min_ver > 4))) {
> > ???????????????? /* Supported in FW API version higher than 1.4 */
> > ???????????????? pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE;
> > -?????????????? pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > ???????? } else {
> > ???????????????? pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > ???????? }
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> This issue is already fixed in my dev-queue branch on my next-queue
> tree.

Hi Jeff, are you planning to push this fix into net branch anytime soon?

Thanks,

Mauro


2017-06-07 20:35:07

by Jeff Kirsher

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Subject: Re: [net-intel-i40e] question about assignment overwrite

On Wed, 2017-06-07 at 16:55 -0300, Mauro Rodrigues wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:49:11PM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 15:48 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > > While looking into Coverity ID 1408956 I ran into the following
> > > piece  
> > > of code at drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c:8807:
> > >
> > > 8807        if (pf->hw.mac.type == I40E_MAC_X722) {
> > > 8808                pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_RSS_AQ_CAPABLE
> > > 8809                             | I40E_FLAG_128_QP_RSS_CAPABLE
> > > 8810                             | I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE
> > > 8811                             | I40E_FLAG_OUTER_UDP_CSUM_CAPABLE
> > > 8812                             | I40E_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE
> > > 8813                             |
> > > I40E_FLAG_MULTIPLE_TCP_UDP_RSS_PCTYPE
> > > 8814                             | I40E_FLAG_NO_PCI_LINK_CHECK
> > > 8815                             | I40E_FLAG_USE_SET_LLDP_MIB
> > > 8816                             | I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE
> > > 8817                             | I40E_FLAG_PTP_L4_CAPABLE
> > > 8818                             | I40E_FLAG_WOL_MC_MAGIC_PKT_WAKE;
> > > 8819        } else if ((pf->hw.aq.api_maj_ver > 1) ||
> > > 8820                   ((pf->hw.aq.api_maj_ver == 1) &&
> > > 8821                    (pf->hw.aq.api_min_ver > 4))) {
> > > 8822                /* Supported in FW API version higher than 1.4 */
> > > 8823                pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE;
> > > 8824                pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > > 8825        } else {
> > > 8826                pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > > 8827        }
> > >
> > > The issue here is that the assignment at line 8823 is overwritten
> > > by  
> > > the code at line 8824.
> > >
> > > I'm suspicious that line 8824 should be remove and a patch like the  
> > > following can be applied:
> > >
> > > index d5c9c9e..48ffa73 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> > > @@ -8821,7 +8821,6 @@ static int i40e_sw_init(struct i40e_pf *pf)
> > >                      (pf->hw.aq.api_min_ver > 4))) {
> > >                  /* Supported in FW API version higher than 1.4 */
> > >                  pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE;
> > > -               pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > >          } else {
> > >                  pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_HW_ATR_EVICT_CAPABLE;
> > >          }
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > This issue is already fixed in my dev-queue branch on my next-queue
> > tree.
>
> Hi Jeff, are you planning to push this fix into net branch anytime soon?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mauro

The patch that fixed this issue is already in David Miller's net-next tree.


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