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Subject: [DPDK/ethdev Bug 1416] net/af_packet: tx_burst() can modify packets
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:29:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-1416-3@http.bugs.dpdk.org/> (raw)

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https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1416

            Bug ID: 1416
           Summary: net/af_packet: tx_burst() can modify packets
           Product: DPDK
           Version: 24.03
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: ethdev
          Assignee: dev@dpdk.org
          Reporter: konstantin.v.ananyev@yandex.ru
  Target Milestone: ---

According to the ethdev doc, in general, PMD tx_burst() should not modify mbuf
contents. To be more specific:

ethdev/rte_ethdev.h:6396
...
 * @note This function must not modify mbufs (including packets data)
 * unless the refcnt is 1.
 * An exception is the bonding PMD, which does not have "Tx prepare" support,
 * in this case, mbufs may be modified.
...

Though why looking at eth_af_packet_tx(), it looks to me like it does modify
the packet contents without any checks for refcnt, etc.:

static uint16_t
eth_af_packet_tx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts)
{
        ...
        for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++) {
                mbuf = *bufs++;

                ...

                /* insert vlan info if necessary */
                if (mbuf->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_VLAN) {
                        if (rte_vlan_insert(&mbuf)) {
                                rte_pktmbuf_free(mbuf);
                                continue; 

AFAIU, it does copy of mbuf contents into pbuf anyway (just few line below).
So the fix might be - simply insert VLAN tag at copying stage.
Feel free to correct me, if I missed something.

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             reply	other threads:[~2024-04-16 10:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-16 10:29 bugzilla [this message]
2024-04-16 15:38 ` [DPDK/ethdev Bug 1416] net/af_packet: tx_burst() can modify packets Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-16 15:56   ` Konstantin Ananyev
2024-04-16 16:14     ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-16 16:42       ` Konstantin Ananyev
2024-04-16 18:11         ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-16 20:09           ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-04-16 22:21             ` Morten Brørup
2024-04-16 15:58 ` bugzilla

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