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Ben Hutchings 30b678d844 net: Allow driver to limit number of GSO segments per skb 
A peer (or local user) may cause TCP to use a nominal MSS of as little
as 88 (actual MSS of 76 with timestamps).  Given that we have a
sufficiently prodigious local sender and the peer ACKs quickly enough,
it is nevertheless possible to grow the window for such a connection
to the point that we will try to send just under 64K at once.  This
results in a single skb that expands to 861 segments.

In some drivers with TSO support, such an skb will require hundreds of
DMA descriptors; a substantial fraction of a TX ring or even more than
a full ring.  The TX queue selected for the skb may stall and trigger
the TX watchdog repeatedly (since the problem skb will be retried
after the TX reset).  This particularly affects sfc, for which the
issue is designated as CVE-2012-3412.

Therefore:
1. Add the field net_device::gso_max_segs holding the device-specific
   limit.
2. In netif_skb_features(), if the number of segments is too high then
   mask out GSO features to force fall back to software GSO.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 		2012-08-02 00:19:17 -07:00
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9p net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
802 tokenring: delete all remaining driver support 2012-05-15 20:23:16 -04:00
8021q netpoll: move np->dev and np->dev_name init into __netpoll_setup() 2012-07-17 09:02:36 -07:00
appletalk net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
atm net: Remove casts to same type 2012-06-04 11:45:11 -04:00
ax25 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-19 11:17:30 -07:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-10 23:56:33 -07:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-07-20 12:30:48 -04:00
bridge bridge: make port attributes const 2012-07-30 14:53:22 -07:00
caif netvm: prevent a stream-specific deadlock 2012-07-31 18:42:47 -07:00
can can: gw: Remove pointless casts 2012-07-10 22:36:17 +02:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2012-07-31 14:35:28 -07:00
core net: Allow driver to limit number of GSO segments per skb 2012-08-02 00:19:17 -07:00
dcb net: Fix non-kernel-doc comments with kernel-doc start marker 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
dccp ipv4: Prepare for change of rt->rt_iif encoding. 2012-07-23 16:36:26 -07:00
decnet ipv4: Restore old dst_free() behavior. 2012-07-31 14:41:38 -07:00
dns_resolver Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2012-05-21 20:27:36 -07:00
dsa dsa: Convert compare_ether_addr to ether_addr_equal 2012-05-09 20:49:19 -04:00
ethernet ipx: move peII functions 2012-07-19 10:48:00 -07:00
ieee802154 6lowpan: Change byte order when storing/accessing to len field 2012-07-16 22:52:02 -07:00
ipv4 Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-07-31 19:25:39 -07:00
ipv6 Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-07-31 19:25:39 -07:00
ipx ipx: move peII functions 2012-07-19 10:48:00 -07:00
irda irda: Fix typo in irda 2012-07-16 23:23:52 -07:00
iucv net: remove skb_orphan_try() 2012-06-15 15:30:15 -07:00
key net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
l2tp net: l2tp_eth: provide tx_dropped counter 2012-06-29 00:52:32 -07:00
lapb lapb: Neaten debugging 2012-05-17 18:45:20 -04:00
llc net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'for-3.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/linux-leds 2012-07-26 20:26:27 -07:00
mac802154 mac802154: sparse warnings: make symbols static 2012-07-12 07:54:45 -07:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-19 11:17:30 -07:00
netlabel netlabel: use GFP flags from caller instead of GFP_ATOMIC 2012-03-22 19:29:57 -04:00
netlink genetlink: define lockdep_genl_is_held() when CONFIG_LOCKDEP 2012-07-24 00:01:30 -07:00
netrom net: Convert all sysctl registrations to register_net_sysctl 2012-04-20 21:22:30 -04:00
nfc Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-07-20 12:30:48 -04:00
openvswitch Revert "openvswitch: potential NULL deref in sample()" 2012-07-27 13:45:51 -07:00
packet net: added support for 40GbE link. 2012-06-27 15:42:24 -07:00
phonet net: remove my future former mail address 2012-06-17 16:29:38 -07:00
rds rds: set correct msg_namelen 2012-07-23 01:01:44 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: Add the capability to switch all devices of all type in __rfkill_switch_all(). 2012-06-06 15:18:17 -04:00
rose net: Convert all sysctl registrations to register_net_sysctl 2012-04-20 21:22:30 -04:00
rxrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-10 23:56:33 -07:00
sched ipv4: Prepare for change of rt->rt_iif encoding. 2012-07-23 16:36:26 -07:00
sctp netvm: prevent a stream-specific deadlock 2012-07-31 18:42:47 -07:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-07-31 19:25:39 -07:00
tipc tipc: remove print_buf and deprecated log buffer code 2012-07-13 19:34:43 -04:00
unix Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-08-01 10:26:23 -07:00
wanrouter wanmain: comparing array with NULL 2012-07-24 13:55:21 -07:00
wimax net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
wireless Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-07-20 12:30:48 -04:00
x25 net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
xfrm net: Document dst->obsolete better. 2012-07-20 13:31:21 -07:00
Kconfig net: drop NET dependency from HAVE_BPF_JIT 2012-05-21 12:50:12 -07:00
Makefile econet: remove ancient bug ridden protocol 2012-05-18 01:35:08 -04:00
compat.c net: Fix references to out-of-scope variables in put_cmsg_compat() 2012-07-22 17:50:49 -07:00
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socket.c net: netprio_cgroup: rework update socket logic 2012-07-22 12:44:01 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: delete all instances of special processing for token ring 2012-05-15 20:14:35 -04:00