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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: mipsnet: check transmit buffer size before
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P J P |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] net: mipsnet: check transmit buffer size before sending |
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Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:32:36 +0530 (IST) |
+-- On Fri, 3 Jun 2016, P J P wrote --+
| +-- On Thu, 2 Jun 2016, Peter Maydell wrote --+
| | > case MIPSNET_TX_DATA_COUNT:
| | > - s->tx_count = (val <= MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE) ? val : 0;
| | > + s->tx_count = (val < MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE) ? val :
MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE;
| | > s->tx_written = 0;
| |
| | This is a behaviour change -- the register will now read
| | back as MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE rather than 0 if written with
| | an overlarge value.
|
| IIUC, 's->tx_count' indicates expected packet data length to be processed.
| Maybe if this value was zero, packet was not to be sent; not sure.
|
| | Do we have any documentation on how this (simulated)
| | device is supposed to behave in this case?
@Jason: @Leon: ping...!
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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