[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/5] slirp: Prevent recursion of if_start

[Jan Kiszka]

if_start can be called recursively via if_encap. Avoid this as our
scheme of dequeuing packets is not compatible with this.

CC: Fabien Chouteau <address@hidden>
CC: Zhi Yong Wu <address@hidden>
CC: Stefan Weil <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
---
 slirp/if.c    |   11 ++++++++++-
 slirp/slirp.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slirp/if.c b/slirp/if.c
index 14fdef1..f7aebe9 100644
--- a/slirp/if.c
+++ b/slirp/if.c
@@ -163,10 +163,17 @@ void if_start(Slirp *slirp)
 
     DEBUG_CALL("if_start");
 
+    if (slirp->if_start_busy) {
+        return;
+    }
+    slirp->if_start_busy = true;
+
     while (slirp->if_queued) {
         /* check if we can really output */
-        if (!slirp_can_output(slirp->opaque))
+        if (!slirp_can_output(slirp->opaque)) {
+            slirp->if_start_busy = false;
             return;
+        }
 
         /*
          * See which queue to get next packet from
@@ -221,4 +228,6 @@ void if_start(Slirp *slirp)
     }
 
     slirp->if_queued = requeued;
+
+    slirp->if_start_busy = false;
 }
diff --git a/slirp/slirp.h b/slirp/slirp.h
index 28a5c03..416d44a 100644
--- a/slirp/slirp.h
+++ b/slirp/slirp.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ struct Slirp {
     struct mbuf if_fastq;   /* fast queue (for interactive data) */
     struct mbuf if_batchq;  /* queue for non-interactive data */
     struct mbuf *next_m;    /* pointer to next mbuf to output */
+    bool if_start_busy;     /* avoid if_start recursion */
 
     /* ip states */
     struct ipq ipq;         /* ip reass. queue */
-- 
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