tun: fix return value when the number of iovs exceeds MAX_SKB_FRAGS
authorYunjian Wang <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:52:16 +0000 (10:52 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:18:11 +0000 (20:18 +0100)
commite3cbce80be894293d5d90b657df0ea33d754068c
treec6e8538f2af324ea64c61c7a705eb607dec5cc78
parent44dc29d44b842ff7761f24ab129f0a5a70982bb5
tun: fix return value when the number of iovs exceeds MAX_SKB_FRAGS

[ Upstream commit 950271d7cc0b4546af3549d8143c4132d6e1f138 ]

Currently the tun_napi_alloc_frags() function returns -ENOMEM when the
number of iovs exceeds MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1. However this is inappropriate,
we should use -EMSGSIZE instead of -ENOMEM.

The following distinctions are matters:
1. the caller need to drop the bad packet when -EMSGSIZE is returned,
   which means meeting a persistent failure.
2. the caller can try again when -ENOMEM is returned, which means
   meeting a transient failure.

Fixes: 90e33d459407 ("tun: enable napi_gro_frags() for TUN/TAP driver")
Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1608864736-24332-1-git-send-email-wangyunjian@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/tun.c