vhost/net: fix up num_buffers endian-ness
authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Tue, 3 Feb 2015 09:07:06 +0000 (11:07 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 4 Feb 2015 21:59:31 +0000 (13:59 -0800)
In virtio 1.0 mode, when mergeable buffers are enabled on a big-endian
host, num_buffers wasn't byte-swapped correctly, so large incoming
packets got corrupted.

To fix, fill it in within hdr - this also makes sure it gets
the correct type.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/vhost/net.c

index d415d69..9484d56 100644 (file)
@@ -650,8 +650,10 @@ static void handle_rx(struct vhost_net *net)
                        break;
                }
                /* TODO: Should check and handle checksum. */
+
+               hdr.num_buffers = cpu_to_vhost16(vq, headcount);
                if (likely(mergeable) &&
-                   memcpy_toiovecend(nvq->hdr, (unsigned char *)&headcount,
+                   memcpy_toiovecend(nvq->hdr, (void *)&hdr.num_buffers,
                                      offsetof(typeof(hdr), num_buffers),
                                      sizeof hdr.num_buffers)) {
                        vq_err(vq, "Failed num_buffers write");