| Message ID | 20210303191205.1656980-1-philmd@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
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| Headers | show |
| Series | net: Handle short frames for SLiRP/TAP interfaces | expand |
On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 3:12 AM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com> wrote: > > This is Bin's series but using iovec structure in 1st patch > for zero copy. > > Bin's cover: > > The minimum Ethernet frame length is 60 bytes. For short frames with > smaller length like ARP packets (only 42 bytes), on a real world NIC > it can choose either padding its length to the minimum required 60 > bytes, or sending it out directly to the wire. Such behavior can be > hardcoded or controled by a register bit. Similarly on the receive > path, NICs can choose either dropping such short frames directly or > handing them over to software to handle. > > On the other hand, for the network backends SLiRP/TAP, they don't > expose a way to control the short frame behavior. As of today they > just send/receive data from/to the other end connected to them, > which means any sized packet is acceptable. So they can send and > receive short frames without any problem. It is observed that ARP > packets sent from SLiRP/TAP are 42 bytes, and SLiRP/TAP just send > these ARP packets to the other end which might be a NIC model that > does not allow short frames to pass through. > > To provide better compatibility, for packets sent from SLiRP/TAP, we > change to pad short frames before sending it out to the other end. > This ensures SLiRP/TAP as an Ethernet sender do not violate the spec. > But with this change, the behavior of dropping short frames in the > NIC model cannot be emulated because it always receives a packet that > is spec complaint. The capability of sending short frames from NIC > models are still supported and short frames can still pass through > SLiRP/TAP interfaces. > > This commit should be able to fix the issue as reported with some > NIC models before, that ARP requests get dropped, preventing the > guest from becoming visible on the network. It was workarounded in > these NIC models on the receive path, that when a short frame is > received, it is padded up to 60 bytes. Ping?
This is Bin's series but using iovec structure in 1st patch for zero copy. Bin's cover: The minimum Ethernet frame length is 60 bytes. For short frames with smaller length like ARP packets (only 42 bytes), on a real world NIC it can choose either padding its length to the minimum required 60 bytes, or sending it out directly to the wire. Such behavior can be hardcoded or controled by a register bit. Similarly on the receive path, NICs can choose either dropping such short frames directly or handing them over to software to handle. On the other hand, for the network backends SLiRP/TAP, they don't expose a way to control the short frame behavior. As of today they just send/receive data from/to the other end connected to them, which means any sized packet is acceptable. So they can send and receive short frames without any problem. It is observed that ARP packets sent from SLiRP/TAP are 42 bytes, and SLiRP/TAP just send these ARP packets to the other end which might be a NIC model that does not allow short frames to pass through. To provide better compatibility, for packets sent from SLiRP/TAP, we change to pad short frames before sending it out to the other end. This ensures SLiRP/TAP as an Ethernet sender do not violate the spec. But with this change, the behavior of dropping short frames in the NIC model cannot be emulated because it always receives a packet that is spec complaint. The capability of sending short frames from NIC models are still supported and short frames can still pass through SLiRP/TAP interfaces. This commit should be able to fix the issue as reported with some NIC models before, that ARP requests get dropped, preventing the guest from becoming visible on the network. It was workarounded in these NIC models on the receive path, that when a short frame is received, it is padded up to 60 bytes. Bin Meng (9): net: Pad short frames to minimum size before send from SLiRP/TAP hw/net: e1000: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path hw/net: vmxnet3: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path hw/net: i82596: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path hw/net: ne2000: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path hw/net: pcnet: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path hw/net: rtl8139: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path hw/net: sungem: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path hw/net: sunhme: Remove the logic of padding short frames in the receive path Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (1): net: Use 'struct iovec' in qemu_send_packet_async_with_flags() include/net/eth.h | 1 + hw/net/e1000.c | 11 +---------- hw/net/i82596.c | 18 ------------------ hw/net/ne2000.c | 12 ------------ hw/net/pcnet.c | 9 --------- hw/net/rtl8139.c | 12 ------------ hw/net/sungem.c | 14 -------------- hw/net/sunhme.c | 11 ----------- hw/net/vmxnet3.c | 10 ---------- net/net.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 10 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 117 deletions(-)