Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:11:27 -0700

On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:45:28 -0700 [email-masked] wrote:
> From: Justin Chen <[email-masked]>
> 
> While reclaiming the tx queue we fast forward the write pointer to
> drop any data in flight. These dropped frames are not added back
> to the pool of free bds. We also need to tell the netdev that we
> are dropping said data.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> index 482a31e7b72b..3e1fc3bb8297 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> @@ -1985,6 +1985,7 @@ static unsigned int bcmgenet_tx_reclaim(struct net_device *dev,
>  		drop = (ring->prod_index - ring->c_index) & DMA_C_INDEX_MASK;
>  		released += drop;
>  		ring->prod_index = ring->c_index & DMA_C_INDEX_MASK;
> +		ring->free_bds += drop;
>  		while (drop--) {
>  			cb_ptr = bcmgenet_put_txcb(priv, ring);
>  			skb = cb_ptr->skb;
> @@ -1996,6 +1997,7 @@ static unsigned int bcmgenet_tx_reclaim(struct net_device *dev,
>  		}
>  		if (skb)
>  			dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
> +		netdev_tx_reset_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, ring->index));
>  		bcmgenet_tdma_ring_writel(priv, ring->index,
>  					  ring->prod_index, TDMA_PROD_INDEX);
>  		wr_ptr = ring->write_ptr * WORDS_PER_BD(priv);

AI says you may be off by one here?

  Does this loop miss the oldest dropped descriptor and leak its SKB and
  DMA mapping?

  Since bcmgenet_get_txcb() increments write_ptr after a transmission,
  write_ptr always points to the next available empty slot.

  When this loops backwards drop times, the first iteration retrieves that
  empty descriptor (where cb->skb is NULL), and the loop will finish before
  reaching the oldest uncompleted descriptor at c_index.

  When write_ptr is rolled back to c_index, won't subsequent transmissions
  overwrite the descriptor at c_index and permanently leak the unmapped DMA
  buffer and SKB memory?