[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] pcap: add support for jumbo frames
Mcnamara, John
john.mcnamara at intel.com
Tue Apr 28 15:52:08 CEST 2015
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Tero Aho
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 1:43 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] pcap: add support for jumbo frames
>
> Extend eth_pcap_rx and eth_pcap_tx to support jumbo frames.
> On receive side read large packets into multiple mbufs and on the transmit
> side do the opposite.
>
> +eth_pcap_tx_jumbo(pcap_t *pcap,
> + struct rte_mbuf *mbuf) {
> + u_char data[ETHER_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_LEN];
> + uint16_t data_len = 0;
> +
> + while (mbuf != NULL) {
> + /* There is no writev style function in libpcap, */
> + /* we unfortunately have to copy data to a buffer. */
> + rte_memcpy(data + data_len, rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, void
> *),
> + mbuf->data_len);
> + data_len += mbuf->data_len;
> + mbuf = mbuf->next;
> + }
Hi Tero,
Not sure if it is possible in practice to overflow data[ETHER_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_LEN] but there should probably be a check.
John.
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