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The remaining 16 bytes get written into\nwqe->data[0], covering byte_count (4 bytes), lkey (4 bytes), and addr\n(8 bytes).\n\nstruct mlx5e_tx_wqe {\n struct mlx5_wqe_ctrl_seg ctrl; /* 0 16 */\n struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg eth; /* 16 16 */\n struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg data[]; /* 32 0 */\n\n /* size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */\n /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */\n};\n\nstruct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg {\n u8 swp_outer_l4_offset; /* 0 1 */\n u8 swp_outer_l3_offset; /* 1 1 */\n u8 swp_inner_l4_offset; /* 2 1 */\n u8 swp_inner_l3_offset; /* 3 1 */\n u8 cs_flags; /* 4 1 */\n u8 swp_flags; /* 5 1 */\n __be16 mss; /* 6 2 */\n __be32 flow_table_metadata; /* 8 4 */\n union {\n struct {\n __be16 sz; /* 12 2 */\n u8 start[2]; /* 14 2 */\n } inline_hdr; /* 12 4 */\n struct {\n __be16 type; /* 12 2 */\n __be16 vlan_tci; /* 14 2 */\n } insert; /* 12 4 */\n __be32 trailer; /* 12 4 */\n }; /* 12 4 */\n\n /* size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 9 */\n /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */\n};\n\nstruct mlx5_wqe_data_seg {\n __be32 byte_count; /* 0 4 */\n __be32 lkey; /* 4 4 */\n __be64 addr; /* 8 8 */\n\n /* size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */\n /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */\n};\n\nSo, split the memcpy() so the compiler can reason about the buffer\nsizes.\n\n\"pahole\" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct mlx5e_tx_wqe\nnor struct mlx5e_umr_wqe. \"objdump -d\" shows no meaningful object\ncode changes (i.e. only source line number induced differences and\noptimizations).", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "49bcbe531f79fc35bb10020f7695f9f01e4f0ca8" }, { "version": "b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "8fbdf8c8b8ab82beab882175157650452c46493e" }, { "version": "b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "ad5185735f7dab342fdd0dd41044da4c9ccfef67" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "4.9", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "4.9" }, { "version": "5.10.248", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.16.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.16.*" }, { "version": "5.17", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }