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Date:      Sun, 24 Apr 2022 08:36:06 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Rob Wing <rob.fx907@gmail.com>
Cc:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>,  FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: kernel crash making a vlan on a wlan
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfoXepZTpH_bvGkCyL1oSi84JwWYDpX3gsyBXEbbrt7bwQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 8:30 AM Rob Wing <rob.fx907@gmail.com> wrote:

> What do you mean when you say they are the same thing?
>

There is no semantic difference between the two notations. The change will
have no effect.

Warner

On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 5:35 AM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 1:03 AM Rob Wing <rob.fx907@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From what I can tell, the vlan driver is calling ieee80211_output() with
>>> the wrong ifnet context and dereferencing a bad pointer.
>>>
>>> It looks like the passed in if_softc is pointing to a struct ifvlan
>>> instead of the expected struct ieee80211_vap
>>>
>>> Looking at vlan_output(), I wonder if the parents ifnet context should
>>> be used when calling if_output()? something like:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/sys/net/if_vlan.c b/sys/net/if_vlan.c
>>> index 2bb5284c2129..5fbd7a79dccc 100644
>>> --- a/sys/net/if_vlan.c
>>> +++ b/sys/net/if_vlan.c
>>> @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ vlan_output(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *m,
>>> const struct sockaddr *dst,
>>>                 ifv = p->if_softc;
>>>         } while (p->if_type == IFT_L2VLAN);
>>>
>>> -       return p->if_output(ifp, m, dst, ro);
>>> +       return ((*p->if_output)(p, m, dst, ro));
>>>
>>
>> No. Those two are the same thing.
>>
>> Warner
>>
>>  }
>>>
>>>  #ifdef ALTQ
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 1:12 PM Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 24.04.2022 3:28, Marek Zarychta wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > W dniu 23.04.2022 o 22:11, Craig Leres pisze:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 4/23/22 11:12, Craig Leres wrote:
>>>> >>> I am able to reproduce the crash with 13.1-RC4.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I'm also able to reproduce the crash on 12.3-RELEASE-p5. It seems
>>>> wlan0 is part of the recipe, I tried vlans_em0="vlan0" first but was not
>>>> able to induce a crash.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>          Craig
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > I am curious what is this WiFi hardware that supports 802.1q tagging
>>>> over the air? Could you please reveal this?
>>>> >
>>>> > That's rather not a bug when you are shooting yourself in the foot.
>>>>
>>>> Kernel panic due to ifconfig command is always a bug.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 8:30 AM Rob Wing &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:rob.fx907@gmail.com">rob.fx907@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #=
ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>What do you mean when you=
 say they are the same thing?</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">There is no semantic difference betwe=
en the two notations. The change will have no effect.</div><div dir=3D"auto=
"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Warner</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 24=
, 2022 at 5:35 AM Warner Losh &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:imp@bsdimp.com" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">imp@bsdimp.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bloc=
kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:=
1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, A=
pr 24, 2022, 1:03 AM Rob Wing &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rob.fx907@gmail.com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">rob.fx907@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></=
div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bor=
der-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div=
>>From what I can tell, the vlan driver is calling ieee80211_output() with t=
he wrong ifnet context and dereferencing a bad pointer. <br></div><div><br>=
</div><div>It looks like the passed in if_softc is pointing to a struct ifv=
lan instead of the expected struct ieee80211_vap</div><div><br></div><div>L=
ooking at vlan_output(), I wonder if the parents ifnet context should be us=
ed when calling if_output()? something like:</div><div><br></div><div>diff =
--git a/sys/net/if_vlan.c b/sys/net/if_vlan.c<br>index 2bb5284c2129..5fbd7a=
79dccc 100644<br>--- a/sys/net/if_vlan.c<br>+++ b/sys/net/if_vlan.c<br>@@ -=
1318,7 +1318,7 @@ vlan_output(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *m, const stru=
ct sockaddr *dst,<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 ifv =3D p-&gt;if_softc;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 } while (p-&gt;i=
f_type =3D=3D IFT_L2VLAN);<br><br>- =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 return p-&gt;if_ou=
tput(ifp, m, dst, ro);<br>+ =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 return ((*p-&gt;if_output)=
(p, m, dst, ro));<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">No. Those two are the same thing.</div><div di=
r=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Warner=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(2=
04,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=C2=A0}<br><br>=C2=A0#i=
fdef ALTQ</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 1:12 PM Eugene Grosbe=
in &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:eugen@grosbein.net" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" =
target=3D"_blank">eugen@grosbein.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid=
 rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">24.04.2022 3:28, Marek Zarychta wrote:<=
br>
<br>
&gt; W dniu 23.04.2022 o 22:11, Craig Leres pisze:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On 4/23/22 11:12, Craig Leres wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I am able to reproduce the crash with 13.1-RC4.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;m also able to reproduce the crash on 12.3-RELEASE-p5. It se=
ems wlan0 is part of the recipe, I tried vlans_em0=3D&quot;vlan0&quot; firs=
t but was not able to induce a crash.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Craig<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I am curious what is this WiFi hardware that supports 802.1q tagging o=
ver the air? Could you please reveal this?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; That&#39;s rather not a bug when you are shooting yourself in the foot=
.<br>
<br>
Kernel panic due to ifconfig command is always a bug.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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