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Date:      Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:38:00 +0200
From:      Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>
To:        Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: ARM network trouble after recent mbuf changes
Message-ID:  <0E0536B2-2B7F-4EED-9EFD-4B9E2C2D729A@freebsd.org>
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On Aug 27, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On 27.08.2013 00:22, Thomas Skibo wrote:
>> On 8/26/13 2:11 PM, Andre Oppermann wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Can you try this patch see check if it makes a difference on the =
bitfield?
>>=20
>> Actually, this works for me.  But, I'm worried that somewhere else =
something is going to trip over a
>> struct pkthdr not being 64-bit aligned.  There are several 64-bit =
fields in there.
>=20
> The problem is the disconnect between the definition of MLEN and MHLEN =
and
> the effective size/padding of struct mbuf.  That's the true bug.
>=20
> On LP64 all is fine.  On i386 it turns out to be fine too because =
doesn't
> care.
>=20
> MLEN and MHLEN are incorrectly derived.  In fact they should be =
derived from
> stuct mbuf where this padding would be taking into account.  However =
the way
> it is structured right now it that would create a circular dependency.
>=20
> Please try the patch below to confirm.  If it fixes your problem for =
now
> I'm going to commit as an immediate fix while searching for a better =
long
> term stable solution.
>=20
> --=20
> Andre
>=20
> Index: sys/mbuf.h
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> --- sys/mbuf.h  (revision 254953)
> +++ sys/mbuf.h  (working copy)
> @@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
>        int32_t          mh_len;        /* amount of data in this mbuf =
*/
>        uint32_t         mh_type:8,     /* type of data in this mbuf */
>                         mh_flags:24;   /* flags; see below */
> +#if defined(__ILP32__)
> +       uint32_t         mh_pad;        /* pad to 64 bit alignment */
> +#endif
> };
OK. It doesn't work. The reason is, that __ILP32__ is not defined... At
lease I don't see it anywhere in the BSD stack. So I'm currently =
rebuilding
with #if !defined(__LP64__) instead. I'll let you know...

Best regards
Michael
>=20
> /*
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>=20




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