pkt_sched: fix virtual-start-time update in QFQ

If the old timestamps of a class, say cl, are stale when the class
becomes active, then QFQ may assign to cl a much higher start time
than the maximum value allowed. This may happen when QFQ assigns to
the start time of cl the finish time of a group whose classes are
characterized by a higher value of the ratio
max_class_pkt/weight_of_the_class with respect to that of
cl. Inserting a class with a too high start time into the bucket list
corrupts the data structure and may eventually lead to crashes.
This patch limits the maximum start time assigned to a class.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@unimore.it>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_qfq.c b/net/sched/sch_qfq.c
index e4723d31fdd5..211a21217045 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_qfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_qfq.c
@@ -865,7 +865,10 @@ static void qfq_update_start(struct qfq_sched *q, struct qfq_class *cl)
                 if (mask) {
                         struct qfq_group *next = qfq_ffs(q, mask);
                         if (qfq_gt(roundedF, next->F)) {
-                                cl->S = next->F;
+                                if (qfq_gt(limit, next->F))
+                                        cl->S = next->F;
+                                else /* preserve timestamp correctness */
+                                        cl->S = limit;
                                 return;
                         }
                 }