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iflib: prevent possible infinite loop in iflib_encap

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iflib: prevent possible infinite loop in iflib_encap

From Jake:
iflib_encap calls bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg. Upon it returning EFBIG, an
m_collapse and an m_defrag are attempted to shrink the mbuf cluster to
fit within the DMA segment limitations.

However, if we call m_defrag, and then bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg returns
EFBIG on the now defragmented mbuf, we will continuously re-call
bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg over and over.

This happens because m_head isn't NULL, and remap is >1, so we don't try
to m_collapse or m_defrag again. The only way we exit the loop is if
m_head is NULL. However, m_head can't be modified by the call to
bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg, because we don't pass it as a double pointer.

I believe this will be an incredibly rare occurrence, because it is
unlikely that bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg will actually fail on the second
defragment with an EFBIG error. However, it still seems like
a possibility that we should account for.

Fix the exit check to ensure that if remap is >1, we will also exit,
even if m_head is not NULL.

Submitted by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed by: shurd@, gallatin@
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19468

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D19468: iflib: prevent possible infinite loop in iflib_encap
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