netdev - Re: [PATCH] llc: fix skb size for test responses

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Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:04:21 -0800
From:	Jim Westfall <jwestfall@...realistic.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, acme@...stprotocols.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] llc: fix skb size for test responses

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote [02.24.08]:
> From: Jim Westfall <jwestfall@...realistic.net>
> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:07:58 -0800
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > The llc test command is used for a layer2 ping and contains a variable 
> > length payload that we must include in the response.  Use the size of the 
> > received skb as the size of the skb we must allocate to hold the payload. 
> > 
> > This resolved an skb_over_panic(), when trying to copy the payload into 
> > what was a hard coded skb of size 128.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Westfall <jwestfall@...realistic.net>
> 
> Arnaldo, please review Jim's patch, thanks!

Our of curiosity did you all get my 2nd patch?  

Subject: [PATCH] llc: dont trust payload size on test cmd

I sent it a few minutes after this one, but seems like it never made it 
to the list.  My local smtp shows it was delivered sucussfully to 
vger.kernel.org.

thanks
jim
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