netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fix setting of skb->tail in skb_recycle

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Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:45:15 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	buytenh@...tstofly.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux@...rew.com, dirk@...xia.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix setting of skb->tail in skb_recycle_check()

From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 00:09:43 +0100

> Since skb_reset_tail_pointer() reads skb->data, we need to set
> skb->data before calling skb_reset_tail_pointer().  This was causing
> spurious skb_over_panic()s from skb_put() being called on a recycled
> skb that had its skb->tail set to beyond where it should have been.
> 
> Bug report from Peter van Valderen <linux@...rew.com>.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...vell.com>

Applied, thanks a lot Lennert!
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