netdev - Re: [RFC] skbuff: skb_mac_header_was

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:53:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	acme@...hat.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] skbuff: skb_mac_header_was_set is always true on >32 bit

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:37:16 -0300

> Em Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:23:27AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger escreveu:
>> Looking at the crash in log_martians(), one suspect is that the check for
>> mac header being set is not correct.  The value of mac_header defaults to
>> 0 on allocation, therefore skb_mac_header_was_set will always be true on
>> platforms using NET_SKBUFF_USES_OFFSET.
>> 
>> Arnaldo, is this correct?
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> Yeah, looks right, I forgot to initialize it to the value I changed the
> test in skb_mac_header_was_set when doing the offset patch :-\
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>

Applied.
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