netdev - [PATCH 02/11] gigaset: linearize skb

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Date:	Wed,  7 Oct 2009 00:18:31 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Hansjoerg Lipp <hjlipp@....de>, Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>,
	Karsten Keil <keil@...systems.de>,
	isdn4linux@...tserv.isdn4linux.de,
	i4ldeveloper@...tserv.isdn4linux.de
Subject: [PATCH 02/11] gigaset: linearize skb

The code of the Gigaset driver assumes that sk_buff-s coming
from the ISDN4Linux subsystem are always linear. Explicitly
calling skb_linearize() is cheap if they are, but much more
robust in case they ever aren't.

Impact: robustness improvement
Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
---
 drivers/isdn/gigaset/i4l.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/i4l.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/i4l.c
index 9b22f9c..322f16e 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/i4l.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/i4l.c
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ static int writebuf_from_LL(int driverID, int channel, int ack,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	bcs = &cs->bcs[channel];
+
+	/* can only handle linear sk_buffs */
+	if (skb_linearize(skb) < 0) {
+		dev_err(cs->dev, "%s: skb_linearize failed\n", __func__);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	len = skb->len;
 
 	gig_dbg(DEBUG_LLDATA,
-- 
1.6.2.1.214.ge986c

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