netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] r8169: straighten out overlength frame detection (v3)

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:16:46 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	ben@...adent.org.uk, eric.dumazet@...il.com, nhorman@...driver.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] r8169: straighten out overlength frame detection (v3)

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:45:04PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
[...]
> In my opinion if you reset, you give them more power.
> 
> Instead of just dropping the next few frames, you allow them
> to cause a drop of how ever many RX frames can arrive during
> the reset period _PLUS_ the amount of other RX frames which
> were in the receive ring at the point of detection.

Sure.

The fragmented frame test has been moved a few lines up, before checking
for the status bits. Exceedingly small frames are detected and dropped
as well.

I have spent the evening disrupting the communication. As a challenger
one does not even need complete control : send a few random packets and
the card goes to neverland. :o/

I'll do some tests limiting the crap at the first packet.

-- 
Ueimor
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