netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ppp_generic: pull 2 bytes so that PPP

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Date:	Sun, 02 May 2010 23:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	simon@...e.lp0.eu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ppp_generic: pull 2 bytes so that PPP_PROTO(skb)
 is valid

From: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:41:17 +0100

> @@ -1572,8 +1572,18 @@ ppp_input(struct ppp_channel *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	proto = PPP_PROTO(skb);
> +
>  	read_lock_bh(&pch->upl);
> +	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 2)) {
> +		kfree_skb(skb);
> +		if (pch->ppp) {
> +			++pch->ppp->dev->stats.rx_length_errors;
> +			ppp_receive_error(pch->ppp);
> +		}
> +		goto done;
> +	}
> +
> +	proto = PPP_PROTO(skb);

This makes the skb->len == 0 test at the beginning completely redundant.

Put your pskb_may_pull(skb, 2) call there and remove the skb->len==0
check entirely.
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