netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: don't clear IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE in ether

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Date:	Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:57:19 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Pekka Riikonen <priikone@....fi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: don't clear IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE in ether_setup

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:28:41PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le mercredi 14 septembre 2011 à 09:05 -0400, Neil Horman a écrit :
> > d88733150 introduced the IFF_SKB_TX_SHARING flag, which I unilaterally set in
> > ether_setup.  In doing this I didn't realize that other flags (such as
> > IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE) might be set prior to calling the ether_setup routine.
> > This patch changes ether_setup to or in SKB_TX_SHARING so as not to
> > inadvertently clear other existing flags.  Thanks to Pekka Riikonen for pointing
> > out my error
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> > Reported-by: Pekka Riikonen <priikone@....fi>
> > CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> > ---
> >  net/ethernet/eth.c |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
> > index 27997d3..a246836 100644
> > --- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
> > +++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
> > @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void ether_setup(struct net_device *dev)
> >  	dev->addr_len		= ETH_ALEN;
> >  	dev->tx_queue_len	= 1000;	/* Ethernet wants good queues */
> >  	dev->flags		= IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_MULTICAST;
> > -	dev->priv_flags		= IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
> > +	dev->priv_flags		|= IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
> >  
> >  	memset(dev->broadcast, 0xFF, ETH_ALEN);
> >  
> 
> I CC Pekka Riikonen <priikone@....fi>, not sure if he is netdev
> subscribded.
> 
Thank you Eric, I didn't check and assumed my config CC'ed Reported-by: emails
Neil

> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> 
> 
> 
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