netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: bpf_jit: fix an off-one bug in x86

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Date:	Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:48:58 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nepenthesdev@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: bpf_jit: fix an off-one bug in x86_64 cond jump
 target

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:39:08 +0100

> From: Markus Kötter <nepenthesdev@...il.com>
> 
> x86 jump instruction size is 2 or 5 bytes (near/long jump), not 2 or 6
> bytes.
> 
> In case a conditional jump is followed by a long jump, conditional jump
> target is one byte past the start of target instruction.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Kötter <nepenthesdev@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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