netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: gro: fix a potential crash in skb_gro_reset

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Date:	Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:50:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: gro: fix a potential crash in skb_gro_reset_offset

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:28:06 +0200

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Before accessing skb first fragment, better make sure there
> is one.
> 
> This is probably not needed for old kernels, since an ethernet frame
> cannot contain only an ethernet header, but the recent GRO addition
> to tunnels makes this patch needed.
> 
> Also skb_gro_reset_offset() can be static, it actually allows
> compiler to inline it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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