netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: gro: fix possible panic in skb_gro

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Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:41:19 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: gro: fix possible panic in skb_gro_receive()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:54:59 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> commit 2e71a6f8084e (net: gro: selective flush of packets) added
> a bug for skbs using frag_list. This part of the GRO stack is rarely
> used, as it needs skb not using a page fragment for their skb->head.
> 
> Most drivers do use a page fragment, but some of them use GFP_KERNEL
> allocations for the initial fill of their RX ring buffer.
> 
> napi_gro_flush() overwrite skb->prev that was used for these skb to
> point to the last skb in frag_list.
> 
> Fix this using a separate field in struct napi_gro_cb to point to the
> last fragment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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