netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: reset mac header in dev_start

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Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:40:44 -0800
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()

On 02/05/2013 10:22 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> On 64 bit arches :
>
> There is a off-by-one error in qdisc_pkt_len_init() because
> mac_header is not set in xmit path.
>
> skb_mac_header() returns an out of bound value that was
> harmless because hdr_len is an 'unsigned int'
>
> On 32bit arches, the error is abysmal.
>
> This patch is also a prereq for "macvlan: add multicast filter"

I'll go ahead and apply this one to our tree for testing, and will
apply the multicast one as soon as I resolve some bugs that currently
have me swamped...

Thanks,
Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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