netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: fix UDP tunnel GSO of frag

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:49:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	weichunc@...mgrid.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: fix UDP tunnel GSO of frag_list GRO packets

From: Wei-Chun Chao <weichunc@...mgrid.com>
Date: Sun,  8 Jun 2014 23:48:54 -0700

> This patch fixes a kernel BUG_ON in skb_segment. It is hit when
> testing two VMs on openvswitch with one VM acting as VXLAN gateway.
> 
> During VXLAN packet GSO, skb_segment is called with skb->data
> pointing to inner TCP payload. skb_segment calls skb_network_protocol
> to retrieve the inner protocol. skb_network_protocol actually expects
> skb->data to point to MAC and it calls pskb_may_pull with ETH_HLEN.
> This ends up pulling in ETH_HLEN data from header tail. As a result,
> pskb_trim logic is skipped and BUG_ON is hit later.
> 
> Move skb_push in front of skb_network_protocol so that skb->data
> lines up properly.
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Wei-Chun Chao <weichunc@...mgrid.com>

Applied, thank you.
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