netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: fec: fix receive VLAN CTAG HW acceleration issue

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Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:37:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	b38611@...escale.com
Cc:	mgr@...gutronix.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: fec: fix receive VLAN CTAG HW
 acceleration issue

From: Fugang Duan <b38611@...escale.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:09:41 +0800

> The current driver support receive VLAN CTAG HW acceleration feature
> (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX) through software simulation. There calls the
> api .skb_copy_to_linear_data_offset() to skip the VLAN tag, but there
> have overlap between the two memory data point range. The patch just fix
> the issue.
> 
> V2:
> Michael Grzeschik suggest to use memmove() instead of skb_copy_to_linear_data_offset().
> 
> Reported-by: Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <B38611@...escale.com>

Applied to 'net' and queued up for -stable.

I'm really frustrutated that someone who has submitted so many patches
would target a serious bug fix like this at 'net-next', why?  Don't
do that.

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